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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Jesus - what the fuck?!
Cop Testifying At Zimmerman Trial Wore Military Ribbons She Didn't Earn
Combat veteran Jeremiah Workman couldn't believe what he was seeing: a police officer testifying at the George Zimmerman murder trial was wearing military ribbons. ?Am I going blind or is this police officer in the Zimmerman-Martin trial wearing ribbons that she doesn?t rate?? He wrote beside a picture he posted to Facebook.
Gina Harkins of The Military Times saw his posting and reached out to Workman, who fought as a Marine in the second battle of Fallujah and was awarded the Navy Cross for valor.
She reports that Workman noticed two ribbons in particular ? the World War II Army of Occupation Medal and the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. |
Workman then called the Sanford PD according to the article on a blog at Militarytimes.
Workman got a hold of them and said they told him they didn?t have their own awards system, so they went to the Army-Navy store around the corner and picked out Defense Department military ribbons to fit their own format. The WWII was selected, the police department official told Workman, because they knew there weren?t many veterans from that period alive so they didn?t think people would notice.
?At the end of his explanation I thought to myself, ?So that makes it all better now because these guys are dead?? ? Workman said. ?The fact that that was their response is still pretty shameful, I think.?
Workman said police departments allowing military veterans to wear ribbons they earned while serving on their police uniform is fine with him. If they earned it, they should be able to wear it, he said.
?But what kind of professional police department would send Bob the patrolman around the corner to go pick out some ribbons for our officers to wear when they do something heroic or have good service over the years?? he asked.
Workman said the police department official told him that they?re going to change to their own ribbon system, which he was glad to hear. Now he hopes other police departments doing the same will think about their own regulations and change them too, he added.
So it does not look like the officer is at fault, seems she is only wearing what her department awarded her.
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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
I'm leaning towards believing both Martin and Zimmerman acted in self defense. Zimmerman never explained to Martin who he was or what he was doing and probably thought he was in danger. Once Martin was on top of Zimmerman, Zimmerman was also acting in self defense.
He should get manslaughter charges plus 6 months to a year for each count where it is shown he made false statements to police and I believe he may have made a few.
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For instance?
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Originally Posted by Rochard
Martin was running away from him - RUNNING. Zimmerman went after him. That's not watching, that's chasing.
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And your facts are based on what?
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
fucking swine  |
Idiot