Plummer on Tillman: They knew it was friendly fire then–it makes you sick

[CatWoman]

On HBO’s Inside the NFL, Peter King interviewed Denver QB Jake Plummer about the horrific treatment the Tillman family have received over Pat’s death. There have been four investigations into what really happened to him and now a fifth one is getting close to being completed. How reprehensible has this been for the Tillman family? Pat is killed and they were repeatedly lied to. The family is not speaking out, but Plummer is. Good for him. Somebody has to.

King: When you first heard that they hid these irregularities, were you outraged?

Plummer: It just made you feel kinda sick that they’d cover up something like that to–for whatever reason. We were all led to believe he died in leading his troops up the hill and then they come tell us it wasn’t–it was friendly fire. What can you do– you’re at their mercy and..you just feel for the family…

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/15/jake-plummer-is-outraged-over-the-treatment-of-pat-tillman-they-knew-it-was-friendly-fire-then-it-makes-you-sick/

[Kagemusha]

1. Props to Peter King. I don't agree with him on everything and all but

there is absolutely no question he really cares for the troops, something well known to anyone who reads his weekly monday morning QB columns. (I do, because hey, even if I disagree with someone's opinions, their insights and observations are valuable for those seeking enlightenment. Though I'm sold on Dr. Z on the cnnsi web site through and through for the record :) ) So Peter King is legit on this, and I imagine that makes it all the more painful to realize that the outpouring of sympathy that he himself heavily engaged in was manipulated by portions of the military to make for a better, and more comforting, narrative for the public to digest.

[bleever]

2. K&R. Nothing shows the moral rot of this administration more than

the way it treats the troops and the families who lose members.

[Straight Shooter]

3. Truer words were never spoken. It's the height of their hypocrisy. n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Jake Plummer has invested himself into keeping Tillman's legacy alive n/t

MKJ

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

5. Self delete.

MKJ

[SeattleGirl]

6. I watched that video. It was very good, and I especially

appreciated that King did this story, and talked to Jake Plummer. I can't imagine the horror the Tillman family has gone through, being lied to, and finding out Pat's death (which would be horrible enough to have to deal with) was used as political propaganda by the Chickenhawks in Charge.