Marine murdered… for being a Marine.
This is just absolutely horrifying. I hope the two men who did this… well, let’s just say that I hope they get what they deserve, which would be a punishment so horrible and terrifying that it couldn’t possibly be put into words.
On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target.
Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot point-blank in the neck during a robbery at a bus stop.Feeding and breathing tubes kept him alive 41/2 months, until he died of an infection on May 18.
Two men have been charged in the attack, and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said Friday the case was under review to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
“It is an awful story,” said Alberta Holt, the young Marine’s aunt and his legal guardian when he was a teenager determined to flee a troubled Cleveland school for safer surroundings in the suburbs.
Crutchfield was attacked on January 5 while he and his girlfriend were waiting for a bus. He had heeded the warnings of commanders that a Marine on leave might be seen as a prime robbery target with a pocketful of money, so he only carried $8, his military ID card and a bank card.
“They took it, turned his pockets inside out, took what he had and told him since he was a Marine and didn’t have any money he didn’t deserve to live. They put the gun to his neck and shot him,” Holt told The Associated Press.
The two men charged in the attack were identified as Ean Farrow, 19, and Thomas Ray III, 20, both of Cleveland. Their attorneys did not respond to The Associated Press’ requests for comment.
There are no words to describe how absolutely awful this is. My sincerest thoughts and prayers go out to his family, and my gratitude for his service. I hope justice comes swiftly to his murderers.
Hat Tips: Wizbang and Michelle Malkin
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Posted by Cassy Fiano on June 2, 2008 9:22 am
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HANG THOSE MISERBLE THUGS BY THEIR NECKS TILL THEIR DEAD
And what color were the killers!!!!
The US Marine was the victim of a “hate crime” against America, in the same manner that those living among us attacked us on September 11, 2001. The perpetrators should be held incommunicato and subjected to a military tribunal. If found guilty, the penalty must fit the crime of murder compounded by treason: death by firing squad.
They do deserve a severe punishment
Those two men you are talking about are just 19 and 20 years old.
Here is what I have got to say on this:
http://democrazie.org/2008/06/02/the-plight-of-america/