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“One day, from his sniper nest, Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking w/ other girls on the riverbank. She dropped, clutching her stomach, & the other girls dragged her away.” This is who he pardoned & honored.
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This article has the most the most thorough details of his actions told by his fellow platoon members I’ve been able to find: nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/…
This 👇. It’s not about the Pardon Power. A critical power that needs to be used far more & has never been used enough. It’s about Trump’s selective use on those least deserving.
The author of this piece out today, @Zakithebarber was abruptly fired being a youth mentor more than a decade after he served his prison sentence in full & dedicated his life to serving at-risk youth. *He* deserves a pardon. nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
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From NYT: “One day, from his sniper nest, Chief Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking w/other girls on the riverbank. She dropped, clutching her stomach, & the other girls dragged her away.”

The “most pro-life POTUS ever” pardons men who murder children😐
Picture her. The girl in the flower print hijab.

Picture her walking w/friends, perhaps smiling & laughing.

Suddenly she feels a sharp sting & intense burning, followed by incomprehensible pain. She clutches her stomach & falls over.

Her friends see blood & grab her in horror
They drag her as fast as they can. Their tiny hands doing their best to hold her.

Their hearts racing. Is the shooter aiming for them? Are they next?

Meanwhile the girl continues to bleed out of the sniper wound. What did she do to deserve this? Who would do this?
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Trump tweets support for ‘war crimes’ vet Edward Gallagher in fresh challenge to navy bosses

Gallagher shot little girl in the stomach, her terrified friends dragged her body away from the scene. This is NO hero, this is not even a man, this is a monster independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Edward Gallagher is NOT a good person

Wikipedia:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gal…
Gallagher was accused of multiple offenses during his final deployment to Iraq and during Battle for Mosul
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Mark Elliott
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Yesterday, Trump pardoned Edward Gallagher over Pentagon objections:
- He shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking with other girls.
- Stabbed a wounded teen to death as he was being treated by medics.
- Shot an unarmed man in a white robe.
nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/…
Gallagher "routinely parked an armored truck on a Tigris River bridge and emptied the truck’s heavy machine gun into neighborhoods on the other side with no discernible targets."
And Gallagher was just one of three Trump pardoned.
One murdered two civilians.
Another killed an unarmed Afghan.
And Gallagher who had been demoted.
nytimes.com/2019/11/15/us/…
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