Plenty are outraged by Rolling Stone’s decision to run a “pin-up photo” of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on this month’s cover. Major retail chains have said they won’t carry the issue; musicians have urged fans to boycott the magazine. Sgt. Sean Murphy, a tactical photographer with the Massachusetts State Police, has taken the backlash one step further, releasing behind-the-scenes photos of the police pursuit of Tsarnaev to Boston Magazine to show, in his words, the real face of terror.
Speaking on his own behalf, Murphy told the magazine:
I hope that the people who see these images will know that this was real. It was as real as it gets. This may have played out as a television show, but this was not a television show. Officer Dick Donohue almost gave his life. Officer Sean Collier did give his life. These were real people, with real lives, with real families. And to have this cover dropped into Boston was hurtful to their memories and their families. I know from first-hand conversations that this Rolling Stone cover has kept many of them up — again. It’s irritated the wounds that will never heal — again. There is nothing glamorous in bringing more pain to a grieving family.
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The 'real face' of #Tsarnaev: @BostonMagazine releases incredible photos of terrorist manhunt http://t.co/eoHan9Nq4v pic.twitter.com/pK0HHwVHPa
— Courtney Bryant (@CourtneyDBryant) July 18, 2013
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with a sniper dot on his forehead emerging from boat via @BostonMagazine http://t.co/VAZ4pp7pvE pic.twitter.com/9thLUhyQ3g
— dope, it is tom (@DOPEITSTOM) July 18, 2013
Wow, awesome post by @BostonMagazine. Photos of Tsarnaev at the end of the man hunt. Not so glamorous… http://t.co/mmT7DeaFnf
— Cassidy Quinn (@CassidyQuinn) July 18, 2013
For all the little "bad boy" lovers. Pretty, ain't he? http://t.co/Hwyl2DmBYp
— ⭐⭐ACQUITTED FOR LIFE⭐⭐?? (@UnnaturalBlond) July 18, 2013
Big props to @BostonMagazine for releasing the photos we SHOULD be associating with Tsarnaev for the coward he is http://t.co/S403KHazcl
— Alleigh Marré (@alleighmarre) July 18, 2013
@BostonMagazine > @RollingStone
— What lockdown? (@mwbowler) July 18, 2013
.@RollingStone you just got owned by Boston Magazine. Have a great night!
— Ratty (@HeyRatty) July 18, 2013
Thank you Boston magazine! #BostonStrong
— Lockdown Mike (@brooklynmike21) July 18, 2013
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