West Point Cadet jumped twice: Once by thugs, once by the Army

[IRfly]

Another case of eating our own. This one is so stupid, so idiotic, so brainless, and such a waste--and apparently no recourse for the guy.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...point-cadet-houston-airport/story?id=13752701

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba..._dimension=carousel_coke_today&ysp_frm_woah=1

Shit like this disgusts me and makes me ashamed to be in the same military as whatever dumbass made the call to deny this kid his degree and bust him down to private.

 

[Sapper!]

Just emailed my congressman, will call tomorrow as well! Can't believe WP is doing this myself.

 

[statesman]

Good to hear that the Navy isn't the only branch that likes to eat it's own young...

 

[scoolbubba]

Too injured to play football again, still suffering from a concussion, but not injured enough to send on his way without deploying him first. Gotta make those quotas somehow, I guess. What a bunch of bullshit...

What self respecting cop in Texas is going to side with a piece of shit bodyguard/ pseudo celebrity before a kid on his way out the door at USMA?

 

[Scoob]

What self respecting cop in Texas is going to side with a piece of shit bodyguard/ pseudo celebrity before a kid on his way out the door at USMA?

Houston isn't really Texas.

 

[KBayDog]

Houston isn't really Texas.

The home of the Houston Texans isn't really Texas?

(My bad, Scoob - I "edited" at first instead of "Reply". Damn Mod powers...)

 

[jtmedli]

I'm emailing my congressman too. Not sure what good it will do but this is un-frickin-believable. Beat to the point of requiring staples in his head for being too close to someone's luggage? Yeah, Patty Labelle owes him some serious apologies and money. How can two large men walk up to someone talking on a cell phone and minding their own business and beat the crap out of them and then put it on the kid who they assaulted who, mind you, is a cadet at west point? Like a football player at west point was going grab someone's suitcase and run off with it or something? So amazingly stupid.

 

[MasterBates]

Who the fuck is Patty Labelle?

 

[statesman]

Who the fuck is Patty Labelle?

Just some dumb bitch...

 

[Python]

Just some dumb bitch...

I wish AW had a 'like' button just for this.

 

[Reconjoe]

Emailed my representatives too

 

[jtmedli]

Who the fuck is Patty Labelle?

"The Godmother of Soul"...which equates to she ain't JACK SHIT.

 

[porw0004]

What self respecting cop in Texas is going to side with a piece of shit bodyguard/ pseudo celebrity before a kid on his way out the door at USMA?

One who was paid a lot of money to, probably.

I saw this somewhere already, couldn't remember where or when, but tracked down a link to the raw footage:

Just by watching this footage it's pretty obvious how full of shit Labelle's entourage is.

 

[Lucy]

Horrible. Poor kid was even there first, not even like he just walked up on them.

I really hope the guy can get his life back.

 

[GreenLantern330]

Email sent to my congressman. The way this incident was handled is disgusting.