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Stand Your Ground: Lethal Force At The Boston Massacre, Kent State, And Today
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Two hundred and forty-five years ago, on Oct. 24, 1770, Captain Thomas Preston entered the Queen Street Courthouse in Boston to stand trial for murder. Soldiers under his command had fired into the crowd surrounding them on March 5, killing five and wounding six more. Preston and eight enlisted men were arrested immediately with the blessings of the British Lt. Governor as he stared down a huge and threatening mob. The patriots quickly named it “The Bloody Massacre.” British officials referred to “the King St. incident.”
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mickey
(10/9/2015)
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| Today we'd call the Boston Massacre "officers justifiably in fear for their lives from citizens who had the ability to harm them, nothing to see here, move along, don't you have a school shooting to write about?" |
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PHORTO
(10/9/2015)
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And that's the way it SHOULD be. If you honestly fear for your life and physical safety, you are justified.
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