Hall’s lawyers try to block his move to Kuwait

Marc Hall, the Stop Loss Rapper had his lawyer file in a US District Court in Savannah, GA to prevent Hall’s unit from taking him to Kuwait for a court martial;

Hall’s attorneys say the Army would violate his right to a fair trial by moving his case to a “war zone” where few civilian witnesses or lawyers would travel to defend him.

So? What would civilians witnesses have to testify about in this case. As far as I can tell, everything in the case is related to the military.

Gespass said Hall was making a political statement with his song and intended no real violence. He said Hall’s defense would likely include expert witnesses on hip-hop culture, who may be reluctant to travel to Iraq or Kuwait.

Expert witnesses on hip-hop? Please.

“I would think you would want people to testify about the nature of hip-hop and that those things contained in the song are not necessarily things to be taken seriously,” Gespass said.

Yeah, because no one in the hip-hop culture has ever been murdered – well, except those rappers. And, oh, the fans at their concerts. But other than that, it’s only music, right?

A note to Mr. Gespass; soldiers aren’t entitled to make political statements. And writing about internal military policy isn’t a political statement – it’s technical term is typical soldier bitching. If he hadn’t sent the CD to the Pentagon, he’d be sitting with his unit in Iraq right now doing whatever mechanics do in Iraq these days.

Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Usual Suspects