Police say the naked man is not Tamerlan, despite various conspiracy theories going around the Internet.
According to the official account, Tamerlan died after a shootout with cops, riddled with bullets and shrapnel before being run over by his brother who was fleeing the scene in an SUV.
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The Watertown police department got back to us via email just to say that the naked man was not Tamerlan Tsarnaev (pictured on right and in high-res here).
The shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers occurred on Laurel Street. The journalist interviewed in this video describes naked man's capture near Nichols and Dexter, literally down the street from the shootout.
Naked man was apparently stripped, questioned, clothed, questioned some more, and reportedly let go. It's likely police stripped him because they were under citywide bomb threat and wanted to make sure he didn't have a suicide vest, but the police did not comment on that.Needless to say, Business Insider is interested to hear Naked Man's personal story - send any tips to tips@businessinsider.com.
I'm preaching to the quoir; I know.- So I- at Sott- sadly ask first: OK, then, WHO THE F*** IS HE??? After all, if he was 99%+ of arrestees (who desperately need $$$) he would come forward, if only for that reason.
Why the F*** hasn't BPD told us what the details of the stop were?
Why and how did he end up stripped?
Why and how did it come to pass that the MSM DOESN'T AND WILL NOT ASK THESE QUESTIONS?
I'm preaching to the quoir; I know. [At least at places awakened such as SOTT; although, as I've said many times, I doubt you'd find any place more open minded, and therefore, more awakened.
R.C.