{"id":32095,"date":"2012-09-21T19:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32095"},"modified":"2012-09-21T19:37:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:37:57","slug":"update-on-that-hostage-taker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32095","title":{"rendered":"Update on that “hostage taker”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today<\/a>, I mentioned Klein Michael Thaxton who took a hostage in Pittsburgh today. At the time i was blogging from the road and didn’t have time to do much research, but Hondo sent us a link to an Army Times<\/a> story that has some of Thaxton’s military background;<\/p>\n

An Army spokesman said Thaxton enlisted in the Army in December 2008 and separated from the service in June 2010. The spokesman said Thaxton, who was never deployed, was a private with the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.<\/p>\n

He was a combat engineer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So he had about 18 months in the Army (he spent longer in the public school system, I’ll bet, but that wasn’t part of the story, was it?) which means he was booted, and we can pretty accurately guess it was for discipline problems. He also broke out of his half-way house today to get to the scene of his crime. But that wasn’t part of the story initially. <\/p>\n

It just seems to explain so well to the public what the problem was when they mention his prior military experience. Thanks, media. <\/p>\n

Hondo adds;<\/p>\n

Yes, he served in the Army. He never deployed. He never completed his first enlistment. His only duty assignment, other than training, was as a combat engineer at Fort Riley, KS. I don’t know why he was released from active duty after around 18 months – but the fact that he was later arrested for robbery leads me to believe it probably wasn’t an amicable parting.<\/p>\n

I actually kinda hope his attorney tries the “PTSD defense”. Here, it’s so bogus that even the media will probably raise the bullshit flag.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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