Boston Massacre essay # 1

Gentlemen of the jury, i propose that the defendant Captain Preston is guilty of the murder of the five civilians.

It all started with a teenager, Edward Garrish, talking to a British soldier that was on guard that he owed a barber for a haircut. The soldier hit the young man with the butt of his gun in the young mans face. People started crowding around and snow and or ice was thrown at the soldiers that came in to help out their member. This group of 6 or 8 soldiers was led by Captain Preston. There was some yelling names and eventually a soldier fired his gun and the killing broke out.
Captain Preston told his men to load and ready their guns. Someone did say fire, it is not yet determined who, but we have several witnesses that say they think it was the Captain. Even if not Preston who gave the command then he should have had better control over his men and prevented the shooting from happening. There was someone that, "damn your bloods, fire!" A way that he could have solved the problem is to just shoot one shot up in the air.
This man should be punished, he should not be brought to death but he should be tortured. He should be displayed in front of the town and then be tared and feathered and have to ride the pole and then go hungry and with no food until he dies.
This will tell the King that we the colony are under control and that we need none of there help. We will not tolerate anything like this.