The Boston Marathon bombings happened on April 15, 2013 when two bombs exploded at 2:49 pm near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombers were brothers, Tamerlan & Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who moved to the United States after the father applied for political asylum. The younger Tsarnaev brother said the attacked the Boston Marathon in retaliation for U.S. wars in Muslim countries. The Boston Marathon Bombing Trial is important to American society because it changed the way we looked at acts of terrorism legally, showed that people must effectively pay for their actions, and that we must never let our guard down.
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved to the U.S. when they where 16 and 9 years old, respectively, when their father, Anzor Tsarnaev,
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applied for political asylum in 2002. The Tsarnaev family became legal permanent U.S. residents in March 2007. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev graduated high school in 2011 and was awarded $2,500 by the city of Cambridge. Dzhokhar became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012 when he was 19 years old. The younger Tsarnaev enrolled at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he majored in marine biology and hoped to become a dentist. The explosions occurred at 2:49 p.m. near the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon when two bombs placed 210 yards apart detonated killing 3 people and injuring more than 260 others. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar stayed to watch the aftermath of the explosion and walked away casually like nothing had happened. A few hours later, they shot Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, 27, 6 times for his gun. Tamerlan stole a Mercedes-Benz SUV and held the owner hostage while Dzhokhar followed in a green Honda. Watertown police officer, Joseph Reynolds, identified the brothers and other police officers arrived at the scene. Tamerlan ran out of ammunition, was shot multiple times by police, and was then tackled. A witness, Shelly Levy of Watertown, later told reporters that she was awoken at 12:50 a.m. because she heard multiple explosions. She was quoted as saying “I wasn’t sure what it was. It frankly sounded like explosions and gunshots. I heard a lot of sirens…it was literally just down the street. I couldn’t see from my window but it was a few blocks away. There were hundreds of police and FBI” (Tanfani). Dzhokhar ran him over with the stolen SUV and dragged him 20 feet. Tamerlan died from his injuries. Dzhokhar hid in a boat less than a mile away from the abandoned SUV. The police opened fire on the boat and hit Tsarnaev multiple times. He was found by homeowner, David Henneberry, after the police released the “stay indoors” order in Henneberry’s boat, wounded and bleeding out from gunshot wounds. Three Boston police then arrived and arrested Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested and taken to a prison outside Boston where he was placed in solitary confinement. Tsarnaev had gunshot wounds to his left ear, neck, and thigh. The neck wound was reported to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a suicide attempt but was later revealed to be unarmed when he was arrested. He was found to have had a skull fracture prior to being arrested. The doctor that treated Tsarnaev said he had a skull base fracture with multiple injuries to his ear, vertebrae in his back, a soft tissue injury, and a small vascular injury. U.S. Marshals took him to the Federal Medical Center near Boston for people who required long-term medical and mental health care. The bombings brought the immigration debate back to the public eye.
Chuck Grassley, Iowa’s Republican Senator, was one of the first conservatives to publicly connect the bombings to the roiling immigration debate and questioned whether the attacks would suggest a need to slow down and re-examine immigration reform efforts (Abdullah). Patrick Leahy, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said, “Last week opponents of comprehensive immigration reform began to exploit the Boston Marathon bombing…I urge restraint in that regard. Refugees and asylum-seekers have enriched the fabric of this country from our founding” (Abdullah).
The trial began on July 10, 2013 when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was accused of 30 counts including four counts for murder, conspiracy, and use of a weapon of mass destruction, which are punishable by death. The judge overseeing the case was George O’Toole. The attorney for Tsarnaev was Judy Clarke. On January 30, 2014 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the government was seeking the death penalty for Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev’s defense attorney Judy Clarke said “Dzhokhar fell under the influence of his brother, Tamerlan and if not for Tamerlan, the bombings would not have happened”
(Line). Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts and sentenced to death by lethal injection. On May 15, 2015 the jury recommended that Tsarnaev be sentenced to death on 6 of the 30 counts for which he was charged. Karen Brassard, who suffered shrapnel wounds to her legs, said on Tsarnaev’s conviction “It’s not a happy occasion, but it’s something” (Line). Tsarnaev is currently being held at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility known as ADX and is located near Florence, Colorado. He is likely to be moved to the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana where the federal death sentences are usually carried out. The Boston Marathon Bombing Trial did many things for American society including showing the U.S. and its citizens that no one is immune to acts of terrorism. The United States learned that we must keep our guard up toward suspicious activity and not ignore this kind of activity. The Marathon Trials showed people must effectively pay for the actions such as stealing candy from a gas station is worth a night in jail while killing 3 people is worth life in prison or the death penalty. The United States views acts of terrorism different from a legal standpoint as this is the third terrorist attack in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing in 1997 and the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The federal government doesn’t take acts of terrorism legally as the OKC bomber was executed in 2001 and Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. The United States could increase security at airports to better detect possible terrorists coming into the United States. The U.S. government could run extensive background checks on the refugees coming into the country and check for potential mental illness history. The U.S. could be more wary of all refugees trying to come into the country they way they are of Syrian refugees today. The way the U.S. views terrorism legally, makes people most effectively pay for their actions, and we must be on guard in case of more terrorist attacks are three things the Boston Marathon Bombing brought to the United States’ attention. Potential future terrorists can learn from the Tsarnaev brothers that the United States will not tolerate terrorism and will hand out the death penalty if one does commit an act of terrorism. In conclusion, the United States will be more aware of suspicious activity and will not lower their guard when it comes to acts of terrorism such as bombings and shootings.
In unit six we learned about anthropology and entomology and how forensic scientist use it different cases. Even though entomology was not that useful in The Oklahoma bombing case, anthropology was extremely useful for identifying the victims. Since it was an explosion, Forensic anthropologist had to study different remains of the victim's body and use different techniques (such as examining bone development) to identify who they were. For example, the death toll was originally 169 people (one person higher) than it is now because of an unidentified left leg was found and they couldn’t find the body it originally came from. Later, medical examiners compared the size of the tibia of the leg to other victims right leg. Finally forensic found
This chapter provided information from the trial of Captain Thomas Preston. The chapter asked the question, “What really happened in the Boston Massacre”. Chapter four focused on the overall event of the Massacre and trying to determine if Captain Preston had given the order to fire at Boston citizens. The chapter provides background information and evidence from Preston’s trial to leave the reader answering the question the chapter presents. Although, after looking through all the witnesses’ testimonies some might sway in Captain Preston’s favor, just the way the grand jury did.
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines massacre as “the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty” or “a cruel or wanton murder” (m-w.com). Essentially a massacre results in either the death of many people or death by cruel means. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts and involved American colonists and British troops. The colonists, upset by recent laws enacted by the British, taunted a smaller group of British soldiers by throwing snowballs at them (Boston Massacre Historical Society). In response, the soldiers fired upon the unarmed colonists leaving five people dead and six wounded (Phelan, 131). Even though the event in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which blood was shed, and called the Boston Massacre, the actions which took place on that day did not constitute a massacre. Since only five people were killed and six wounded and there was no evidence of cruelty, the name Boston Massacre was likely a propaganda ploy by Samuel Adams to rally the colonists against the British instead of a true massacre.
In short, Timothy McVeigh was responsible for the worst single man act of mass murder in the United States history. McVeigh used a mixture of agricultural chemicals and diesel fuel in his homemade bomb to destroy the Oklahoma City’s Murrah Federal building on April 19th, 1995. The bombing killed 168 human lives, including 19 children. In 2001, after six years of investigations and trials, Timothy McVeigh was put to death for his evil
"the shot heard round the world"-Ralph Waldo Emerson concord hymn. No this doesn't mean in 1770 all of the people in the world heard the shot. It means that this incident was known about throughout everywhere in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson meant to say this to tell the significance behind the shooting and the outcome of the shooting as well. Many people also believed that this was the thing that's started it all. People thought that because of the outrages and protesting caused by the massacre it caused the start of the revolutionary war. The infamous Boston massacre was caused by colonists protesting unfair British actions and defensive British soldiers try to contain the crowd then sparking the revolution.
On March 5th, 1770 the colonists were going to protest against the British rule because they were being unfair to the colonists, with taxes being passed without the colonists’ approval. The proclamation of 1763 didn’t help stopping people from settling across the Appalachian mountains even though people fought for it. Also each house had to house and feed a soldier. Many other taxes on different items also caused colonists to be angry. Many started to protest one of these protests had the colonists in front of government building with weapons the British soldiers then fired killing five and injuring others. There was not a massacre on March 5, 1770 in Boston because there was not a massacre on March 5, 1770 in Boston because less than ten colonists
The events of March 5, 1770 should and have been remembered as momentous and predictable. Perhaps not the night or city specifically, but the state of affairs in Boston, if not throughout The English Colonies, had declined to the point that British troops found themselves frequently assaulted with stones, dirt, and human feces. The opinions and sentiments of either side were certainly not clandestine. Even though two spectators express clear culpability for the opposing side, they do so only in alteration of detail. The particulars of the event unfold the same nonetheless. The happening at the Custom House off King Street was a catastrophic inevitability. Documents from the Boston Massacre trial, which aid us in observing from totally different perceptions. The depositions of witnesses of the event prove to be useful; an English officer Captain Preston and a colonial Robert Goddard give relatively dissimilar details. In spite of these differences, they still both describe the same state of affairs.
The Boston Massacre was one the most controversial massacre in American history that teased the coming of the American Revolution. People were taunting a British soldier who was standing “in front of the Boston Custom House” who got very frustrated to the point where he hit somebody. The soldier got overwhelmed by people who came after he hit one of them, called help from his fellow soldiers. When Captain Preston and his soldiers arrived at the scene, people were coming from everywhere, some were trying to fight them and some were just there to watch. Then, one of the soldier shot at the people and his fellow soldiers started shooting after, which killed five people. This what ended it up being called the Boston Massacre. Some might say that the murderer were the soldiers who shot the people, but the real murderer is
I am writing to express my opinion about the events that occurred March 5, 1770 in Boston. I feel the blame rests entirely on the colonists. I have three main pieces of evidence to support my view.
The Boston Massacre was and is still a debatable Massacre. The event occurred on March 5, 1776. It involved the rope workers of the colonial Boston and two British regiments, the twenty-ninth and the fourteenth regiments. Eleven people were shot in the incident; five people were killed and the other six were merely wounded. The soldiers and the captain, Thomas Preston, were all put on trial. All were acquitted of charges of murder, however the two soldiers who fired first, Private Mathew Killroy, and Private William Montgomery, the two soldiers were guilty of manslaughter. The causes were numerous for this event. There had been a nation wide long-term dislike towards the British, and a growing hatred towards them by the people of Boston. Even before the two regiments were sent in to monitor Boston there was a growing feud before the two sides.
The Boston Massacre was a critical point in American history and fueled the American Revolution. It caused the Royal Governor to evacuate the occupying British troops from Boston. The Boston Massacre united the colonies in their fight for independence which, along with continued propaganda, led to the Revolutionary War.
On March 5, 1770, a tragic event happened in Boston, Massachusetts. This event has been known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was a fight between Boston Colonists and the British Soldiers. Colonists started throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers that were guarding the customs house. Colonists were shouting at the troops and taunting at them, even daring them to fire. One troop was knocked down by the mob. When the mob got even closer to them, they fired. Two bullets hit a man named Crispus Attucks. Four more colonists were shot dead and ten were injured that night. The Boston Massacre was not an accident.
Throughout history, events are sparked by something, which causes emotions to rise and tensions to come to a breaking point. The Boston Massacre was no exception; America was feeling the pressure of the British and was ready to break away from the rule. However, this separation between these two parties would not come without bloodshed on both sides. The British did not feel the American had the right to separate them from under British rule, but the Americans were tired of their taxes and rules being placed upon them and wanted to succeed from their political tyrants. The Boston Massacre would be the vocal point in what would be recognized, as the Revolutionary War in American history and the first place lives would be lost for the cost of liberty. Even though the lives were lost that day, eight British soldiers were mendaciously accused of murder when it was clearly self-defense. People who are placed in a situation where their lives are threatened have the right to defend themselves. History does not have the right to accuse any one event those history may have considered the enemy guilty when they are fighting for their lives.
Was the Boston Massacre an accident? Based off of the sources available for my use I believe that the Boston Massacre was not an accident at all. The events earlier that day may have been forgotten during the trial, how two boys were beaten with guns and how the man that tried to help them was stabbed in the shoulder all the way to the bone. Below is my response to why the Boston Massacre was not an accident.
The Boston Marathon bombers consisted of an older brother and younger brother with the younger being 20 at the time of the attack. The Beltway Sniper pair also had an older (father figure) and younger perpetrator with the younger being 17 years old at the time of the attack. Both of the younger perpetrators in both groups attempted to use a similar defense in court after their arrest for their terrorist acts. Malvo, the younger Beltway Sniper, attempted to say that he was largely influenced by Muhammad, who was the older perpetrator and was similar to a father figure. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the Boston Marathon Bombers also attempted to say that he was largely influenced by his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The defenses did not worked for the perpetrators as Malvo was sentenced to life without the chance of parole and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to