Guards acquitted in boot camp case

Cybergal · Oct 12, 2007

Guards acquitted in boot camp case
10/12/07

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Seven former boot camp guards and a nurse were acquitted Friday of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was hit and kicked by the drill instructors in a videotaped altercation.
The video of a limp Martin Lee Anderson being hit and kicked by the guards after he collapsed while exercising drew protests in the state capital and spelled the end of Florida's system of boot camps for juvenile offenders. Anderson died at a hospital the day after the altercation.
The defendants, however, said they followed the rules at a get-tough facility where young offenders often feigned illness to avoid exercise, and their attorneys said that Anderson died not from rough treatment, but from a previously undiagnosed blood disorder.
Former guard Henry McFadden later said he was relieved that the case was over: "We were innocent all along. We knew this truth would come out," he told Court TV.
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Attitude:) · Oct 12, 2007

After seeing that video, I don't believe they were innocent at all! That was awful to see!!!

Ronnocomot · Oct 12, 2007

The kids death had nothing to do with his treatment by the guards.

Undiagnosed sickle cell.

Roadmedic · Oct 13, 2007

Ronnocomot said: ↑

The kids death had nothing to do with his treatment by the guards.

Undiagnosed sickle cell.
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That is not entirely true. The disease contributed to his death as did the treatment by the guards.

Jarlaxle · Oct 14, 2007

The guards are bullies, no more & no less. Under different circumstances, they would probably have been SS concentration camp guards, or Hitler's Brownshirts. They should be lined up & shot.

Truckin Juggalo · Oct 14, 2007

They are an Accessory to Murder, they may not have killed that kid directly but insted of sending him to the hospital they assumed he was faking... END OF THE LINE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT $200

They failed to play by the rules and are just as criminal as the kid they killed they need to serve some time as accessory to murder

Ronnocomot · Oct 14, 2007

Jarlaxle said: ↑

The guards are bullies, no more & no less. Under different circumstances, they would probably have been SS concentration camp guards, or Hitler's Brownshirts. They should be lined up & shot.
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Truckin Juggalo said: ↑

They are an Accessory to Murder, they may not have killed that kid directly but insted of sending him to the hospital they assumed he was faking... END OF THE LINE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT $200

They failed to play by the rules and are just as criminal as the kid they killed they need to serve some time as accessory to murder
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The jury didn't think so.

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