Massacre of the Innocents

My Lai Massacre Miscommunication can lead to a disaster and cost the lives of many citizens. In 1968, a bunch of American soldiers killed between 200 and 500 unarmed citizens at My Lai located in South Vietnam (“My Lai Massacre” History). The war is known today as the My Lai Massacre. There were many questions and stories about what and why it all happened. People started to become angry at their soldiers and wondered what they were thinking. However, many did not realize that the massacre impacted

other in the spring of 1770. On March 5, 1770 the Boston Massacre took place. Although, it wasn’t even a massacre. A massacre is defined as the mass-murder of a group of innocent, unaware, unarmed people. What really happened on that day was a riot. Both sides were armed. The colonists had icy snowballs, chunks of wood, and oyster shells; while the British soldiers were armed with muskets and bayonets. There is proof that the Boston Massacre was planned by the colonists and even if it wasn’t the

of war including some innocent lives that just get caught in the midst of assault. A war is a large scale combat involving hundreds to thousands of soldiers fighting for their country, freedoms, religious liberty. Of course that means war has a bigger impact and must be carefully considered and justified before attempted. Massacres differ greatly from war simply because they have no good purpose other than to destroy life. They are always senseless hate crimes against innocent human beings intended

Was the Boston Massacre used as propaganda after event took place? The Massacre occurred in 1770 on the night of March 5. The event resulted in the British army shooting and killing 5 men while under attack by a so called “mob”. The shootings took place right outside of The Old State House. Eight shooters were arrested, but soon after their trials it came down to only two of the six to be convicted of manslaughter. This led to colonial leaders like Paul Revere and Samuel Adams publicizing the event

need for violence?” There is a need for violence when innocent people die. People who did nothing wrong died for trying to speak for their people and their culture. Women and children who've never touched a gun, shot in the back running from the police. The story The Martyr explores this question when Mrs. Hill grabbed a pistol and shot Njoroge, her houseboy. She thought he led the gang members to her house to kill her. She killed an innocent man because two Europeans were previously murdered by

colonists like the newspapers. The newspaper would show dramatize images to get the colonists to buy their newspaper just as patriot Paul Revere did for the printing of the Boston Massacre. He showed and exaggerated image of what had happened at the Boston Massacre. The newspaper that was published based on the Boston Massacre change the way some people saw Great Britain. There was a mob that had started to attack the British barracks and then started to attack Hugh White, who got surrounded by the mob

for them. The right to bear arms is not applicable in twenty first century because people have been using guns for revenge, robbing houses, banks, and to kill people for no reason. The Luby shooting was a massacre that occurred on October 16, 1991. George Hennard was responsible for this massacre. At first he crashed his pickup truck into the luby restaurant. People thought it might be an accident but all of a sudden he took out a gun and started shooting people. He killed twenty three people and

Running head: CAMPUS VIOLENCE 1 Campus Violence has escalated since the Massacre at UT Berketa L. Livingston Liberty University Online ENGL-104

My Lai Massacre ​Cowardice. Lack of education. Immorality. These are only a few traits to describe the soldiers that went along with the My Lai Massacre in 1968. The My Lai Massacre took place during the Vietnam War in the southern village of My Lai. American troops were told to bomb and kill the “armed” and “dangerous” people of this village because it was believed to be “stronghold for forces of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, or Viet Cong” (My Lai Massacre). These American troops

was in the My Lai Massacre were just following the orders that were given to them. They do not know that those innocent women and children are not the Viet Congs and the soldiers believed that they were the Viet Congs. The orders were given to wipe out all of the Viet Congs in My Lai village. There were no ways to tell if the Vietnamese were Viet Congs or not. They had no choice but to follow the orders and kill as many Vietnamese that they think are Viet Congs. This massacre isn’t committed because