Posted on 09/28/2015 1:29:31 PM PDT by robowombat
Green Beret Discharged for Body-Slamming Alleged Child Rapist Breaks Silence, Provides New — and Graphic — Details on Why He Felt Compelled to Act
Sep. 28, 2015 12:54pm Kaitlyn Schallhorn
The Green Beret who is set to be involuntarily discharged in early November has finally spoken out about the situation that caused his punishment in the first place — his intervening on behalf of an Afghan boy who was being repeatedly raped.
“Kicking me out of the Army is morally wrong and the entire country knows it,” Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland said in his first public statement, which was provided to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) who is advocating on the serviceman’s behalf.
Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking that he review the "involuntary discharge" of Sgt. First Class Charles Martland. (Image source: KUSA-TV) Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking that he review the “involuntary discharge” of Sgt. First Class Charles Martland, above. (Image source: KUSA-TV) In the statement obtained by Fox News, Martland detailed the day in 2011 that he and his team leader started a fight with local police commander Abdul Rahman who allegedly raped a young boy multiple times. According to a separate statement from the team leader, Capt. Daniel Quinn, Rahman allegedly kept a young boy tied to a pole in his house where he raped him repeatedly from 10 days to two weeks. Rahman’s brother was instructed to beat the child’s mother when she attempted to intervene, which he did.
Martland called Rahman a “brutal rapist” and said he and Quinn confronted him after confirming the allegations with several elders.
Rahman admitted to the act and ”the child rapist laughed it off and referenced that it was only a boy,” Martland said.
“Captain Quinn picked him up and threw him,” Martland said. “I [proceeded to] body slam him multiple times.”
“I kicked him once in his ribcage after one of the body slams,” Martland said in the statement. “I put my foot on his neck and yelled at him after one body slam, but did not kick or punch him in the face. I continued to body slam him and throw him for 50 meters until he was outside the camp.”
In his statement, Quinn said he physically threw Rahman off the camp through the front gates.
“He was never knocked out, and he ran away from our camp. It did not last longer than 5 minutes. The child rapist’s allegations against us are ridiculous,” Martland said.
After an investigation into the incident, Quinn and Martland were removed from the Afghan outpost. Quinn has since left the Army, but Martland is faced with an involuntary leave on Nov. 1 due a military policy implemented amid budget cuts. Martland appealed the decision, but it has been denied.
“While I understand that a military lawyer can say that I was legally wrong, we felt a moral obligation to act,” Martland wrote in his statement.
Hunter has defended Martland’s actions, which Martland has argued were to protect the boy and American lives that were at risk.
“To intervene was a moral decision, and SFC Martland and his Special Forces team felt they had no choice but to respond,” Hunter wrote in the letter addressed to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in August.
“Mr. Secretary, I personally ask that you review the details of this case and intervene immediately,” Hunter said. “SFC Martland stood up to a child rapist — which I am fully confident you believe is the right thing to do — and the fact that he will soon be involuntarily separated as a result is troubling.”
However, as Fox News reported, others have not defended the actions of Quinn and Martland.
Col. Steve Johnson, a U.S. commander stationed in Afghanistan during that time, appears to have defended the Army’s decision in a conversation on his LinkedIn page, according to Fox News.
“The entire operational Chain of Command supported the relief for cause and reprimand. Vigilantism is illegal in the United States and should not be condoned elsewhere,” Johnson wrote. “We should do our best to ensure that the accused is brought to justice legally and fairly — we should never take the law into our own hands (as Martland and Quinn did).”
Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement last week that he is “absolutely confident that no such theater policy has ever existed here,” such as the one Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. said forbade officers from intervening in child rape cases because it’s “their culture” before his death in 2012.
Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement last week that he is “absolutely confident that no such theater policy has ever existed here,” such as the one Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. said forbade officers from intervening in child rape cases because it’s “their culture” before his death in 2012.
I am surprised Gen Campbell didn’t say he was ‘Shocked’ shocked I say.’ about anyone saying such a policy existed.
They both need a medal.
Ironic, in a way - the Afghan meant to rape the kid, and yet it’s SFC Martland who’s getting f***ed.
Punishing good, decent people is a tactic to demoralize American society - and especially our military services. A demoralized military is not an effective defense. See the plan for what it is
If the facts are as the Green Beret says, they should have given him an award.
If the facts are as the Green Beret says, they should have given him an award.
He should have no trouble finding work. Pretty much the whole country is behind him.
Yes, it is.
We also see why queering the military was a major policy priority for this administration.
The American people are in full decline.
Were this thread about someone kicking a puppy or abandoning a box of kittens there might wind up being several hundred replies.
Since it is only human children there will probably be less than thirty.
I would really like to be proved wrong.
Postings from the last few months make me confident enough to post this though.
The man deserves a medal.
Where are the brave Republicans denouncing this travesty?
This is an extremely agonizing situation... and if I were president I would pardon the man at once.
Still, I wonder if it did squat about the abuse of the boys. If it didn’t, then it might have been worse than useless.
Welcome to the Country that the Obama voters and worshipers said, nay, demanded, via their votes. And from this point, things will only get worse.
Their “culture” needs to be brought to an end ASAP if not sooner.
You’re not wrong, you’re right (sadly).
“Capt. Daniel Quinn, Rahman allegedly kept a young boy tied to a pole in his house where he raped him repeatedly from 10 days to two weeks. Rahman’s brother was instructed to beat the child’s mother when she attempted to intervene, which he did.”
This is what the present administration stands for!
President Cruz can give him an Award during his first week in office.
And Democrat vote-forgers (if it were not for that, we might be asking right now how Mitt Romney intends to deal with the situation)
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