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Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks

  • Written by Dwight Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
NYPD officers turning their backs on New York mayor Bill de Blasio after he remarked on police violence, Jan. 4, 2015.AP Photo/John Minchillo,

Many U.S. military members publicly disavowed President Trump’s decision to pardon Edward Gallagher, the former SEAL commando convicted of killing a teenage detainee in Iraq in 2017.

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