Thread: Arizona National Guard Accused of Hunting the Homeless with Paintball Guns

Arizona National Guard Accused of Hunting the Homeless with Paintball Guns

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
October 16, 2012

According to a five-month investigation by The Arizona Republic newspaper Military recruiters with the Arizona Army National Guard engaged in a pattern of systemic misbehavior over the past decade that included instances of sexual abuse, forgery, embezzlement and assaults, including riding in a Humvee and shooting paintball guns at homeless people.

The Recruiters in question were specifically in charge of recruiting younger people and high school students.

The newspaper cites interviews with military officers, police reports and military documents obtained through public records requests.

Furthermore, Military documents detail that non-commissioned officers caught driving drunk in military vehicles were dealt with lightly, and recruiters who forged records or took fraudulent bonus paychecks only received transfers.

In addition, Sergeants who had affairs with teenage recruits were given counseling. One staff sergeant, the paper reported, allegedly had sex with a female enlistee but was still allowed to deploy overseas.

While overseas, he was disciplined for similar offenses, and was transferred to the California National Guard as a recruiter.

Further investigation revealed that Arizona National Guard commanders would learn about clusters of alleged criminal and unethical behavior by guard members that included patrols through north Phoenix to assault and humiliate homeless people.

Witnesses alleged that various soldiers were involved in sexual misconduct, including offering homeless women food, money or drinks in exchange for sex.

On Monday, the newspaper reported that Staff Sgt. Chad Wille, a recruiter who blew the whistle about the alleged misconduct, had been harassed afterward.

A bicyclist had reported incidents of a camouflage-painted Humvee driving down Seventh Street in north Phoenix shooting paintballs at pedestrians.

When Wille questioned a colleague, Sgt. 1^st Class Michael Amerson, about it, Amerson reportedly replied, “You’re not aware of the bum hunts?”

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