Manning sues DoD over military haircut

[struggle4progress]

BY TOBIAS SALINGER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, November 9, 2015, 5:32 PM

... Manning, 27, “feels like a freak and a weirdo – not because having short hair makes a person <any> less of a woman – but because for her, it is undermines specifically recommended treatment and sends the message to everyone that she is not a 'real' woman,” the suit notes.

“Plaintiff fears that if her treatment regimen continues to be undermined due to Defendants’ refusal to allow her to follow female hair and grooming standards, her anguish will only escalate and she will not be able to survive the 35 years of her sentence, let alone the next few years.”

The suit names the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and several top Army officials in charge of Manning’s prison term as defendants. A Defense Department spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing agency policy not to comment on pending litigation ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/manning-haircut-feel-weirdo-article-1.2428437

[MillennialDem]

1. Manning needs to be pardoned.

[struggle4progress]

4. Nothing like that is currently visible on the horizon. The release involved something

like three-quarters of a million documents provided to a foreign website after the soldier had received a warning about security procedures. The sentence was quite inevitable, once allegations were proved, as a disincentive to other leak-inclined army intelligence specialists. Manning is unlikely to serve the full 35 years but the threats of self-harm in this lawsuit won't improve the soldier's status

[MillennialDem]

19. They are treating her cruelly for the sake of cruelty. Obama should pardon her on his

last day or at least commute her sentence to a woman's prison.

[TipTok]

2. Should have thought about that before...

No sympathy...

[longship]

3. I have no sympathy for your lack of sympathy.

She is what she is.

[TipTok]

5. Right...

It's actually quite a list...

Shit Soldier...

Piss poor criminal...

Attention hog with impulse control issues...

The list goes on...

Manning can rot...

[longship]

7. Spring, sprong, bling, blong. Boingggg! nt

[elias49]

13. Anger management may help you.

Just saying, you come on unnecessarily harsh.
Have a lovely day.

[TipTok]

15. Meh...

Manning just has an inordinately large amount of the characteristics that I , personally, find reprehensible.

[beam me up scottie]

14. She's a woman, forcing her to get a man's haircut is discrimination.

Just because she's a prisoner doesn't mean she deserves inhumane treatment.

Your lack of empathy for a transgender woman seems better suited for another website.

[tblue37]

22. I can't help thinking of the way the Nazis shaved women's heads in the concentration camps.

Regardless of whether you think of Manning's imprisonment as appropriate or not, there is no reason to treat her inhumanely as a prisoner.

[MillennialDem]

20. So you support treating criminals in a cruel manner? Don't bitch about kids who

get locked up for weed then.

[pnwmom]

6. Is Manning being required to wear a man's haircut or is she objecting to the female options?

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[struggle4progress]

8. The DoJ quote in The Advocate story suggests Manning's not being offered

female grooming options

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/11/13/tangle-over-chelsea-manning-growing-her-hair-out

[pnwmom]

9. That makes no sense since she's getting the hormone treatments. nt

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[struggle4progress]

10. Dunno. A person in a segregated male facility with other long-term prisoners

might plausibly be at some risk if groomed and dressed according to female standards

[MillennialDem]

21. So? She can make that choice herself. And she's already vulnerable even without

that.

[eShirl]

11. SHE

[LostOne4Ever]

16. ^This! +infinity nt

[pnwmom]

25. Sorry!

[beam me up scottie]

12. Stop referring to her as a man!

but because for her, it is undermines specifically recommended treatment and sends the message to everyone that she is not a 'real' woman,” the suit notes.

The article specifically refers to Manning as a woman, why do you insist on calling her a man?

Transphobia doesn't belong on DU.

[LostOne4Ever]

17. Exactly!

[mr blur]

24. Is the "he" in your post deliberate admission of bigotry,

or a slip of the keyboard? Care to explain?

[pnwmom]

26. A slip. I corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out. n/t

[Rob H.]

29. Thanks. nt

[Scuba]

18. A pardon, and perhaps a Presidential Medal of Freedom, would best serve America's interests.

[giftedgirl77]

32. Allowing her to serve everyday of her sentence as a woman yes,

in a woman's prison as a woman yes, without a doubt. Anything more, or anything less should be completely off the table.

[MohRokTah]

23. Although she deserves to serve every day of her sentence for her crimes...

This is beyond the pale and the military must treat her under the regulations for women,

[underpants]

27. Did he have to pay $2.50 for it?

I did. 1990 Ft. Knox we had to pay to get our heads shaved.

[Lordquinton]

30. *she

Might want to correct that.

[1939]

36. 1960 Ft Knox was 75 cents NT

[underpants]

37. LOL

[Blue_Tires]

28. Manning is just getting sue-happy now...

[elias49]

31. If I were spending most of the rest of my life in solitary

I'd want the fucking haircut I want. Too much to ask?
Jeez. Sue-happy.

[struggle4progress]

33. (1) in general population, not solitary; and (2) absent drama, could be released

in about 6 years

So your most of the rest of life in solitary seems OTT

[elias49]

34. Sentenced to 35 years.

"....could be released in about 6 years" according to whom?

Is it over the top to say Manning's life is virtually over? I don't think so.

[struggle4progress]

35. Here:

... Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison minus time served and is to be dishonorably discharged from the military. He is expected to have his first parole hearing in seven years ...
Bradley Manning tells lawyer after sentencing: 'I'm going to be OK' – as it happened
Updated 3 Oct 2014

... Manning will receive 3 1/2 years of credit.. making him eligible for parole in seven years ...
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case
By Julie Tate
August 21, 2013

... He has to serve a minimum of a third of his sentence, meaning he will be eligible for parole in just over eight years, and, at the very earliest, could be released under parole soon as 2021. He can earn 120 days per year off his sentence for good behaviour and job performance ...
Bradley Manning given 35-year prison term for passing files to WikiLeaks
Wednesday 21 August 2013 11.35 EDT
Paul Lewis at Fort Meade

... He will most likely serve out his sentence in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. The 1,182 days he has spent in confinement since he was arrested in May 2010 will be applied toward his term. Added to the military's extensive credits for good behavior, Manning could be eligible for parole in about 8 years, when he is 33 ...
Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For WikiLeaks Disclosures
Posted: 08/21/2013 10:19 am EDT
Updated: 08/22/2013 12:02 am EDT
Matt Sledge