Police Photographer Angry At Rolling Stone Cover Releases Tsarnaev Arrest Photos

A police photographer has been relieved of his duties after sending photographs of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during his capture to Boston Magazine. Photos taken by State Police tactical photographer Sgt. Sean Murphy show the bomber bloodied and disheveled with a red dot from a sniper’s laser sight on his forehead.

Boston Magazine editor John Wolfson, who wrote the story accompanied by Murphy’s photos, later tweeted and reported on the magazine website that Murphy was “relieved of duty” and had a hearing next week.

Asked by The Associated Press about Murphy’s job status, Procopio said in an email: “All I can say is that he is subject to an internal investigation.”

Murphy, who did not return a message from the AP, said in his statement to Boston Magazine that Rolling Stone’s cover photo, a softly-lit image of a brooding Tsarnaev, insults officers killed in the line of duty, their colleagues and their families by glamorizing the “face of terror.” (source)

Many outlets have refused to stock Rolling Stone magazine due to the cover shot of the bomber. Many saying it was in poor taste and dishonored the memory of those who died and were injured on April 19th, when two pressure cooker bombs exploded ripping  the crowds assembled at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to pieces.