A prisoner was being treated by a medic, and he walked up and stabbed him with his knife. That is not in dispute. The prosecution was bungled and thrown for a loop when the medic changed his story at the eleventh hour and said that he suffocated the prisoner that Gallagher had just stabbed so technically the medic killed him and Gallagher was acquitted of those charges.

However he has a lengthy track record of misconduct.

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Another accusation was that Gallagher's sniper work during his 2017 deployment became indiscriminate, reckless, and bloodthirsty. He allegedly fired his rifle far more frequently than other snipers;[2] according to testimony, the other snipers in the platoon did not consider him a good sniper, and he took "random shots" into buildings.[1] Other snipers said they witnessed Gallagher taking at least two militarily pointless shots, shooting and killing an unarmed old man in a white robe as well as a young girl walking with other girls. Gallagher allegedly boasted about the large number of people he had killed, claiming he averaged three kills a day over 80 days, including four women.[1] Gallagher also was reportedly known for indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine gun fire with no known enemy force in the region.[5]

Also threatened to kill his fellow SEAL's for holding him accountable.

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A charge of obstruction of justice was brought against Gallagher for alleged witness intimidation. According to the claim, Gallagher allegedly threatened to kill fellow SEALs if they reported his actions.[2] The Navy cited his text messages as attempting to undermine the investigation, with messages sent to "pass the word on those traitors", meaning cooperating witnesses, and to get them blacklisted within the special warfare community.[5][1] This resulted in him being confined in the brig for a time with heavy restrictions on his ability to communicate, although this confinement was later lessened.[2]

It doesn't bother y'all that other SEAL's and SEAL command don't want this guy in the outfit?

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Posted by Flats

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Posted on 11/23/19 at 8:25 pm to RabidTiger

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It doesn't bother y'all that other SEAL's and SEAL command don't want this guy in the outfit?

Command not so much, but yeah, I stated earlier that I'd seen wildly disparate accounts of his service. Some of his team members think he's a dirtbag, but the medic went out on a limb for him for some reason. Bottom line is that I don't know what the truth is, and neither does anybody else who wasn't there. All we can do is read the various sides to this story.

But, and this is a big but, the Navy screwed this up. If they thought he was guilty of all those other things they should have already sacked him from the teams (I'm 99% sure that doesn't require a judicial verdict) or brought him to trial on those issues. As it stands they look like idiots because they're charging one man for a crime clearly committed by several people. They have little ground to stand on because of that.

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