{"id":67073,"date":"2016-07-25T09:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67073"},"modified":"2016-07-25T09:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:47:53","slug":"illinois-stolen-valor-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67073","title":{"rendered":"Illinois’ Stolen Valor law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illinois passed a stolen valor law according to the Alton Daily News<\/a>, but I don’t know why they bothered. Phonies caught lying about their military service for profit get hit with a whopping $200 fine. <\/p>\n

For example, Robert Kerkorian<\/a>, the former police chief of Waukegan, IL got his job in the police department and ultimately became police chief largely because he falsely claimed to be a Navy SEAL. That’s worth $200, right? By the way, when Kerkorian was busted for his lies, Waukegan Mayor Motley defended the valor thief.<\/p>\n

Vietnam War veteran B.G. Burkett wrote a book about investigating so-called stolen valor. He said the Illinois law should be harsher. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s worthless, but it\u2019s not going to have much effect one way or the other.”<\/p>\n

Burkett said he has found egregious examples over the decades of people, including police chiefs and politicians, pretending to be veterans. \u201cI\u2019d like to see them make it a felony, particularly if they\u2019re getting money.”<\/p>\n

Retired Navy SEAL Larry Bailey, who works alongside Burkett to expose fraudsters, said there\u2019s something more powerful than a fine. \u201cActually the greatest punishment can be the public recognition as a fraud,” Bailey said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Illinois’ new law keeps us in the Stolen Valor business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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