At Service, Biden Calls Tsarnaevs 'Knock-off Jihadis'

Joe Biden called the Tsarnaev brothers "two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knock-off jihadis" during the memorial service today at MIT for slain campus officer Sean Collier, reports CNN. "It infuriates them that we refuse to bend, refuse to change, refuse to yield to fear," the VP said of terrorists in general. "The doctrine of hate and oppression, they've found out cannot compete with the values of openness and inclusiveness. And that's why they're losing around the world." Thousands attended the memorial service, which included a performance by James Taylor, notes AP.

Said Collier's brother Rob: "People have asked me if Sean were here, what would he think. Are you kidding me? He would have loved this. Sirens, flashing lights, formations, people saluting, bagpipes, Taps, the American flag—he would have loved it. He was born to be a police officer, and he lived out his dreams." (More Boston Marathon bombing stories.)