Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in killing of captive in Iraq
Posted on AllSides July 2nd, 2019
From The Left
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017.
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges except for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive in a verdict that is a major blow to military prosecutors. It took the jury less than two days of deliberations to reach its verdict.
Gallagher reacted with “tears of joy, emotion, freedom and absolute euphoria,”...
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