Trump pardons Blackwater security contractors over 2007 Iraq killings

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US President Donald Trump has pardoned four former Blackwater security guards convicted over their involvement in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

bbc.com article

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Being guilty of first degree murder in two trials is pretty damn clear. Of all the people to pardon, why pardon murderers?

[dystopiamembrane]

They were doing the work of hegemony.

Many folks in our country believe in US efforts to do what ever it is they’re doing no matter what it is or how horrifying the tactics.