Medic stuns courtroom saying he killed prisoner, not Navy SEAL on trial

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Navy SEAL medic testified on Thursday that he was responsible for the death of an Islamic State fighter - not the Navy SEAL defendant undergoing a court martial for war crimes - describing it as a mercy killing.

Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, a SEAL team medic, said under cross-examination by the defense in a courtroom at the San Diego Naval Base that he killed the fighter by asphyxiation, after he saw Gallagher stab the victim with a knife.

Scott said he held his thumb over a breathing tube that had been inserted into the mouth of a fighter, who had a leg wound and collapsed lung following house-to-house fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2017.

The fighter had been captured by Iraqi forces and dumped on the ground at a base outside Mosul, the prosecution said in its opening statement on Monday.

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U.S. JUNE 20, 2019 / 6:22 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Marty Graham
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[Historic NY]

1. And no one knew this until now???

Really.

[Eugene]

2. If done right, this can create just enough confusion that prosecutors can't prove

that either of them did it beyond a reasonable doubt.

[Quackers]

5. The medic was given full immunity prior to testifying.

They can’t touch him.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Usually, immunity means you tell the whole story to the prosecutor.

Apparently, this medic left out that one annoying detail: that he killed the prisoner.

A little omission like that might cause the immunity agreement to be voided.

I'm sure the prosecutor is considering his options.

[secondwind]

3. Yikes!

[mr_lebowski]

4. Apparently the autopsy couldn't tell whether he died from blood loss/injury from a knife ...

or because he was asphyxiated?

Huh ... that kinda surprises me. I'd think they could discern, but I'm no doctor.

[Bayard]

7. I doubt there was an autopsy

[lapfog_1]

6. so stabbing him multiple times while he was in custody

as a POW is not a war crime... because someone else actually stopped the dying man from bleeding out by closing the ventilator that was allowing him to linger.

[bluestarone]

8. THIS!!!!!

[Sapient Donkey]

13. I know right? The guy still stabbed him and he was going to die either way because of the stabbing

So even if we take this medic at his word, the death of this guy was still caused by the direct actions of the SEAL in question.

[Wuddles440]

9. Both are an absolute disgrace...

to the military's codes of conduct and honor. Of course, their "heroic" actions will now enable the Orange Anus to recognize their "patriotism" and present them with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Fucking POS!

[Delphinus]

14. You said it!

[keithbvadu2]

10. Were there others who saw the killing?

[ROB-ROX]

11. Life In Prison For MURDER To Both SAILORS

I was in the navy. I do not believe in MURDER. Both sailors should be sent to prison until they ROT for their crime of killing a man...........