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uponit7771

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2. WOW!!!"Black and Hispanic service members were disproportionately investigated and court-martialed."

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2022, 01:32 PM

May 2022

Yeah, this needs to stop right hot damn now and yesterday !!!

Part of the info below comes from INTERNAL reporting !!

The investigation shows the new guidelines do not address ongoing disparities in military justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. … Numerous studies, including a report last year from the Government Accountability Office, show Black and Hispanic service members were disproportionately investigated and court-martialed. A recent Naval Postgraduate School study found that Black Marines were convicted and punished at courts-martial at a rate five times higher than other races across the Marine Corps.

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Makes me wonder who.. 2naSalit May 2022 #1

WOW!!!"Black and Hispanic service members were disproportionately investigated and court-martialed." uponit7771 May 2022 #2