As I was reading the comments above I was put in mind of cops after a long high speed chase using a little extra force or unnecessary kicks or hits. They know better, they have been trained better, yet it still happens. These Marines knew better, they had been trained better. The difference is a jury will many times let the cops slide, but the military will not. They fire Generals for making stupid comments. After the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, taking a video of this or letting your buddy film you doing something like this is as stupid as stupid gets. It does not matter what happened before this was filmed or whether it was justified or they felt it was justified, that video embarrassed the military and the military will not let it slide. Those Marines careers are over except for setting the exit date and will likely be accompanied by a bad conduct discharge and maybe jail time. And the last I looked the civilian job market for sniper positions was pretty thin even without a BCD.
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