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Shatyra Wiley Report: The Boston Massacre

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This is Shatyra Wiley reporting live from the Boston Massacre. If you haven't heard already the colonist are tired of the British taxes them for NO REASON ! The colonist decide to do something about it. The British came on the colonist property war ready. Snowballs, Stones, and Sticks were thrown. Someone yelled fire and soldiers began shooting. Three townspeople were killed and eight more were wounded. Two of which died later. No one knows who gave the order to fire. After the shooting, the people of Boston demanded that the soldiers be tried and executed for the shooting. Two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter. This whole incident is outrageous. There isn't any need to result to violence when something goes wrong. I wish they could've

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