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Camilo Mejia - Bad Conduct Discharge

Camilo Mejia, 1st GI to Publicly Resist Iraq War, Appeals Bad Conduct Discharge

Camilo Mejia is the first GI who served in Iraq to have publicly resisted the war. He was imprisoned for refusing to return. Today, he is appealing his bad conduct discharge from the military. We speak to Mejia along with his attorney, Anjana Samant of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Ref. Source 3

Discharge Conduct Bad Mejia Camilo

I think that the discharge should have been general under bad conditions not a bad conduct discharge. I think a lot of kids got into the military for the wrong reasons. We need to allow them a way out.