Hearts Breaking

[sheshe2]

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Sargent La David Johnsons daughter, her eyes huge as she holds the folded flag in honor of her father who she will never hold again. The photo, the grief ...it is in all their eyes. They are so young. All of them so young.





A Gold Star family member, a general, insulted and belittle this family and called them liars as did the president of the United States. He was buried today while family and friends mourned. The president? What did he do today? He tweeted insults and then went to play golf. May he and Kelly roast in hell. They disrespected a service member, his family and this country AND OUR FLAG. There are no words for the disrespect of service men and women and their families. Their response? Inhumane at best. I have never been so ashamed of this country for which it now stands under the trump and GOP.

May you rest in peace, La David Johnson. Your family sir? Words fail me. It will be a long hard road for them. I hope they know many of us stand with them.

Good night Sergent,

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Take a knee America. Take a knee.

[democratisphere]

1. We do, as they did. Take a knee.

RIP SGT. LA DAVID JOHNSON.

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[sheshe2]

2. Poignant image for the ages.

One that we should not have to do over and over again, yet we do. Over and over because it is not done yet.

[democratisphere]

3. Well said......

it is not done yet.

[Wwcd]

4. The strength of these people has come from generations of heartbreak

Yet here they are, beautiful, proud, & knowing full well what standing, marching or kneeling is about.

[democratisphere]

6. It is done while still smiling.

Truly deep inspiration.

[Wwcd]

11. Am humbled & in awe of their amazing grace

[sheshe2]

10. Thank you, Wwcd. nt

[coolsandy]

25. This will grab your heart. We thought we could make a difference, in the end it did for a short time

[Wwcd]

29. Beautiful. I actually keep this song on my phone.

Kept under: necessary stuff.

Am not all that spiritual & rock n roll was always my life, but when a song like this one moves the spirit, who am I to deny its worth at a moment of humility & personal misery.
I'll keep it handy just in case 🍃

Thanks for posting

[Me.]

38. Stunning!

[bdamomma]

47. That picture

is amazing. Wow

[Glorfindel]

5. But, but...that uppity congresswoman wears tacky hats! Nothing else matters.

THAT WOMAN WEARS TACKY HATS, I tell you! Can't you people see what's important?

[blue neen]

7. Oh, the pain on Mrs. Johnson's face...

and that brave little girl....

[sheshe2]

20. It reminds me of this little boy.

JFK was honored. The president and General Kelly dishonored a mans service to this country. Was it because he was black? Or was it because they don't give one shit about the men and women that served. Pretty sure they really don't give a shit. Look how McCain is treated and that guy is white. president made it clear he only honors service men that are not captured and live.

Fuck trump and fuck Kelly. Their disrespect is clear.

[blue neen]

21. sheshe, not only are Trump and Kelly dishonoring Sgt. Johnson's service,

they are disrespecting how much his family and friends have sacrificed. They'll never get over their loss.

Trump, Kelly, and the entire administration should be ashamed.

[sheshe2]

23. I am beyond grief for our countries loss of humanity.

Crying here, blue.

[Demsrule86]

8. If Trumpie and his merry band left him behind to die...heads need to roll.

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Niger, Niger,Niger...

[Ken Burch]

18. Indeed.

We need all of the info about what went down in Niger

[sheshe2]

22. Yes...we need the facts Ken.

Care to take a knee with us and stand for the treatment of Sargent Johnson and his family? He was disrespected by the president. He was disrespected by a gold star general. He was treated like dirt. I see little from said progressives, though I appreciated that you weighed in...yet you did not comment on how he was treated only that an investigation should happen. La David is dead. His young family mourns. See...it seems like it is just about identity politics and not the real issue of social justice. Once again social justice is just not that important. It is clear all over this board.

Three white men were dead yet brought home from the field. It took 48 hours to find him. . Johnson, a black man was found a mile away from the field. there are a lot of questions, I agree.

[jeffreyi]

34. Was this man the one who was left behind?

Shame.

[sheshe2]

39. Yes.

Sargent Johnson was the man that was left behind for 48 hours. These were our elite forces. Many questions need to be answered.

[bdamomma]

45. Many questions

need to be answered, they continue to keep the truth away from us. We are talking lives here being lost.
No way to treat our Armed Forces.

[sheshe2]

48. this is our new reality.

lie lies and more lies.

[Ken Burch]

41. Yes. I will take a knee.

What's was done to Sargent Johnson and to his family is a disgrace. I've felt that the whole time. Sorry that I haven't sufficiently conveyed that up to now.

[sheshe2]

46. Good.

Take the knee and know what it means and then pass it along to the true progressives. No amount of money would have changed La David's death. He served his country without reservation...his country betrayed him, his family and his service. If he had been white it would have been a whole different story. That is a fact.

[heaven05]

65. you care

about the tragedy of this KIA GREEN BERET AA soldier being killed in service to this country, left on the field of battle for 2 FUCKING DAYS, the other 3 elite KIA white soldiers were recovered right away, youbetcha, and now the subsequent disrespect shown by this potus and his ex-general to Sgt Johnson's family, really?????

[Ken Burch]

68. Yes, What happened to this man is a horrific injustice and a disgrace.

There was no excuse for the difference in how fast his body was recovered versus how fast the other bodies were recovered.

The way Trump treated his family was an abomination.

And both were grounded in white supremacism.

My initial comments in this thread were not meant to be the last thing I said on the subject, and at this point I don't know what it was in those words that read as dismissive to you.

[sheshe2]

71. heaven is a vet.

enough said.

[Ken Burch]

72. And I totally respect heaven for that.

n/t.

[heaven05]

73. these 'progressives'

you mention are about identity only...identity to a minor wing of the Democratic Party of which their identity is top priority in trying to wrest the Party away from true progressives and liberals which NEVER will happen and I mean never. They are very vocal, but not much else. I remember how shitty they were during the Convention allowing the repthugliKKKans another weakness to exploit, which was done......they are not going to address the fact that, my theory only, that Sgt. Johnson was probably grievously wounded and woke up, after being abandoned by his other 'elites' and 'blackwater' recovery people and wandered till he died....he was 1 MILE from point of ambush/firefight when his body was found? Something is very, very rotten here. I am so ashamed of our military now with even a goddam ex-general lying about and besmirching the character of Johnson's widow and rep. Wilson to cover for a shit faced potus who has never fired a shot in anger. Oh he'd go out on 5th Ave and kill some unarmed, probably AA innocent and his base would cheer....

[lunasun]

31. It would be the honorable thing to do for those little kids and all the other families

who deserve the truth about Niger.
Not expecting much from a dishonorable WH or repug congress

[sheshe2]

36. He served honorably.

He was treated dishonorably by his commander and chief. To add insult to injury for him and his family a retired gold star general belittle him in his death and humiliated and disrespected a fellow service man and his family. General Kelly can rot in hell.

THEY are the ones that disrespect the flag.

[bdamomma]

49. And what Lindsay Graham

said about stopping a 9-11 attack we have to be in NIGER, WTF, our country is in crisis now and it's inside the US where the threat lies. Shut up Lindsay Graham.

[fierywoman]

9. Their beautiful, beautiful eyes show us their beautiful souls

and their broken hearts. I hold them in my heart.

[Horse with no Name]

12. That little girl will change the world

I can see it in her determined and soulful eyes.

[Demtexan]

33. She is being brave for her Mother.

She is the oldest child.

The little girl should have her Father alive.

[gopiscrap]

13. My God, I was the about the same age as her,

when I held the flag that draped my fathers casket I so feel for that little girl!!!

[sheshe2]

15. My heart is for you and your family all those years ago.

[brer cat]

14. Such a beautiful family.

Still strong even with their grief.

[sheshe2]

16. They have dignity.

The president has none. He swore to up uphold the Constitution and serve and protect her peoples. Fail. A huge fail on all accounts.

[malaise]

17. Sigh

[sheshe2]

19. I have few tears left in me.

[gademocrat7]

24. Gut wrenching.

[sheshe2]

28. Yes....

[mcar]

26. Mrs. Johnson kissing the casket did me in

Brave, beautiful woman. She and her family deserve to know what happened to Sgt Johnson.

[sheshe2]

27. She kissed it twice, mcar.

The first was when the casket landed. The video was heartbreaking as a 24 year old woman sobbed on the casket as her 6 month pregnant belly bounced against the casket in grief. That is as close as his unborn child will ever be to him.

I am crying.

[mcar]

30. Saw that too

The grief. The dignity. Trump and Kelly are both the scum of the earth.

[bdamomma]

43. both trump

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and Kelly are racist pigs.

This regime we have has soooo much blood on their hands from Niger, to Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, California, Las Vegas, Charlottesville..the list keeps on growing. They don't give a shit.

[sheshe2]

51. They both deserve a dishonorable discharge.

[smirkymonkey]

32. This is just so heartbreaking. I am so sad for this family.

I can't imagine their grief. I will never forgive Trump and Kelly for what they have said and done to them. It is sickening and unforgivable. I feel like throwing up right now.

[DashOneBravo]

35. That's heart breaking for sure.

Rest In Peace SGT Johnson

[Lucky Luciano]

37. That little girl is being so strong after such tragedy.

She will be the guiding light and the path forward for her mother who looks so distraught. The man to her left looks devastated too.

[Me.]

40. Thank You

[bdamomma]

42. so sad

4 lost lives for what??? why are we there in the first place??

[DFW]

44. From the knife wound Trump and Kelly have done to our nation, out oozes our humanity

Phony so-called "Christians" wave their bibles while the teachings of their so-called Lord go ignored.

We have been cursed with uncaring, hypocritical "leaders" who disdain us as people and shame us as a nation.

We are being "led" by Putin without the brains. No wonder so many take this is as concrete evidence that the original Putin, the one WITH the brains, is behind our national moral deterioration.

Families such as this brave family portrayed here bear the full burden of tragedy. They get a flag and some publicity, but they will have to bear this burden for many decades to come. The attention will fade, and the task of keeping on in the emptiness will become a dull daily uphill battle. I only hope it will not be a lonely one. During that time, long after Donald Trump's clogged arteries will have worked their inevitable effect, Ivanka and Jared Kushner will still jet around in private planes, live in mansions, and be thankful for the generous fiscal legacy of their felonious parents. They will have long forgotten who the Johnsons were (if they haven't already). The Johnsons don't get to forget who THEY were. They don't get that luxury.

[spiderpig]

50. Well said, DFW.

Enough was enough a year ago. It's just that those with consciences thought it had to get better. Now we've come to this.

Shaking my head while in tears for the Johnson family.

[bdamomma]

52. Jared, the two trump boys

and the biggest POS father never served and don't even know what the word sacrifice means.

[GaryCnf]

53. Take a knee

[sheshe2]

54. Thank you

[GaryCnf]

55. I should, we should

Thank you.

This OP is so poignant and such truth

[sheshe2]

57. Miss Saigon

Broadway took a knee.

I saw this production many times.

Thanks again.

[SunSeeker]

56. Taking a knee...

[Heartstrings]

58. Taking a knee....

[lunamagica]

59. Taking a knee

[SergeStorms]

60. So, so sad.

And I'd take the knee if I could, for all of them.

[area51]

61. Take a knee ...

until that bastard is gone.

[democratisphere]

64. I will take a separate knee for THAT too!

[onecent]

69. AMEN TO THIS area51!!!!!!

[heaven05]

62. to disrespect

this soldiers sacrifice by lying about ....aaahhhh...I am just fed up with this whole white supremacist administration of 21st century nazi's and old timey klan religionists running this country. I am so sad for the good people of america who have to endure this hate and racism. Sgt Johnson, may you find rest. Mrs. Johnson and family, may you find peace...

TWO DAYS HE LAY on the field of battle....inexcusable...about the only good thing 'blackwater' ever did was recover this soldiers body from hostile territory...meanwhile the POS potus goes golfing

[Madam45for2923]

63. Taking a knee.

[ATL Ebony]

66. Rest in Peace St. La David Johnson -- Beautiful DU memorial

I burst into tears each time I look at the photo of the family and wife at his casket. No words will say what I'm feeling better than what's been said. Feeling lost ATM.

Taking a knee with a broken heart.

Bless this Family

[Enoki33]

67. The loss beyond words tears at the soul. The inhumanity of dotard,

Kelly and Huckabee cries out for justice. It is in those wide little eyes.

[usaf-vet]

70. R.I.P. SGT. LA DAVID JOHNSON

This Air Force Medic Salutes you and your service to our country.

Peace to your family and friends.

John 3:16