Purple Heart Marine arrested at pro-Confederate rally is being kicked out of the Corps

[TexasTowelie]

A Marine who was arrested at a pro-Confederate rally and allegedly helped display a white nationalist banner is being kicked out of the Corps.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Manning, a Purple Heart recipient who joined the Corps in 2002, was arrested for his participation in a May 20 rally in Almanace County, North Carolina. According to the Times News, Manning and Michael Chesney drove hours to participate in the white nationalist event during which they were arrested for trespassing.

The men are accused of scaling a building to unfurl a banner that said “He who controls the past controls the future,” a quote from “1984,” and also carried the slogan “YWNRU,” a white nationalist abbreviation for “You will not replace us.” They were charged with misdemeanor first-degree trespassing, which carries a maximum sentence of 60 days in jail.

According to the Marine Times, the Marine Corps conducted an investigation into the behavior of the two men, and substantiated the allegations of Manning’s participation in the rally and placement of the banner. Capt. Joshua Pena, a spokesman for Training and Education Command, told the Marine Times Manning “is in the process of being administratively separated from the Corps,” but said the results of the investigation cannot be released publicly.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article173237056.html

[Cosmocat]

1. Unfortunate

But, the institution has to set the standard.

People need to wake up to how much they are being manipulated to bring out the worst elements of their personality.

[mercuryblues]

2. If he hadn't been caught

he would still be a Marine. He would still hold a position of power over POC. Who here believes there is no such thing as institutional racism? A self fulfilling prophesy. Believe that POC are more criminal then dish out maximum punishment for minor infractions to blacks and give whites a pass. When up for a promotion, POC have infractions on their resume, while the white person got a pass. Guess who gets the promotion? The cumulative affect is whites keep rising to positions of power, while the POC stagnate at lower levels feeding the myth.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/07/black-troops-much-twice-likely-punished-commanders-courts/102555630/

Black troops as much as twice as likely to be punished by commanders, courts

Black service members were as much as two times more likely than white troops to face discipline in an average year, according to an analysis by Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy organization for victims of sexual assault and military justice. The group combed through Pentagon data from 2006 to 2015 for its report

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“Over the past decade, racial disparities have persisted in the military justice system without indications of improvement,” the report states. “These disparities are particularly striking for black service members, who face military justice or disciplinary action at much higher rates than white service members in every service branch. In fact, the size of the disparity between white and black service members’ military justices involvement has remained consistent over the years, and, in the case of the Air Force and Marine Corps has increased.”