Before the stabbing, Gallagher and Scott had stabilized the prisoner and he was breathing normally through a tube inserted to clear his airway as they treated him for wounds suffered in an airstrike in Iraq. The testimony came as a surprise to prosecutors and a major boost to Gallagher, who is fighting charges of murder and attempted murder. Scott said no one asked him how the patient died and cited the immunity deal that allowed him to finally fess up. “So you can stand up there and you can lie about how you killed the ISIS prisoner so Chief Gallagher does not have to go to jail,” John said. “You don’t want Chief Gallagher to go to jail, do you?”“He’s got a wife and family,” Scott said.

Source: Huffington Post June 20, 2019 18:36 UTC