January 31, 2012
WOAH WOAH WOAH, what the fuck.  This guy is getting jailtime for assault of a white guy.  A man convicted of a massacre of 24 Iraqis in Haditha was able to plea out to ZERO jail time?  We wonder why violence “seems like” the best option for Arabs and other oppressed peoples.  Fuck.  One can only hope murdering pigs get what they deserve. occupyallstreets: Marine gets 30 days, rank reduction for assault A Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank. Navy Capt. Carrie Stephens sentenced Lance Cpl. Jacob Jacoby on Monday at the Marine base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, after Jacoby pleaded guilty to assault. Jacoby admitted punching and kicking Lance Cpl. Harry Lew in the hours before Lew killed himself at their patrol base in Helmand province on April 3. At an Article 32 hearing — the equivalent of a grand jury hearing for civilians — Marines testified in September that Lew repeatedly fell asleep while he was on watch duty and patrol looking for attacking insurgents. Squad members and officers had tried different methods to get him to stay awake, including referring him up the chain of command for discipline and taking him off patrols so he could get more rest. But on Lew’s last night, when he fell asleep again, those efforts escalated into alleged acts of violence and humiliation, according to charges outlined at the hearing. The Marines were accused of punching and kicking him, making him do pushups and pouring sand in his face. Before Lew commited suicide using a machine gun, he scrawled a note on his arm: “May hate me now, but in the long run this was the right choice I’m sorry my mom deserves the truth.” Jacoby’s rank will be reduced by one grade to private first class. Two other Marines have also been accused of hazing Lew and face courts-martial. Source

WOAH WOAH WOAH, what the fuck.  This guy is getting jailtime for assault of a white guy.  A man convicted of a massacre of 24 Iraqis in Haditha was able to plea out to ZERO jail time?  We wonder why violence “seems like” the best option for Arabs and other oppressed peoples.  Fuck.  One can only hope murdering pigs get what they deserve.

occupyallstreets:

Marine gets 30 days, rank reduction for assault

A Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank.

Navy Capt. Carrie Stephens sentenced Lance Cpl. Jacob Jacoby on Monday at the Marine base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, after Jacoby pleaded guilty to assault. Jacoby admitted punching and kicking Lance Cpl. Harry Lew in the hours before Lew killed himself at their patrol base in Helmand province on April 3.

At an Article 32 hearing — the equivalent of a grand jury hearing for civilians — Marines testified in September that Lew repeatedly fell asleep while he was on watch duty and patrol looking for attacking insurgents. Squad members and officers had tried different methods to get him to stay awake, including referring him up the chain of command for discipline and taking him off patrols so he could get more rest.

But on Lew’s last night, when he fell asleep again, those efforts escalated into alleged acts of violence and humiliation, according to charges outlined at the hearing. The Marines were accused of punching and kicking him, making him do pushups and pouring sand in his face.

Before Lew commited suicide using a machine gun, he scrawled a note on his arm: “May hate me now, but in the long run this was the right choice I’m sorry my mom deserves the truth.”

Jacoby’s rank will be reduced by one grade to private first class.

Two other Marines have also been accused of hazing Lew and face courts-martial.

Source

(via occupyallstreets)

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