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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:39 AM Apr 2022

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First Ever Court-Martial for an Air Force General Officer Opens in Ohio

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The first ever military trial of an Air Force general kicked off in earnest Tuesday with the accused officer's sister-in-law testifying that he pinned her against a car window, forcibly kissed her and groped her in 2018.

Maj. Gen. William Cooley, formerly the head of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, has been charged with violating Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the article prohibiting sexual assault.

During the first day of testimony at Cooley's court-martial, military prosecutors and Cooley's defense lawyers laid out in opening statements the cases they will be presenting to the judge over a trial that could last as long as two weeks.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/04/19/first-ever-court-martial-air-force-general-officer-opens-ohio.html

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First Ever Court-Martial for an Air Force General Officer Opens in Ohio (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2022 OP

1+ keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #1

It took four years to bring this to trial. How many other women has he violated in the meantime Walleye Apr 2022 #2

Jesus H Christ on a bike, Diamond_Dog Apr 2022 #3

Yes Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #4

keithbvadu2

(40,500 posts)

1. 1+

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:42 AM

Apr 2022

Walleye

(36,394 posts)

2. It took four years to bring this to trial. How many other women has he violated in the meantime

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:47 AM

Apr 2022

Diamond_Dog

(35,162 posts)

3. Jesus H Christ on a bike,

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:54 AM

Apr 2022

What is wrong with some men?!?! Do they think they can get away with anything because they hold a position of power?!?!

Irish_Dem

(59,689 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 08:20 AM

Apr 2022

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