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“In 2013, a 10-member jury of military officers convicted Clint Lorance on two counts of murder and other charges related to a pattern of threatening and intimidating actions toward Afghans as commander of an infantry platoon.” Read on:
“Lorance was convicted of committing at least one crime every day he was with his unit at a small outpost in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.” fayobserver.com/article/201308…
“On June 30, as soon as he arrived at the outpost two days after being tapped as the platoon leader, Lorance threatened to have a man and his family killed if the man moved concertina wire near the outpost or if any soldiers were ever injured on his land.”
“Ordered a marksman to harass civilians by shooting close enough to scare them. The soldier said he eventually refused to fire when Lorance ordered him to shoot near children. Lorance also asked another to file a false report saying villagers shot to provoke the attack.”
“Threatened to kill villagers who showed up at the base to complain about the shots into the village day before.”
“Ordered a soldier who reported seeing three Afghans on a motorcycle to open fire. The men stopped and got off the motorcycle. Shortly after that, Lorance ordered a soldier manning the turret of a gun truck to shoot them. Two of the men died. The third escaped.”
“The two soldiers who fired at the Afghans said they never felt threatened and would not have shot had Lorance not ordered it. They said they didn’t see any hostile action or hostile intent from the men, a requirement before U.S. forces can fire their weapons in Afghanistan.”
“Lorance also was convicted of obstruction of justice for working to cover up the murder immediately after it happened, lying about several details of the incident. He reported the bodies couldn’t be searched because the family had retrieved them so quickly.”
“Lorance also said a support helicopter pilot had seen the men on the motorcycle carrying weapons. The pilot, Capt. Katherine McNair, testified that she didn’t arrive as air support for Lorance’s platoon until after the two Afghans were shot.”
All quotes from reporting by John Ramsey in 2013 after the verdict. fayobserver.com/article/201308…
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