{"id":38456,"date":"2013-11-16T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38456"},"modified":"2013-11-16T00:17:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T05:17:57","slug":"navy-cross-recipient-dissed-by-fellow-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38456","title":{"rendered":"Navy Cross recipient dissed by fellow cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary sends us a link to an article in the Orange County Weekly<\/a> about the results of an investigation into the way Scott C. Montoya was treated by his brother officers in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after he returned from Iraq where he earned the Navy Cross<\/a>. Montoya volunteered for the Marine Corps after 9-11 and was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on April 8, 2003;<\/p>\n

With his firearm in one hand engaging the enemy and a badly bleeding Marine in the other, he fought their way 500 yards to safety. He returned to the cross-fire again and dragged another – who’d been dazed by the concussion of a grenade blast – to a casualty collection point. In all, he rescued four injured Marines and one Iraqi civilian out of harm’s way, according to his citation.<\/p>\n

Montoya’s “extraordinary heroism” arose out of the battle for Baghdad. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And this is how he was treated according to the OC Weekly;<\/p>\n

Evidence compiled in the case proved that OCSD deputies and higher ranking officers repeatedly tormented Montoya by mocking his combat heroics, spreading false rumors, sabotaging his locker, doctoring documents, encouraging citizens to file complaints against him, calling him “stupid,” suggesting they would not back him up on dangerous patrol calls, hiding GPS devices on his personal vehicles, placing surveillance cameras at his home, cursing him in front of citizens and, like high school punks, displaying a large dildo, lubricant bottle and condoms with his deputy gear.<\/p>\n

The department’s lawyer, William Haluck of Irvine, unsuccessfully lobbied jurors to view the acts as simple “jokes” or “pranks,” and repeatedly tried to slime Montoya and his Navy Cross without offering a shred of evidence that the honor wasn’t deserved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, we can just sit and wait to see how the judge decides that Montoya will be compensated for the shoddy treatment he received. The case was decided by a jury, and Montoya’s attorney said that the department destroyed loads of email that would have made the case easier to decide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary sends us a link to an article in the Orange County Weekly about the results … Navy Cross recipient dissed by fellow cops<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-soldiers","category-shitbags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}