investigations in the year following the incident led to the arrest of one officer who was released after only serving three and one half years under house arrest. How did it happen that a massacre of such a great scale ended with little to no repercussions for those involved? Who was really to blame for the massacre: the men on the ground or the higher ups? I believe
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The Katyn Wood Massacre (1940) remains a topic of interest as it questions the motives behind the hidden agenda of the USSR. The truth behind the massacre was hidden for more than fifty years‚ while the USSR upheld the guise that the Germans were responsible for the massacre. It is theorized that both the USA and Great Britain were aware of the massacre at the hands of the USSR‚ however‚ they protected the USSR as she was an allied force and they needed her aid. This poses the question of whether
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people were killed by police. This massacre occurred in Vigario Geral‚ one of the six hundred favelas in Rio de Janiero. It was as a result of four policemen being killed by local drug dealers‚ that this event came to be. To make matters worse‚ of the twenty one people that were killed‚ none were involved with drug trafficking. Two causes were the killings of the four policemen and the living conditions of the favela residents. Two consequences of the massacre were an increased sense of mistrust
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The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre was clearly an act of self defence on behalf of the British Soldiers because the Soldiers got attacked first and the Soldiers were just doing the jobs. The Boston Massacre was blatantly an act of self defence on the part of the British Soldiers because credible witness testimony clearly states that the British Soldiers got attacked first and the Patriots were armed. On March 5‚ 1770 on King Street‚ the Patriots were protesting but it escalated to more
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Taylor O’Connell Samuel Period 7 January 2‚ 2013 February 14th is known as the day for love and happiness‚ except in the year of 1929 when a Chicago mobster‚ Alfonso “Al” Capone‚ also known as Scarface‚ and his gang shot and killed six men from George “Bugs” Moran’s gang‚ along with an innocent bystander. This event is referred to as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He attended school up through
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In the declaration of independence‚ they write about the desperate need for revolution‚ and how the colonies had reached their breaking point. In the poem "Massacre" by Liao Yiwu they discuss the revolution in china and the breaking point that had been had reached. Both these documents share the common theme of revolution against their oppressive government. And they both discuss the peoples yearning for normalcy to the point of complacency‚ even in terrible conditions‚ and come to the conclusion
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horrifying event happened in 1972. This has come to be known as the Munich Massacre. It was during the Olympics when eight Arab Terriost decided to invade. This was a worldwide event when most people were looking forward to breaking records but the only thing they were left with was broken hearts. This event is an example of tension that a nation has that causes them to want revenge on another nation. The Munich Massacre was so sudden and no one could really predict that it would happen. Throughout
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their homes. Once troops arrived in the colonies‚ riots became‚ "an almost regular feature of life" (Becker‚ Wheeler 77). The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5‚ 1770‚ when hostility between the Americans and British had reached its breaking point. During a riot in the town square‚ British troops fired into a crowd of civilians‚ killing five men. The Boston Massacre was caused by tensions in the American people that had built up as a result of an increasing sense of patriotism‚ pains brought on by
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The Last Colonial Massacre by Greg Grandin is about the Panzós massacre of the Q’eqchi Mayans in 1978. This was unfortunately a violent precursor the Scorched-Earth campaign of the 80’s that would kill many more Q’eqchi. This book‚ while examining an individual event on a personalized level through the life of Adelina Caal‚ a focus of the last chapter‚ this book shows the effects of Neoliberalism‚ the US’s involvement in Latin America in the Cold War‚ and ethnic tension stemming from cultural differences
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Barack Obama speech. Barack Obama gives this speech in front of his people‚ the democratic people that support him. He kept this speech in the state of Wisconsin and talks about his campaign and his beliefs how to win the American elections in 2008. As I understood he attacks his opponent‚ the other candidate of Democratic Party‚ Mrs Hillary Clinton. Obama starts his speech by citing some great historical speeches‚ by great men that have done the history of America. He cited the phrases of Martin
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