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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 09:37 AM Apr 2021

Retired Air Force Brig General Frank Sullivan pleaded guilty to 5 counts of possession of child porn


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Retired Air Force Brig General Frank Sullivan pleaded guilty to 5 counts of possession of child pornography. He got probation b/c his PTSD made him do it. Here’s a big FUCK YOU to the prosecutors and judge who let this travesty occur. Odd, I have a screaming case of PTSD but...

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/04/ret-air-force-general-blames-his-child-porn-on-ptsd-gets-5-years-probation/
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Retired Air Force Brig General Frank Sullivan pleaded guilty to 5 counts of possession of child porn (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
Countless thousands? WTF does that even mean? underpants Apr 2021 #1
A travesty! North Shore Chicago Apr 2021 #2
Wonder how his PTSD will stack up against that of the children he helped exploit? . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #3
When are we going to accept that "military service" is a sacred cow in this country? Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #4
Yes North Shore Chicago Apr 2021 #5
That is conduct unbecoming and injurious to the Service. n/t malthaussen Apr 2021 #6
Is this a sickness or what? demosincebirth Apr 2021 #7
My father, a Vietnam Veteran, suffered terribly from PTSD. Aristus Apr 2021 #8

underpants

(182,624 posts)
1. Countless thousands? WTF does that even mean?
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 09:43 AM
Apr 2021

“I accept full responsibility for everything,” Sullivan told Judge Edward E. Guido. “I damaged friends, family…countless thousands.”

North Shore Chicago

(3,303 posts)
2. A travesty!
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 09:44 AM
Apr 2021

Now, he needs to write a book on "How to get away with possession of child porn."

He'd make a million or two.

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
4. When are we going to accept that "military service" is a sacred cow in this country?
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 09:48 AM
Apr 2021

Here's what's wrong with that: It is too often abused. Military men and women, especially officers, should be role models for integrity and honesty in their civilian lives. If they can't do that, and rely on this "Get out of jail" card, our communities begin to degrade because so many backwater organizations use them as front men to stop people from looking too hard into their local overreaches. I know, because at every step of this community's bad decision-making, there were Captains, Colonels etc, at the helm of leadership. And it's not like you could ignore it, because they would wear their titles even on stationary that was meant to relay HOA business.

At least one of them exposed how they expected you to behave: He was a Captain in the military. And, "In the military no one ever questioned me." He was offended because he was representing his in-laws in the sale of their house, and he expected everything to go without any hard questions.

It's time for this sacred cow to be put down.

Aristus

(66,293 posts)
8. My father, a Vietnam Veteran, suffered terribly from PTSD.
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 11:09 AM
Apr 2021

Back when they knew very little about it, and didn't really know how to treat it.

He would never, ever, do something like this. He wasn't always a very nice person, and we weren't on the best terms when he died. But I can say that for him, at least. He would have vomited his disgust all over this creep.

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