When helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr arrived at My Lai 03.16.68, over 500 Vietnamese civilians had been killed by American troops. Thompson set his chopper down between the American servicemen and the remaining Vietnamese, telling his crew chief and gunner to cover him. 1/3 https://twitter.com/pastoremase/status/1265367402579210242

Thompson told the American soldiers if they continued firing on the unarmed Vietnamese, he and his men would open fire on them.

My question is: Where are the Hugh Thompson Jrs in American law enforcement? Why did not one of the other officers on scene stop this officer? 2/3

Why not arrest him? LEOs must, when necessary, enforce the law on each other else the “thin blue line” serves little more than to protect criminals with badges. If the law is not above those sworn to uphold it, it is no law at all. 3/3

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