Comments on: The cover-up of a soldier’s death?

By: Compassion

Compassion — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Just FYI...the petition is now in Austin Texas via email and thousands of people are signing it everyday. I just forwarded it to about 50 others. Also a local radio station here in Austin, KAZI 88.7 FM has a morning show called "The Breakfast Club" with Tommy Wyatt owner of the Villager Newspaper and Akwasi Evans owner of Nokoa the Observer local newspaper and they talked about LaVena's story extensively and have featured her story in their newspapers.

God bless your efforts!

Mrs. Clinton

God bless your efforts!

By: thattley

thattley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:53:00 +0000

My heartfelt condolences go out to the Johnson family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I pray that God will continue to give you the strength and peace that you need. I feel very saddened and hurt by this. Not surprised at all! Outraged yes! I feel that this is total disrespect towards this beautiful woman who willingly went to serve her country and what reward did she get…. injustice. This is truly disgusting. I gladly sign this petition and I will urge others to do the same. My sister served in the military and I couldn’t imagine being in this family’s position. The Johnson family deserves answers and justice. We have to all come together to insure that they get what is due to them. LaVena deserves better than this. Please add me to your petition. Blessings and love to the Johnson FamilyTina Hattley

By: joi

joi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:39:00 +0000

I am absolutely speechless...
I am inspired to do something that resonates...
I will give it thought, and start by signing the petition.
LaVena's dad is right...they picked the wrong one to fuck with.
Her death will not be in vain.
May the Creator's power be with all who are affected by this savagery.

By: Candygirl63

Candygirl63 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:32:00 +0000

I am signing the petition! My young daughter is a military veteran. She has recently reenlisted to further serve her country in the reserves. I really feel for the family, friends, and community of this young woman. I saw the beautiful flyers that were made for this cause and would like to help by printing and distributing them. I will be supporting this case until conclusion. Thanks for creating this website. Too many of us would never know about this if it had not been for this website. Thank you.

By: naomi

naomi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:00 +0000

To LaVena’s loved ones: I am so sorry for your loss. I sincerely hope your daughter’s case gets justice. Justice for her will be justice for all of us. May her death be the start of opening our nation’s eyes to this unacceptable war and the failed state of our army/government.

By: beirutvet83

beirutvet83 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:53:00 +0000

My prayers are with you this is the worst kind of trgedy I can imagine. The people invlved should be prosicuted to the fullest extent of the law. This administration sends our men, women and children of to a unprovoked war and then has the odascith to cover up such an horrific act of violence. Could this be becase the all volunteer military now accepts people with criminal backgrounds of all types. Once again Bush and his band of losers have disgraced our country and the proud tradition of military service!

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:45:00 +0000

Under the circumstances mentioned in the information which is available to me, it seems clear and without doubt that an investigation into the cause of Lavana Johnson’s death should take place immediately. Should the investigation prove that Ms Johnson was murdered, as qualified statement has indicated, the person or those people responsible should be brought to justice and punished in keeping with right and due American legal process. That members of the American military could be involved in distorting or in otherwise interfering with actual fact relating to Ms Johnson’s death should be carefully considered during the investigation and if proven to be the case, any member of the military found guilty of this should be punished severely for their participation. For the record, such suspicion as this casts a dark and threatening shadow over all those who are representing our nation in Iraq. If we cannot trust our own military for accurate information concerning what is taking place abroad, we should be troubled both from a parental point of view and from the point of view of our own vulnerability at home to the prospect and the eventuality of high ranking members of our military and their forces turning against us with much more than just the distortion of truth…

By: K.

K. — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:24:00 +0000

I extend my condolences to the Johnson Family in the loss of their daughter. It is my hope that all of our men and women will come home from this fight alive. It is my hope that all grieving families will receive the “necessary care and concern” they deserve. We all have endured the political rhetoric however, it is the grieving families who need us to assist them in getting the closure they need. You have my support.

By: LFunches

LFunches — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0000

I am thinking the best way to get some action is to hit the army where it hurts, in thier recruting efforts. I thionks we should print thousands of pictures of leVena and put her story on the back of the pictures. Then we stake out every army recruting office and hand one of the flyers to every woman who thinks about joining the army. The US Army is hurting for volunteers and this would really hit them hard. If we coorddinate it on a national level the press will not be able to ignore it.

By: J. Pride

J. Pride — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:42:00 +0000

UNBELIEVABLE!
As if it is not difficult enough just living as a woman of color, this princess was de-humanized in such a manner and the army did not have her back.

Should we encourage young men and women interested in joining the military to boycott the army? I sent my letter to congress, but if nothing is done about this, we may as well brace ourselves for an increase in military violence and a decrease in army enrollment.

If she was a relative of a congress member, celebrity, or known politician, we would probably not have to be sending letters requesting action, would we?