Posted on 06/23/2021 11:52:46 AM PDT by PROCON
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday to remove the decision to prosecute serious crimes from the chain of command, the latest step in a march toward a major change to the military justice system.
Led by Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act mirrors language in a bipartisan Senate bill championed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) that would take the decision to prosecute sexual assault and other serious crimes away from military commanders and give it to independent military prosecutors.
“We're here today for the service members who have spoken out or who have suffered in silence because the message and culture in the military has been clear: shut up, suck it up and don't rock the boat,” Speier said at a news conference Wednesday morning introducing the legislation.
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Now, any man that dares to look too long at or accidently bump into a female soldier/sailor/marine, might as well kiss his career, (and possibly his freedom), goodbye.
The Wokenistas are in charge now.
What could possibly go wrong with this change promoted by democrats and rinos? Liberalism is a mental disease.
“Independent military prosecutors” - they will have to overhaul the Manual for Courts Martial, as no such animal currently exists. Base-level prosecutors work for the SJA and the SJA works for the unit commander. Air Force now has Senior Trial Counsel (formerly Circuit Trial Counsel) who used to work for the Commander, AFLOA, but there ain’t one anymore.
Charlie Foxtrot starts with the Congress getting too involved with boots-on-ground military justice.
Colonel, USAF TJAGCR (ret)
First they dragged the constitution
out of the capital building and
beat and raped it
Now they lust over the U.C.M.J.’s
rectum.
Jmho
🤔
Something the Democrats fear/seek to cover up.
Let me guess what “overhaul” means..some .troops will be free to Burn, Loot and Murder without penalty.
I think the problems have been pretty much been solved in the last decade or so.
These proposed changes will end up with men being guy until proven innocent.
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