Unarmed Civilians facts
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Hugh Thompson, Jr. saw US soldiers murdering entire villages of unarmed civilians. He landed his helicopter and stood between the murders and the civilians. His actions are what stopped the massacre at My Lai.
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US Marines murdered 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in response to an IED that killed a Marine in Haditha, Iraq. The Marine Corps reported that 15 civilians were killed by the IED, and 8 'insurgents' were killed in response. Evidence showed this report to be false.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 19 of the best facts about Unarmed Civilians I managed to collect.
what is unarmed civilians?
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US soldier Jeremy Morlock admitted to killing unarmed Afghanistan civilians for sport as a part of 'kill team' while he was deployed overseas
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1994 American-born Israeli Baruch Goldstein, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29,wounding 125. Up until then Hamas had refused to attack civilian targets inside Israel, and the change in Hamas' policy was a result of Goldstein's massacre
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In April 2003 the 82nd Airborne Division fired into a crowd of Iraqi civilians who were protesting their presence at a school within the city of Fallujah, killing 17 unarmed Iraqis.
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The Mỹ Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War, where between 347 to 504 unarmed civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, were killed by American soldiers.
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The F16's dispatched to locate flight UA93 on 9/11 were unarmed, and the pilots formulated a plan as to how they were going to 'kamikaze' ram the civilian airliner with their own aircraft.
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On 6th July 1998 Scores of unarmed civilians were tortured and killed and their bodies dumped at sea in a massacre by Indonesian security forces in West Papua
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American forces executed over 504 unarmed civilians. The soldiers who tried to stop the massacre were called traitors by a number of US Congressmen.
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During Vietnam War US soldiers massacred 347 - 504 unarmed civilians including women and children in south Vietnam. 22 soldiers were charged just one convicted who spend only 3 and a half year under house arrest.
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Tiger Force, a Long-range reconnaissance patrol unit part of the 101st Airborne Division that committed war crimes such as the routine practice of intentionally killing unarmed civilians, wearing necklaces made of human ears, killing infants, and scalping.
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The Kent State shootings, where U.S. National Guardsmen shot and killed 4 unarmed civilians, and injured 9 others. None of the Guardsmen were convicted.
Why should jury verdicts be unanimous?
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In 2005, US Marines massacred 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha. Marines went house to house executing men, women, children as young as 1 yr-old & a 76 yr-old man in a wheelchair. The marines then urinated on the dead bodies. None of the Marines served jail time.
The US Army massacred, gang-raped and mutilated 300+ unarmed civilians in Vietnam. - source
William Calley, was convicted of murdering 22 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre in which up to 504 civilians were killed by Company C troops. He got his freedom after serving 3 days in prison and 3.5 years under house arrest. No other troops were found guilty of the massacre. - source
In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, 4 members of the New Orleans PD opened fire on unarmed civilians from Danziger Bridge killing 2, and wounding 4. NOPD tried to cover it up by planting firearms and having officers lie. In 2016 all the police officers sentences were reduced to 12 or less years.
Philosopher John McMurtry argues that the United States holds the world record of illegal killings of unarmed civilians and extrajudicial detention and torturing of prisoners who are detained without trial. - source
When do you need a unanimous jury?
On November 19, 2005, 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, were killed by a group of United States Marines. The dead included several children and elderly people, who were shot multiple times at close range. Despite overwhelming evidence against them, not a single marine was sentenced to jail time.
