Veteran Convicted of Murdering Iraqi Detainees Honored by Florida Mayor

DISGUSTING

Helen Holmes

Culture Reporter

Published Jul. 04, 2022 12:11PM EDT

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As part of a pre-Fourth of July celebration in Palm Bay, Florida, on Sunday, city mayor Rob Medina dedicated a speech to former Army first sergeant Joseph Mayo, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in the deaths of four Iraqi detainees in 2008. Mayo pled guilty to participating in the execution-style murder of the detainees, and was incarcerated at a Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military prison until 2015, when he was released on parole. Medina invited Mayo onstage at the city event and presented him with an American flag. “Today we celebrate Sergeant First Class Joseph Mayo for how he left it on the battlefield,” Medina said.

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Veteran Convicted of Murdering Iraqi Detainees Honored by Florida Mayor

Helen Holmes

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