@maporsche,
maporsche wrote:
There is no irony to be found here either.
These people did not have access to their weapons. This was in Texas, not Iraq.
Army officers, including that Lt. General in command of the post,
are sworn to support and uphold the Constitution.
These officers and gentlemen then go and violate the Bill of Rights,
with the result of lost lives.
" UNITED STATES CODE TITLE 18
CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I
CRIMES CHAPTER 13 - CIVIL RIGHTS
§§ 241.
Conspiracy against rights
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten,
or intimidate any inhabitant of any State, . . .
in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right
or privilege secured to him by
the Constitution or laws of the United States,
. . .
They shall be fined not more than $10,000
or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;
and if death results, they shall be subject to imprisonment
for any term of years or for life.
§§ 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute,
ordinance, regulation, or custom,
willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State,
Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights,
privileges, or immunities secured or protected
by the Constitution or laws of the United States, . . .
shall be fined not more than $1,000
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both;
and if bodily injury results shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results
from the acts committed in violation of this section
or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, . . .
or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned
for any term of years or for life, or both,
or may be sentenced to death.
"
I don 't actually expect a prosecution under this statute, but the
underlying principle, the reasoning, that motivated enactment
of the statute remains:
deaths resulted from violation
of these soldiers' constitutional rights on US territory.
