Posted on 07/02/2019 4:46:37 PM PDT by centurion316
The jury in the military trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher has found him not guilty of premeditated murder and attempted murder during a deployment to Iraq in 2017.
He was, however, found guilty of unlawfully posing for a picture with a human casualty.
The verdict was reached after about a day of deliberation. The government and defense attorneys both made closing arguments in the case on Monday, after presenting testimony from numerous witnesses over two weeks.
Gallagher, 40, was charged with premeditated murder over an alleged stabbing of a wounded ISIS fighter in Mosul, and attempted premeditated murder over alleged unlawful sniper shots taken at an old man and a young girl. He was also charged with wrongfully posing for an unofficial photo with a human casualty.
The charge of unlawfully posing for a photo which was shown throughout the court martial carries a maximum penalty of four months' confinement, though Gallagher is likely to get credit for the eight months he served in the brig prior to his trial, Navy spokesman Brian O'Rourke told Task & Purpose.
(Excerpt) Read more at taskandpurpose.com ...
Congratulations, Chief Gallagher!
Let the chair polishers stick to polishing their chairs.
“Unlawfully posing for a picture of a. .” what kind of nonsense is that?
Garbage charge.
The prosecutors need to be dishonorably discharged and prevented from ever practicing law.
Democrats are is severe depression over this one.....they really enjoy seeing a warrior suffer!!!!
You know, the ones that love islam, dismemberment abortions, gulags and che queervera.
I have been worried about this since Calley and My Lai.
The actual soldiers are punished for obeying the superiors.
If Calley was wrong, so were the entire chain of command.
“Guilty of posing with a dead body” what a bunch of horse shit! No wonder recruitment to the armed services is dead. The military has been turned over to a bunch of intellectual idiots, lesbos, gays, and women. Gallagher should never have been charged in the first place. We send our troops into battle to kill the enemy than charge them when they do their job.
From your lips to Gods ears.
“He was, however, found guilty of unlawfully posing for a picture with a human casualty.”
What Article of the UCMJ is that?
Probably Article 92
I think you are correct
The bodies in Viet Nam were on the friggin tv.
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