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NFL | Army to open investigation into Tillman's death


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NFL | Army to open investigation into Tillman's death

Sat, 4 Mar 2006 14:39:57 -0800

CNN reports the Pentagon has directed the Army to open a criminal investigation into the death of former NFL star Pat Tillman. The Army has been ordered to determine if Tillman's death resulted from negligent homicide, sources said. Tillman's family demanded to know why his uniform and body armor were burned a day after he was killed and why they were not immediately told he might have been killed by fellow soldiers.

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I have to tell you and this is very difficult personally because I am a former Army Ranger, but in combat, s hit like this happens way more than you realize.

Now, I am not going to go into specifics, but when I was in Nam, I know of several occassions when friendly fire took out some of my own men and the Army classified it as KIA.

Tillman was a high profile guy and I guarantee you that if it was just some ordinary "Joe" from Bosie, Idaho, nothing would have been made of it. Again, I am not condoning the action by the Army or any military branch for that matter, I am just stating that it is SOP in a lot of cases...not all.

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