Tuesday, February 27, 2007

And here's your latest heartwarming "Supporting the troops as in Pat Tillman" story

According to the 'authorities' she supposedly either committed suicide, or through her own stupidity, offed herself.
They Say
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Sounds to me like a little Rape - murder. But we wouldn't want that to get around, would we? So, let's blame the victim, like always.

Phillip Barron at AlterNet

The tragedy of her story begins there.

An Army representative initially told LaVena's father, Dr. John Johnson, that his daughter died of "died of self-inflicted, noncombat injuries" and initially added it was not a suicide -- in other words, an accidental death caused by LaVena herself. The subsequent Army investigation reversed this finding and declared LaVena's death a suicide, a finding refuted by the soldier's family. In an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dr. Johnson pointed to indications that his daughter had endured a physical struggle before she died -- two loose front teeth, a "busted lip" that had to be reconstructed by the funeral home -- suggesting that "someone might have punched her in the mouth."

[...]

The mother of Pat Tillman put the matter in stark and honest terms:

"This is how they treat a family of a high-profile individual," she said. "How are they treating others?"
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