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Strength through Adversity - Fort Hood Texas - Heroism during the shooting massacre

Fort Hood has lost some of its own, to one of it's own. This tragic incident
has resulted in the death of 13 soldiers, and the wounding of 31.

A graduation ceremony was being conducted next door to the processing of
soldiers when shots rang out and medics in their caps and gowns ran towards
the direction of the shots to give aid.

Specialist Amber Moore, herself wounded, went back to pick up a comrade
and get them to safety.

A soldier in his truck outside of the facility heard the shots and ran back inside
to help. He and others aided four wounded soldiers into his truck, and once
they were secured, drove them to a nearby hospital, saving their lives.

A soldier helping the wounded was hit in the boot with a bullet. He
continued to give aid without concern for himself.

Soldiers inside the facility, while wounded, aided others soldiers who had
been shot. Other soldiers used their battlefield knowledge, experience
and training to assist and save others.

First responders accosted the shooter. Officer Kim Munley and Senior Sgt.
Mark Todd were there within 3 minutes. They encountered the shooter
outside of the building. The shooter shot Officer Munley in the legs. She
returned fire and Officer Mark Todd also fired, stopping the shooter's
bloody rampage. He kicked away the shooter's weapon and cuffed him.
Officer Todd, a former military (Army) policeman, wrapped his belt
around Munley's leg leg to stop the bleeding from one of her wounds.

The entire military community will mourn the loss of those killed, and will
support and pray for their families, and for those wounded, and their families.
Reviews will be done, investigations conducted.

But this incident will not dampen their committment to their duty, in fact, it will
do the reverse, it will strengthen that committment.

Unwarranted thuggish Racial Assault on Tashawena Hill & her daughter

UPDATE: October 28, 2009 -
Troy Dale West Jr. was released on a $320,000 bond. The
judge ordered West placed under house arrest, fitted with an ankle
monitor, to surrender his passport, have no contact with Hill, and
to stay out of Clayton County, where Hill lives.

According to the police report Troy Dale West admitted striking
Hill, but claiming that he did so "after she spit on me and accused me
of trying to hit her daughter with a door."

Too bad for West's sorry arse, there were witnesses who saw the incident
and corroborate what Hill told police.



Photo: Tashawena Hill - U.S. Army Soldier

"Tashawena Hill "The attention is overwhelming. I'm not comfortable
with it at all. It's actually a little embarrassing and frustrating.
I'm scared."

There are those of us who appreciate the service of our servicemen/women,
and appreciate Tasha Hill's service. Tasha Hill and her daughter Shiyenn (7)
encountered Todd Dale West, the thuggish opposite type, on an outing to a
Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Shiyenn Hill "I was thinking that it was my fault and that I shouldn’t
have picked to go over there."

None of it was Shiyenn's fault. Not for choosing to eat at Cracker Barrel,
nor when the door swung hard by a patron nearly hit her.
Neither was it Tasha's fault for politely asking the patron to be careful.

Troy Dale West (47) 6'2", 250 lbs, swung the door roughly, almost
hitting little Shiyenn. When Tasha Hill politely asked him to be more
careful, she was not only verbally assaulted and cursed with racial slurs,
she was physically assaulted. Little Shiyenn Hill was forced to witness
the assault upon her mother and hear the denigrating racial slurs.

A Cracker Barrel employee " Troy Dale West responded “I don’t
give a f***you black n***** b**** and then started punching her." "I saw
the foot motion of him kicking her. As he was punching her, he called her
a black n***** b**** twice."

Photo: Mugshot of Troy Dale West

September 24th Court hearing:


Photo: Troy Dale West - all cleaned up for court.

West is charged with:
felony aggravated assault;
felony false imprisonment;
cruelty to children in the first degree (a felony);
2 counts of battery;
2 counts of disorderly conduct.

Ginger Ellis (who has grandchildren) was a witness. One moment she is
smiling at a 7-year-old girl skipping alongside her mother and seconds
later she witnesses a horrific attack upon them.

Ginger Ellis "I'm convinced the attack was racially motivated “because he
used the N word and the way he kept kicking her and he kept hitting her.
You could see the evilness on his face.”

Jimmy Callaway (Morrow Police Commander)"The restaurant's
surveillance video clearly shows West beating Hill in the restaurant's
small entryway."

It’s clearly a shocking incident to where a man that’s twice the size of
this female beats her down in front of the child.

That surveillance tape is in the hands of the FBI, who are investigating
whether the beating is in fact a hate crime. This is because Georgia at
present does not have a hate crimes law. State lawmakers, however, are
expected to remedy that lack.

VIDEO REPORT

Kudos to those of Tasha Hill's fellow servicemen/women who attended the
hearing to support her and Shiyenn, and continue that support.

Kudos to Cracker Barrel's corporate leaders who have banned Troy Dale West
from ALL of their restaurants, for life.

Cracker Barrel's statement:
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is pleased that the Clayton County
Grand Jury has returned indictments against the man accused of assaulting
a woman who was entering one of its Georgia stores on September 9, 2009.

Cracker Barrel is encouraged to know that its cooperation with authorities
helped secure these indictments because Cracker Barrel wants to see justice
served."

"Cracker Barrel will continue to cooperate with the Clayton County District
Attorney’s office through this criminal proceeding. The Company has provided
the district attorney with surveillance video as part of this case.

The video shows how Cracker Barrel came to the victim’s aid, and that a
Cracker Barrel manager put himself in harm’s way to provide aid to the
victim. Company policy allows the release of surveillance video only to law
enforcement officials and as required by law."

MANSON FAMILY - SUSAN ATKINS BITES THE DUST

1969 - 9 murders - convicted of 8 because unborn children
didn't count under the law back then. Guilty of first-degree murder
as an aider and abettor, co-conspirator and a murderer.

2009 - September 24 - Susan Denise Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz aka
Susan Atkins aka Susan Whitehouse dies in Central California Women's Facility

1 life spent living behind bars and dying behind them.

A pitiful exchange for the lives of:
Gary Hinman
Steven Parent
Sharon Tate Polanski & her unborn son Paul Polanski
Jay Sebring
Wojciech Frykowski
Abigail Folger
Rosemary LaBianca
Leno LaBianca

Susan Atkins was instrumental in denying them their right to life, to a family,
to grow old an to die from natural causes surrounded by friends and family.

Terry Thornton (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Spokesperson) "Atkins had been placed in the prison hospital's hospice a few
days ago when death seemed "imminent." She received round the clock
pastoral care, a service provided to inmates at that hospital so they don't die
alone. "It's just an effort to bring some dignity to inmates in the last time they
have on Earth."

A shame that Atkins' victims weren't allowed "dignity" in their deaths.

Crime Scene & Coroner photos *Warning - graphic photos

Atkins glamour photo shots from 1982 and 1988 *scroll down the page

1969- Atkins confesses to her crimes.
1997 - Atkins claims she didn't kill anyone.
2003- Atkins claims she is a "political prisoner"
2004 - 2009 - Atkins claims she's repudiated Manson
and embraced Christianity. Yet in her blog online
Atkins places blame on everyone and mitigates it
upon herself.

Vincent Bugliosi (Prosecutor of the Manson members) "It has to be
said that she did pay substantially, though not completely, for her incredibly
brutal crimes."

Michael Kennedy "People who do not remember that time can have no idea
how fearful we all were. A family friend lived next door to the LaBiancas.
It terrorized Los Angeles until they were caught."

Stephen Kay (Prosecutor who helped prosecute the Manson members)
"She was the scariest of the Manson girls. She was very violent."