{"id":100680,"date":"2020-06-07T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T13:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=100680"},"modified":"2020-06-10T17:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:37:14","slug":"marine-i-cant-breathe-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=100680","title":{"rendered":"Marine – “I Can’t Breathe” Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The website ABC13News.com<\/a> posted dozens of photos of a man claiming to be a US Marine who is standing outside the Utah State capital building with signs and a mouth covering appearing to protest deaths that occurred at the hands of police.<\/p>\n

An individual’s right to protest is not in question here – what is raising a lot of eyebrows is whether it is appropriate to do it in uniform.<\/p>\n

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Photos: Utah Marine stands alone at Utah Capitol with ‘I can’t breathe’ covering his mouth<\/a><\/h3>\n

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV<\/a>) \u2013 In a one-man demonstration, a Utah Marine stood outside the Utah State Capitol for more than three hours on Friday to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n

According to photographer Robin Pendergrast, who captured the event, this Utah Marine was decorated with two Marine Purple Hearts. Only identified as Todd, the Marine was captured with a thick piece of black tape covering his mouth that read “I can’t breathe.”<\/p>\n

Some of the photos show the Marine’s shoes melting in the blistering heat; yesterday’s weather in Salt Lake City was in the 90s. The sign he held in front of the Capitol explains the Marine’s motives: “Justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, and countless others…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Todd” is the only name he gave but it would be interesting to know if he is active duty and is legitimate for two Purple Hearts and a Combat Action Ribbon.\u00a0 \u00a0After some digging, his name was determined to be Todd Winn<\/a> from Lehi, Utah.<\/p>\n

Am I in the wrong for being curious?\u00a0 After all, it is a huge part of the credibility of his message or he wouldn’t have been wearing the uniform with the ribbons.\u00a0 Just my two cents.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, I don’t know what his supposed service in the Marine Corps has to do with the police department and recent protests if it is not for the credibility factor.<\/p>\n

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