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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome national veterans organizations vow to remove members charged in the Capitol riots
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/us/national-veteran-groups-members-capitol-riots-trnd/index.html(CNN)Some national veterans organizations have vowed to remove members who were charged in the Capitol riots, taking a stand against the violent attack last week.
Current and former US military members participated in the insurrection, according to news reports and court records.
A handful of veterans organizations told CNN they are actively checking their membership lists for veterans who have come up in the news. Organizations like the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and AMVETS said they also plan to revoke memberships of those found guilty of illegal acts or violence.
"We believe that our members have a very sacred right to protest," Dan Clare, a spokesman for DAV, told CNN. "They fought and sacrificed to protect that freedom, but when protesters cross the line and commit illegal acts, especially in the nation's capitol, we found it to be abhorrent."
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Some national veterans organizations vow to remove members charged in the Capitol riots (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Jan 2021
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Bluethroughu
(5,186 posts)1. Shame them all the way to prison
Traitors.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)2. Yet, most of the rest of the membership do their wingnut support via *voting*.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)3. Police officers too, have a duty to uphold the law...