Airman will face Uniform Code of Military Justice punishment for fabricating the exchange
A U.S. Air Force investigation found that a Black airman in Arizona faked racist texts from a supervisor to claim skin color played a role in the service member being denied a special duty assignment, and he will now face Uniform Code of Military Justice punishment.
“The 56th Fighter Wing has concluded its investigation into reports that an airman was denied a special duty assignment by their supervisor based upon their demographic identity,” a Luke Air Force Base spokesman said in a statement Tuesday, according to Military.com. “Following an exhaustive investigation, authorities determined that the statements published did not occur and the text messages were fake.”
The controversy originated in May, when the Black airman sent screenshots of the alleged text messages to the popular Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page and claimed they were from a supervisor who denied the service member a special duty assignment. The post quickly went viral, leading to the investigation.
“We won’t be sending your name up for [redacted] at the squadron,” the screenshot of the text message read, according to the Air Force Times. “You currently have a shaving waiver which isn’t a professional image, and I think the Air Force is looking for somebody of white complexion and with the image that the Air Force needs.”
Steve Bannon gets sentenced to 4 months in federal prison for refusing to participate in a kangaroo court. The airman should be court marshalled, serve the time handed to him in the brigg, and have a dishonorable discharge handed to him for the fabrication of a racist hate crime.
No honor. Just trying to get ahead on the backs of others.
How stupidly written the faked message was.
Article 15 this race-baiting punk.
Why do they always fake the “racist torment”??? Ohh, probably because the vast majority of Americans are NOT racist and they have to fake it too try to gain something out of being a “victim”…. seems a recurring theme… someone screaming RACIST and it is found to be a hoax!! Fake racism needs to be punished so if there IS a real racist issue, it can be believable…
He should go to Jail like the rest of the Blacks who lie on whites !!! Sick of Race Race Race
Just another black on White crime.
It’s a black on everybody crime – nobody is the winner, even the perp, is made a victim of and by his own shortsightedness and stupidity.
Jesse look at what you have done, just cant get enough Black people on board