Jesse MacBeth sentenced to five months
- Posted by Sparta on September 21st, 2007 filed in Crime, Fauxtography, Funny, General, Iraq, Moonbats, Sparta, Stupid, Support the Troops, The War
A Tacoma man who falsely claimed he was a decorated war hero when he took the stage at demonstrations held in opposition to the U.S.’s role in Iraq was sentenced this morning to five months in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Jesse MacBeth, 23, was also sentenced to three months in a halfway house after his release and three years of probation.
MacBeth claimed that he was an Army ranger who killed more than 200 people, many at close range, including some as they prayed in a mosque. He spoke at an anti-war rally in Tacoma and appeared in a 20-minute anti-war video that circulated widely on the Internet.
In reality, MacBeth made it through only six weeks of Army basic training and never set foot in Iraq.
Conservative bloggers exposed MacBeth in May 2006, destroying his credibility and embarrassing the Seattle company that produced the video about his exploits.
I’ll bet I can guess what kind of “ranger” he’ll be in short order. :mrgreen:
raz0r says:
He got off easy. Drop him off with the Rangers for a stay.
Beth (Blue Star Chronicles) says:
I think he got off easy too.
Marie says:
That is crazy. 5 months is not much. They have mentioned the sentence on the French radio this morning….