Duane M. Grubb
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Sergeant Duane M. Grubb was a member of the 377th Military Police Company during the time it was stationed in Bagram.[1][2] His company shared responsibility for suspects with elements of Alpha Company of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. In December 2002 two captive were beaten to death while in their custody. A number of other detainees allege brutal treatment. And their officers acknowledged that proscribed restraint techniques were routinely used on captives.
Grubb was court martialed and acquitted of beating Zarif Khan.[3][4] Khan is mentally retarded, and had been nicknamed "Timmy" after the South Park character.
The GIs assert they were trained to use knee strikes as a restraint technique. During the courts martial it was made clear that the use of knee strikes on bound prisoners was proscribed. Grubb claimed that at 6 foot 1 inch, and 240 pounds he was too large for it to be practical for him to use knee strikes on Afghan detainees.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Military jury selected in Afghan prisoner abuse case, The Jurist, November 3, 2005
- ^ Jury clears sergeant of abuse in Afghanistan, KRISTV
- ^ Army Officer And Two Soldiers Charged In Abuse Case, All Headline News, September 14, 2005
- ^ a b Sixth Ohio reservist goes on trial in Afghanistan prisoner-abuse case, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 4, 2005
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