Triple the number of supporters who gathered in Norfolk converged in Matthew McCabe’s hometown of Perrysburg, Ohio, to show that they are standing behind one of Perrysburg’s sons.
Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe is accused of physically assaulting a suspect who has been tagged as one of the United States’ most wanted terrorists – Ahmed Hashim Abed. Abed is thought to be behind the brutal killing of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004.
The rally was organized by 24-year-old Corey LeRoux, according to a news report on the Toledo Blade. LeRoux is an Army Reserve veteran who went to high school with McCabe. McCabe graduated from Perrysburg High School in 2003. District 5 of the Ohio Group Children of Liberty sponsored the event, which was held at around noon in Hood Park. It included several speakers who addressed the crowd using megaphones and declaring their support for McCabe as well as his co-defendants, Navy SEALs Julio Huertas and Jonathan Keefe.
Their rallying cry: “Justice for SEALs, not Terrorists!”
Among those who spoke was 25-year-old Adrianne Lee of Bowling Green, who said: “Is it just me, or do these SEALs probably deserve a reward rather than punishment from our government?”
For his part, organizer and veteran LeRoux, who served in two tours of duty in Iraq, declared: “These guys are facing severe punishment, possibly jail time, a ruined military career, all because some jerk – terrorist – said he was [punched].”
In a previous post, we mentioned in passing how military officials maintain that people should not resort to “rush judgment”. Seeing the badly-burned corpses of US citizens hanging from a bridge makes that hard to do, though.
January 21st, 2010 - 8:12 am
God bless the Navy SEALs !What kind of sick administration would backstab it’s own,this one.We as citizens of this country need to continue to fight for our SEALs.God bless the U.S.Navy SEALs,kick ass men!This trial as awakened America and we are pissed,leave our Warriors alone!
January 21st, 2010 - 10:15 am
Thanks to all that attended the rally.This is what makes our country great,freedom to assemble and voice our opinions.I hope these rallys spread throughout the nation.May our men in the SEAL programs realize we got their backs.The friends and families of our military will not shut up anymore.
January 23rd, 2010 - 1:43 pm
People should be marching on the Pentagon like they did in the 60’s except this time it should be to demand VICTORY and SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS DURING WARTIME. What the hell is wrong with people? We have become a nation of weak spineless just get along don’t believe in anything, won’t fight for anything nation of SHEEPLE!!! I’ve had it!!! Give me a bullhorn—-I will have an angry mob descend upon every installation in our great nation demanding justice for our people and prosecution of a just war!!! And the current leadership of Gates, Mullen, Roughead, Swartz? Your days in office are numbered and your legacy is in the toilet!! You have let our people and nation down by failing to effectively and aggressively win the war and worse—You have demoralized our troops with your degenerate personnel policies that lead to the Jill Metzger, Malik Hassan, Lisa Nowak, Bernard Fiscus cases and the cruel injustices to those 2 C17 pilots, the SEALS, Col. Chessani, Lt. Pantano, etc etc etc etc!! You suck!! Anybody who gives half-a-damn knows about what is happening and they want your resignations NOW! GET OUT!