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Title: Sergeant Gets 25-Year Term For 18 Rapes Of Recruits
Source: New York Times
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/07/u ... ruits.html?ref=delmargsimpson#
Published: Apr 18, 2012
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2012-04-18 12:43:50 by Turtle
Keywords: None
Views: 373
Comments: 3

ABERDEEN, Md., May 6— An Army drill sergeant was sentenced today to 25 years in prison on charges of raping six trainees in a case that led to investigations of sexual misconduct at United States military bases worldwide.

The drill instructor, Staff Sgt. Delmar G. Simpson, stood calmly to hear his sentence and hugged his mother, Edna, after it was imposed. He left the courtroom with his arm around the shoulders of his wife, Juliet.

Meanwhile, the Army plans to charge its top enlisted man, Sgt. Major of the Army Gene C. McKinney, with criminal sexual conduct involving four female service members, people familiar with the case said.

Sergeant Simpson's lawyer, Frank J. Spinner, said he would appeal and attributed the case to racial bias, though race was barely mentioned in the court-martial. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other groups accused the Army of singling out Sergeant Simpson because he was black.

''If you're an African-American drill sergeant in the Army, you're an endangered species,'' Mr. Spinner said.

Sergeant Simpson is black and most of his accusers are white. Most of the drill sergeants at Aberdeen, 30 miles northeast of Baltimore, are black, as are 11 other staff members charged with sexual misconduct.

The jury of two black men, three white men and one white woman convicted Sergeant Simpson a week ago and took less than three hours to reach a decision on his sentence for 18 counts of rape and 29 other offenses, mostly other forms of sexual misconduct.

The jury also ordered that Sergeant Simpson be dishonorably discharged at the reduced rank of private and forfeit all pay and pension benefits.

Maj. Gen. John E. Longhouser, commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground, where Sergeant Simpson worked, must approve the sentence. He may reduce it but not add to it. The sentence will also be automatically reviewed by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

Some women's advocates considered Sergeant Simpson's sentence lenient.

''If he were a civilian, he would not be sentenced to 25 years,'' said Karen Johnson, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who is a vice president of the National Organization for Women. ''He would be considered a serial rapist and would receive life in prison.''

Others said the verdict sent a message that the military would not tolerate sexual misconduct.

The case prompted investigations into sexual misconduct at military bases worldwide. A sexual harassment telephone line set up by the Army in November received more than 1,243 complaints by late April.

Of those, 325 complaints have resulted in criminal investigations, 498 have been closed, 310 were referred to other Army agencies because they did not involve criminal allegations, and 110 were in the preliminary investigative phase.

Mr. Spinner, Sergeant Simpson's lawyer, insisted that the sex was consensual and said the convictions reflected undue influence by top Army commanders, an issue he said he would raise on appeal.

Sergeant Simpson's sentence also covered five lesser charges to which he had already pleaded guilty. He could be eligible for clemency in five years and eligible for parole after serving one-third of the sentence, or eight years and four months.


Poster Comment:

This happened many years ago (1997) but things don't change.

All the drill sergeants who went to prison or were kicked out of the military were black. There might there might have been one white guy, but I'm not sure.

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#1. To: Turtle (#0)

''If you're an African-American drill sergeant in the Army, you're an endangered species,'' Mr. Spinner said.

That's kinda laughable. I think blacks make up a disproportionately higher % of army soldiers. The racism is, or was at one point, that blacks make up too much of the military, and thus risk their lives and die serving white people. Now it's racism because there is, supposedly, not enough blacks?

Drill sergeants have a powerful position with new recruits, who are in basic training precisely to be conditioned to follow orders instantly and without reservation. A male sergeant with female recruits is a very bad combination. I heard that my drill sergeant got busted for something very similar with female recruits just months after I left basic training.

Pinguinite  posted on  2012-04-18   13:33:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)

A male sergeant with female recruits is a very bad combination.

A black with the slightest bit of power is a bad thing. It goes straight to their heads.

“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”

Turtle  posted on  2012-04-18   17:37:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Turtle (#0)

''If you're an African-American drill sergeant in the Army, you're an endangered species,'' Mr. Spinner said.

Can I get that on a bumper sticker?

No, wait, that's probably a really bad idea...

"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2012-04-18   17:58:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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