When comparing the Boston Marathon bombers and the Weatherman Underground terrorist group there are a few major differences we would need to look at. I will explain each group and then explain the major differences that I have observed.
The Boston Marathon bombers were a set of brothers that immigrated from Kyrgyzstan in 2002 (Unclassified, 2014). Their choice of bomb was 2 pressure cookers filled with what was believed to be gun powder and shrapnel and were homemade (Leinwand, Leger & Stanglin, 2013). The purpose of these bombs was to kill and maim the spectators that were attending the Boston Marathon. The brothers were brought to justice with Tamerlan Tsarnaev being killed by police and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev being captured alive and prosecuted accordingly (Unclassified, 2013). …show more content…
They were led by Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers but consisted of many members across the country. They bombed key places all over the United States to protest American involvement in Vietnam (Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol, n.d.). The explosive of choice was dynamite because it was easily obtained because of loose explosives laws in this era or stolen from the United States military (Weather Underground Fall Offensive, n.d.). The majority but not all of their bombings were victimless and just caused property damage and many times there were warning calls placed to where the bombs would detonate to let people know to get out (Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol,