![]() They may have looked like a band of brothers, but some of the men in Gallagher's platoon hated him. According to his commanding officer, "Gallagher was absolved of any wrongdoing." Seven years later in Iraq, some members of his platoon claimed he was taking pot shots at civilians. On a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan, Gallagher was investigated for killing a little girl when he shot a Taliban commander who was holding her. "It's been done on previous deployments." "I'm pretty sure I'm the first person ever to go to a general court martial for it- for taking a picture," Gallagher said. "And I've definitely learned- learned my lesson. I'll say it's wrong now," Gallagher said. "But, you knew this was wrong," Martin told Gallagher. Gallagher's unit, with Gallagher in the middle, posing with the dead ISIS prisoner Over the next few hours, the team mistreated the body, buzzing it with a drone, posing for their own trophy photos, then for a group shot with Gallagher front and center. There's no video of that because the SEAL recording the scene turned off his helmet camera, but you can clearly see the breathing tube in a photo taken after the prisoner died – along with several other medical devices implanted but by other SEALs. And that's basically sticking a breathing tube in his throat?" Martin asked. "He wasn't breathing properly so I performed an invasive procedure, which is a crike." So, I pushed him back down forcefully," Gallagher said. "You know, he's an ISIS fighter I don't want his hands anywhere near me. He grabbed his medical bag and started working on the prisoner none too gently. Gallagher said that meant he was going to treat him.
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