Posted on 05/23/2006 12:05:06 AM PDT by Sam Hill
You have perhaps heard of the charges against the US troops in Iraq made by the self-proclaimed "Army Ranger" Jesse MacBeth. If not, click here for a video presenting his ludicrous claims:
Jesse MacBeth
It would seem that before Mr. MacBeth began to decry the Genghis Khan-like atrocities of our soldiers, he busied himself with other weighty issues, such as protesting the service at the local coffee shop.
From the Arizona State University's campus paper, the Devil:
Jesse MacBeth, right, protests near the Mill Avenue Coffee Plantation on Saturday night. The Free to Camp Coalition organized the protest because it alleges that the coffee shop discriminates against customers based on their appearances.
Local activists protest Coffee Plantation
Group alleges that new management discriminates
by Ilan Brat
Monday, April 12, 2004The Free to Camp Coalition protested near Coffee Plantation on Mill Avenue to criticize the store for an alleged mistreatment of homeless people and others.
For about an hour Saturday evening, more than 30 ASU students, activists and local residents marched up and down both sides of the downtown street.
They handed out fliers and fake Coffee Plantation coupons for a free discrimination, waved hand-painted, fabric banners that read "Coffee Plant. Won't Serve Homeless & Veterans."
The group also chanted rhymes like "Don't harass us, don't trespass us" and "Stop the war on the poor."
Free to Camp's main complaint: Since Coffee Plantation came under new management in January, frequently it has refused service to homeless people and others based on physical attributes like appearance and hygiene.
Eric Spruce, the store's new owner, said the charges are false.
A statement posted on the store's windows in response to Free to Camp's allegations affirms the store's right to refuse business to those who are "offensive in hygiene, language or behavior."
"It has nothing to do with [discrimination]," Spruce said. "It's just a few people who we wouldn't allow to use our bathrooms [to bathe] and panhandle our customers. It's just overreacting."
Jesse MacBeth told another story.
MacBeth, a 20-year-old U.S. soldier who recently returned from Iraq after sustaining a back injury, said Coffee Plantation banned him from the store in March for the way he was dressed -- in his training uniform.
He had been sipping coffee calmly when a store employee asked him to leave. He refused.
Management insisted that he leave even after he took out his military ID card. Security guards escorted him off the premises under threat of arrest if he returned.
He said he hoped the protest would disrupt the flow of customers into the store.
"If you cut down the customers a lot, then they won't keep their business going," MacBeth said. "That's the whole point, to let society know what's going on."
Another protester, journalism freshman Andrew Socha, wasn't so sure the demonstration would be successful.
"If anything is going to be effective, then people standing outside your store and yelling will hopefully get the message across," Socha said.
Socha paused and looked inside the store, which was far from empty.
"But a lot of times, people don't get the message no matter what you say," he said.
As if to accentuate the point, fliers and coupons that had been distributed by the protesters and dropped by passersby skittered along the sidewalk in the cool breeze.
One man quickly walked past the group and repeated, "Get a job. Get a job," while talking on his cell phone.
And, in addition to this noble work, our latest darling of the America-haters Mr. MacBeth had some run-ins with the law.
From the Arizona Supreme Court's records:
SEARCH RESULTS
Party Name Date of Birth Party Address Court Case Number 1 JESSE ADAM MACBETH 03/21/1984 PIMA, AZ 85543 Pima Justice J-0502-CR-20040075 2 JESSE ADAM MACBETH 03/21/1984 Graham County Superior S-0500-CR-2004171
CASE DETAIL
Case Number: J-0502-CR-20040075 Case Category: Criminal Case Title: ST OF AZ VS JESSE ADAM MACBET Court: Pima Justice Judge: DEWEY L BRYCE Filing Date: 03/23/2004 Disposition Date: 06/17/2004
Party Name: JESSE ADAM MACBETH Party Type: D 1 - DEFNDT/RESPNDT Date of Birth: 03/21/1984
Citation: CNONE
Count 1: FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT Disposition Date: 06/17/2004 Disposition: COMPL DISMISSED BY CTY ATTY Count 2: FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD Disposition Date: 06/17/2004 Disposition: BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT
Event Date Event Description Party 6/17/2004 ARRAIGNMENT D 1 6/17/2004 ORIG. FILE TO SUPERIOR COURT D 1 6/17/2004 FELONY PRELIM HEARING HELD D 1 6/17/2004 DEFNDNT BOUND OVER TO SUPR CRT D 1 6/10/2004 WARRANT QUASHED/EXECUTED D 1 6/10/2004 COUNSEL APPOINTED D 1 6/10/2004 I/A HELD: FELONY/MISD/CR TR D 1 6/10/2004 DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY D 1 6/10/2004 PH HEARING SET D 1 6/2/2004 WARRANT ISSUED D 1 4/19/2004 RETURNED UNSERVED D 1 4/16/2004 LETTER RETURNED D 1 3/23/2004 SUMM ISSUED CR,SR,TR,DR,MR,FR D 1 3/23/2004 COMPLAINT FILED-PROSECUTOR D 1
CASE DETAIL
Case Number: S-0500-CR-2004171 Case Category: Criminal Case Title: ST OF AZ VS JESSE ADAM MACBET Court: Graham County Superior Judge: R DOUGLAS HOLT Filing Date: 06/17/2004 Disposition Date: 09/28/2004
Party Name: JESSE ADAM MACBETH Party Type: D 1 - DEFNDT/RESPNDT Date of Birth: 03/21/1984
Citation: CNONE
Count 1: FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD Disposition Date: 09/28/2004 Disposition: GUILTY
Event Date Event Description Party 5/1/2006 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 5/1/2006 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 4/1/2006 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 4/1/2006 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 3/1/2006 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 3/1/2006 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 2/1/2006 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 2/1/2006 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 1/13/2006 ME STATUS CONFERENCE 1/1/2006 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 1/1/2006 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 12/9/2005 ORDER SETTING 12/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 12/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 11/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 11/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 10/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 10/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 9/23/2005 * D 1 9/23/2005 PET TO REVOKE PROBATION 9/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 9/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 8/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 8/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 7/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 7/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 6/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 6/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 5/9/2005 RELEASE ORDER 5/9/2005 NOTICE OF RIGHTS AFTER JDMT 5/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 5/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 4/25/2005 ME REVOCATION ARRAIGNMENT 4/25/2005 ARREST/BOOKING RECORD 4/25/2005 * D 1 4/18/2005 * D 1 4/18/2005 PET TO REVOKE PROBATION 4/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 4/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 3/1/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 3/1/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 2/14/2005 FUND: ADULT PROBATION FEES D 1 2/14/2005 FUND: EXTRA ADULT PROBATION D 1 2/1/2005 AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE 11/29/2004 NOTICE TO RECORDER OF A FELONY 10/5/2004 PROBATION TRANSFER FEE 1 TIME D 1 9/28/2004 RELEASE ORDER 9/28/2004 VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT 9/28/2004 FUND: 2002 PROBATION SURCHARGE D 1 9/28/2004 FUND: TIME PYMT $20 JCEF D 1 9/28/2004 PROBATION D 1 9/28/2004 CONDITIONS OF PROBATION 9/28/2004 FUND: BASE FINE D 1 9/28/2004 FUND: 2002 SURCHARGES (80%) D 1 9/28/2004 ME SENTENCING (26.16, RCrP) 9/28/2004 FUND: PUBLIC DEF ADMIN FEE D 1 9/28/2004 JAIL/PRISON D 1 9/28/2004 FUND: PROSECUTION COSTS D 1 9/28/2004 SENT RESTITUTION D 1 9/16/2004 CONDITIONS OF RELEASE ORDER 9/13/2004 * D 1 9/13/2004 ME CONTINUANCE 9/8/2004 IA ON FTA WARRANT 9/8/2004 RELEASE ORDER 9/8/2004 * D 1 8/30/2004 * D 1 8/16/2004 ME CONTINUANCE 8/5/2004 PRESENTENCE REPORT 7/19/2004 GUILTY PLEA PROCEEDING 7/19/2004 PLEA AGREEMENT 7/19/2004 NOTICE OF RIGHTS AFTER JDMT 7/19/2004 RELEASE ORDER 7/19/2004 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 7/19/2004 ME CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING 7/12/2004 ME PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 6/29/2004 DISCLOSURE BY PLAINTIFF 6/28/2004 ME ORDER SETTING HEARING/TRIAL 6/28/2004 ORDER SETTING 6/22/2004 M E ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEA 6/22/2004 MOTION 6/21/2004 TIME SCHEDULE/NOTICE OF TRIAL 6/18/2004 TRANSMITTAL CERTIFICATE FROM 6/18/2004 INFORMATION
Maybe the coffee shop preferred customers who would actually pay their checks.
But does anybody really believe that this gentleman is a former Army Ranger?
Jesse MacBeth, center.
It's Kerry colleague and faux Vietnam combat veteran "Captain" Ron Hubbard all over again.
Kerry, right, and Capt. Ron Hubbard talk about the war in Vietnam on ABC's "Meet the Press" with Laurence Spivak, left, April 18, 1971. Kerry testified to Congress on April 22, 1971, on behalf of veterans against the war.
Another "anti-war fake" vet ping!
No way that pencil neck was a Ranger.
Thanks for the ping.
More here:
http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/05/22/anti-war-video-bogus/
Hilariously CBS News, in their photo caption, called him Ron Hubbard. (As did I.)
But of course it is the infamous non-combat, probably never went to VN Sergant AL Hubbard:
Kerry's Mentor: Black Panther And Phony Vietnam Vet, Al Hubbard
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080094/posts
Lying lefty pigs!
Talk about stealing honor..He's a lying swine..but the lefties love him.
Thanks. It sure seems to be a pattern with them:
Cindys Marine Is A Liar | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/marine-told-tales-for-fame/
Since his arrest record doesn't seem to cover 1993, maybe he was in Iraq. Not sure whose army he was in though. ;-)
I was preparing to post this article so instead I'll just add some other clues people have caught from his various interviews and appearances. Hard to get away with much of anything anymore, Darn that internet !
1. Claim: Attended Ranger School.
Truth: Would be awarded the Ranger tab, worn on the left shoulder above the 3/75 scroll.
2. Claim: Attended Special Forces Qualification Course.
Truth: Would be awarded the Special Forces tab, worn on the left shoulder above the 3/75 scroll. SFQC from start to end takes about 1.5 years to complete, without any breaks. In a 11-03-2003 interview with the Eastern Arizona Courier he claims to have been home 2.5 months, making it 08-20-2003. He claims to have spent 14 months in Iraq and Afghanistan, making it 06-20-2002 when he departed for overseas. Special Forces is a total of 18 months making it 01-20-2001. Infantry combat training (boot camp) is 13 weeks, Jump school is 3 weeks, and Ranger school is 8 weeks (total of 24 weeks) making it 07-20-2000. A total of 3 years and 4 months of training and combat. If he was 19 years old in the interview then he was 15 or 16 when he enlisted. Minimum age of enlistment is 17 with parental consent. He also claims to have joined when he was 17, so the training and combat timelines do not work out. And this is if the system worked perfectly and the day he finished one school he started another, which is impossible because these schools are not collocated.
3. Claim: Fought with 3/75 in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Truth: Would be wearing former wartime service 3/75 scroll on right shoulder.
4. Claim: Wearing Special Forces shoulder sleeve insignia on right shoulder, with Special Forces Qualification tab.
Truth: No claims of being assigned to any Special Forces Group. The Special Forces Qualification tab is not worn on the right shoulder as a part of the former wartime service insignia.
5. Claim: United States Army Soldier.
Truth: Rolls his uniform sleeves inside out not authorized in the Army.
6. Claim: Combat Infantryman Badge 2nd award.
Truth: CIBs are issued during qualifying eras. The two most recent eras are Persian Gulf War, 17 January 1991 to 11 April 1991 and Somalia, 5 June 1992 to 31 March 1994. He would have been 9 years old to qualify for a second award.
7. Claim: Combat Action Badge 2nd award.
Truth: IF he was an infantryman, he would not qualify for 1 CAB, he would have had to change his MOS prior to the incident awarding the CAB. There has not been a second qualifying era to award a second CAB, so it is impossible for him to have a second award.
8. Claim: Ranger.
Truth: His beret is the correct color, but he is wearing the flash for the 1st Special Forces Group (wrong) and no distinctive unit insignia (wrong), which is required.
9. Claim: Operation Iraqi Freedom/ Battle of Fallujah.
Truth: The Battle of Fallujah (Operation Phantom Fury) began on 11-08-2004. As we read about our intrepid Soldier was at home protesting coffee prices. Operation Vigilant Justice began on 04-05-2004 and did not include elements of 3/75.
And don't get me started on the size of his font and spacing.
He's supposed to have just returned from Iraq as of April 2004, according to the ACU article.
Which is interesting, since the first charge against him was made in March 2004.
He didn't seem to waste any time.
There are several obvious conflicts in this gentlemans story:
The War the Media is Not Reporting An Iraqi Veteran Speaks Out
Apr 26, 2006
By JusticeJesse Macbeth, formerly a Special Forces Ranger in Iraq, is now active with Iraq Veterans Against the War in Tacoma, Washington. The Rangers are elite units sent door-to-door in Iraq to combat the insurgency. They were also sent into Fallujah to crush all opposition to the occupation of that city. Justice recently interviewed Jesse.
How did you end up in the military?
I grew up on the streets. I got into trouble for fighting. The same judge that Id been dealing with my whole life told me that I wouldnt have to do adult time if I signed up for the military immediately. Sometimes I kinda wish I went to jail instead.How did you become a Special Forces Ranger?
Basic training was easy for me. Growing up on the streets, I was used to running from cops. I was used to not eating for days. I got picked to go to Ranger School.What did your division do?
I was in the Third Ranger Battalion. Our job was to strike fear in the hearts of the Iraqi people.We would go into peoples houses and plow down entire families. We would interrogate people. If we didnt like the answers that they gave, then we would kill the youngest child. If they gave more answers that we didnt like, then wed move on to the rest of the family. They couldve been innocent people.
We would leave the bodies in the streets and blame it on the Shiites or the Sunnis. [In Fallujah] we were ordered to go into mosques and slaughter people while they were praying. I wont go into full detail because Im still haunted by the memories.
What was the assault on Fallujah like?
Fallujah is where we slaughtered people in mosques. We provoked the people there. Some people escaped from the mosques and saw us. We would dig holes and leave mass graves of children, women, and old men. We were ordered to let people die on the street. We were told that the Geneva Convention means nothing to us in combat.We were ordered to fire on peaceful protesters in Fallujah. Somebody threw a rock at us, and an officer said that he thought it was a grenade. Then we were ordered to fire. When its daylight in Iraq, its daylight! Nobody really thought it was a grenade.
What medals did you get in Iraq?
I got a lot. I got a purple heart. Half of them, I dont remember. I got five or six medals just for landing. I got a bronze star.What injuries did you get?
I got stabbed many times. I got shrapnel in my knee. I got shot in the back.What do you think is the role of the U.S. in Iraq?
The military is terrorists there. Soldiers thought we were going to fight terrorism, but we became the terrorists. We were told we were going to liberate the country and find weapons of mass destruction. The real aim is to have the U.S. own the country. The U.S. wants oil.How has the government treated you since you got back?
Like shit. I hate them. Im not gonna be a terrorist or anything, but I hate them. They killed my battle brothers. They used me. They messed me up. They didnt care about me. They turned me into a beast, a machine.What Veterans benefits have you gotten?
I aint getting nothing. A card and thats it.Where do you work?
Im an Iraq vet, and I work at Wendys.How did you get involved in IVAW?
Veterans Affairs told me they had no money for me. I always knew the war was fucked up, but that motivated me to say something about it. The government throws us away. They did the same thing after Vietnam.Why do you think people should get involved in the antiwar movement?
Because its gotta stop. Innocent people are getting killed. Bush says we have to stay the course and that its hard work. Bush doesnt know what work is.Anything else you want to say?
Yeah. The news here is controlled. The military lets information out that serves their purposes. We slaughtered a sovereign nation. Reporters got killed.When I was growing up, everyone thought Id be a criminal, but they were wrong. Im gonna be one of the leaders of the revolution.
http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=261
Not the least of which is that the Battles For Fallujah occurred after was back and protesting at the local coffee shop:
Fallujah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In a highly publicized attack on March 31, 2004, four private military contractors from the U.S. company Blackwater USA were dragged from their vehicle and killed. Their bodies were then mutilated and burned. A crowd of militants and townsfolk, estimated to number over a thousand, beat and dragged the burnt corpses behind automobiles, then hanged the dismembered remains from the girders of one of Fallujahs two bridges over the Euphrates River (known previously as the old bridge, but now as the Blackwater bridge and to the Marines as the Brooklyn Bridge). These acts were videotaped by journalists and broadcast worldwide. This led to an abortive US operation to recapture control of the city in Operation Vigilant Resolve, a siege of the city called Operation Plymouth Rock and a successful recapture of the city, resulting in the death of over 1,000 insurgent fighters and the loss of 92 American soldiers KIA and over 500 wounded, in November 2004 called Operation Phantom Fury.
Age: 24
Height: 69 inches
Weight: 174 pounds
Time in service: 4.5 years
Time on station: 2 years
Military training: Basic Combat Training
Advanced Individual Training
Airborne School (3 weeks)
Ranger Indoctrination Program (1 month)
Pre-Ranger Course (3 weeks)
Ranger School (2 months)
Ranger First Responder Medical Training (1 week)
Primary Leadership Development Course (4 weeks)
Experience:OEF/OIF deployments x 1-4
Joint Readiness Training Center rotation
Joint Readiness Exercise
Live fire exercises: 25
Rank: About half are specialists (pay grade E-4)
Army Physical Fitness Test Score: 275 out of 300
Awards: Expert Infantryman Badge
Combat Infantryman Badge
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
GWOT Expeditionary and Service medals
Ranger Tab
Parachutist Badge
Other Statistics: Less than half are married
Number of children is 1.75
Most have some college
About half are Ranger qualified (earned Ranger Tab) Rangers Lead the Way!
Source: U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
The typical moonbat version of a U.S. Army Ranger
Wardrobe Provided By: His local GAP and Army Navy Surplus stores.
Special Thanks to George Clooney, for all of his tremendous "How to play a Ranger" expertise.
Stay pretty George!
LOL! Look at this guy! If he was a Ranger, then I'm George Patton!
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture.
You beat me to it, my exact thought as soon as I saw the guy. No way.
The photo on the right is of an actual member of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
Anti-War "Ranger" Editing History
Jessie Macbeth (the former Army Ranger who alleged horrific crimes by the US military) has removed the bogus awards from his Military.com profile.
A little too late, because Allahpundit got screenshots.
UPDATE at 5/22/06 10:02:14 pm:
And now the videos of Jessie Macbeth that were posted at YouTube have been removed. link: 230 comments "This kind of bogus shit of posting fake kudos while you stab your fellow troops in the back is a total insult to the men and women who earn the real thing with blood, sweat, toil, and tears (to steal a phrase), yet who almost NEVER blow their own horns and who just say "hey, man, I was just doing my job;" whose main focus is staying with their squads to see that they all come back alive."
Facts are easy to check now, and memories are longer.
This has been fun to watch today. It's amazing what the informed eye can see in his glamor shot and TOTALLY and COMPLETELY discredit him without even getting to his alleged story. It's obvious the blogosphere has prevailed, the film producers are backing off, Jesse is changing his Mil.com profile, and the progressives are still crying fake but accurate.
Great job all, ferreting out another fake.
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