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I am sure that this case has been mentioned elsewhere on WS, but I could not dig up a thread and I thought it was thread worthy-
The guards threw grenades and sent out a wild hail of bullets in an Iraqi square in 2007, killing 14 and wounding dozens. The event was precipitated by the approach of a white Kia driven by an unarmed med student and his mother. The student was shot to death and then chaos erupted as the guards started spraying near by cars and people with bullets...then they started with the grenades.
This case is an interesting one because the guards were given limited immunity immediately following the incident when they were questioned by members of the state department; the guards had defied a direct order not to leave the Green Zone, but had headed off in search of insurgents. It is worth noting that not a single insurgent appears to have been present. What drew my attention was the decision by the group to turn themselves in to the Utah court system-there was a hope that they would find a more sympathetic jury there. The judge is ordering them all to return to DC where the indictments occurred. One of the guards has agreed to testify against the others and has pled guilty to manslaughter...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/blackwater_prosecution
The guards threw grenades and sent out a wild hail of bullets in an Iraqi square in 2007, killing 14 and wounding dozens. The event was precipitated by the approach of a white Kia driven by an unarmed med student and his mother. The student was shot to death and then chaos erupted as the guards started spraying near by cars and people with bullets...then they started with the grenades.
This case is an interesting one because the guards were given limited immunity immediately following the incident when they were questioned by members of the state department; the guards had defied a direct order not to leave the Green Zone, but had headed off in search of insurgents. It is worth noting that not a single insurgent appears to have been present. What drew my attention was the decision by the group to turn themselves in to the Utah court system-there was a hope that they would find a more sympathetic jury there. The judge is ordering them all to return to DC where the indictments occurred. One of the guards has agreed to testify against the others and has pled guilty to manslaughter...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/blackwater_prosecution