Army discharges soldier for beating Jewish trainee

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

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"The Army has kicked out a soldier for beating a Jewish trainee who complained about religious harassment in their basic training unit, a Fort Benning spokesman said Monday.

Citing federal privacy laws, the Army had previously refused to discuss how it punished the attacker of Pvt. Michael Handman, 20, of Atlanta, other than to say the case had been handled as an administrative matter rather than as a crime.

That changed after the southeast director of the Anti-Defamation League met Fort Benning officials Friday. Col. Charles Durr, chief of staff at Fort Benning, told the ADL's Bill Nigut the assailant had been discharged.

"The soldier that was punished for the assault on Pvt. Handman has been processed for discharge from the Army," Fort Benning spokesman Bob Purtiman confirmed Monday.

The Army says Handman was beaten Sept. 24 by a fellow trainee in a laundry room near his barracks. Handman was treated at an Army hospital for a concussion and bruising to his face. He has since been transferred to another basic training unit at Fort Benning in Columbus."

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[Selatius]

1. Isn't attacking a person for being a Jew a hate crime? I would think it merits a bit harsher penalty

:shrug:

[ACTION BASTARD]

2. Jesus Christ! What have your followers done this time?

So they're protecting the identity of the attacker, but not the victim? Betcha this christian supremacist is a Republican.

[Donnachaidh]

3. He should have been court-martialed.

Calling the kid "Juden" is a HATE crime. WHY wasn't this racist court-martialed?

[jmowreader]

7. They'd rather just kick the guy out...

Chapter 11, AR 635-200 (Enlisted Separations), covers the Trainee Discharge Program, the Quick and Easy Way to get rid of people who really don't need to be in the Army.

Hopefully, they decided to use Chapter 10, Discharge in Lieu of Courts-Martial, to get rid of this racist. Chapter 10 lets them give him the Under Other Than Honorable Conditions discharge, which is a very bad discharge. If they used Chapter 10, this moran will have to explain away an administrative bad-conduct discharge for the rest of his life.

[14thColony]

8. This is what I was thinking too

NJP the crap out of him (go field-grade and max him out across the board), THEN chapter his ass out with the 'other that honorable' discharge. Waste of military space.

[Spirochete]

4. Who ordered the code red?...

That was the first thing that went through my mind.

[kmdemqueen]

5. that is sick

[brindis_desala]

6. This is outrageous. The bastard should be in irons not just discharged

[LisaL]

9. And here I always thought that beating someone up is assault.

For which someone can be criminally charged.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Christians have been assaulting Jews for 2,000 years

This is par for the course!

[surrealAmerican]

11. "beating a Jewish trainee who complained...

..about religious harassment"? Way to prove religious harassment.
That guy belongs in jail.

[fascisthunter]

12. disgusting

[LeftishBrit]

13. He should be in jail, not just get the sack