Thursday, June 1, 2023
USA Mirror
  • Login
  • U.S
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    • TV
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • Health
  • Science
No Result
View All Result
  • U.S
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    • TV
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • Health
  • Science
No Result
View All Result
USA Mirror
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Private First Class Kaylie Harris commits suicide after filing a complaint for sexual assault

Manansh Sharma by Manansh Sharma
May 25, 2021
in Politics
0 0
0
Private First Class Kaylie Harris commits suicide after filing a complaint for sexual assault
0
SHARES
44
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

At 6:45 a.m. on May 4, a pair of military priests arrived at Carey Harris’ home.

“I opened the door, and I looked right at those priests, and I said, ‘My child committed suicide,’” Carey said. “She’s dead.”

RELATED POSTS

Who is Michael Luttig’s Wife, Elizabeth Ann Luttig? Let’s Find Out!

Katherine Deves: Meet the Liberal Candidate For Warringah

The priests confirmed what she’d dreaded. Her daughter had become introverted. Over a few months, their close relationship had turned remote. Carey knew something was wrong, but she didn’t exactly know what.

She would learn in meetings that her daughter had filed a sexual assault charge against a fellow service member, that it happened ten days after her daughter had revealed her sexual orientation on Facebook, that she’d been under counselling and expressed thoughts of suicide and do-not-arm order. And that an error by the military led to her daughter coming into reach of her accused assailant, regardless of a protective order designed to keep them apart.

A few days after the encounter, she bought a pistol at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska and committed suicide with her-do-not-arm order expired.

Kaylie Harris was 21 years old.

Her death represents a convergence of currents that have torn the military for decades: suicide, integrating LGBTQ troops and sexual assault. Her family thinks she would have survived if the army had taken her complaint of sexual assault more solemnly and heeded red flags that signalled her growing mental health crisis. They sight the alleged assault that took her life as a hate crime and wants the authorities to change military law to protect LGBTQ troops.

“The military talks a lot about supporting LGBT troops and survivors and suicide prevention, but their action barely equals the words they use,” said the president of Protect Our Defenders, Don Christensen. “There still is a tradition of disbelief when survivors come forward and a culture that even if the survivors’ accusations are true, ‘they should just walk it off.’ Several of these cases end in disaster like this one, partially because the military failed to keep suspects away from their victims.”

Tags: LGBTQpolitics newsUS military
ShareTweetPin
Manansh Sharma

Manansh Sharma

Related Posts

Michael Luttig wearing red ties and suit

Who is Michael Luttig’s Wife, Elizabeth Ann Luttig? Let’s Find Out!

by Angella Nil
January 26, 2023
0

Everyone is well aware of who exactly Michael Luttig is. But very few people know about his wife, Elizabeth Ann...

Katherine Deves wearing flower print.

Katherine Deves: Meet the Liberal Candidate For Warringah

by Angella Nil
January 13, 2023
0

There are very few people who accomplish well in politics; one such personality is the Liberal candidate for the Federal...

The US and UK have a special relationship, says Boris Johnson

The US and UK have a special relationship, says Boris Johnson

by Abhishek Verma
June 14, 2021
0

The unity between the US and the UK needs to be known as an “indestructible relationship”, told John Boris. In...

Biden administration grants Temporary Protected Status to Haitian migrants

Biden administration grants Temporary Protected Status to Haitian migrants

by Manansh Sharma
May 30, 2021
0

Haitian families across the US are celebrating the Biden government’s decision to spare about 55,000 people from deportation back to...

Biden being pressurized for criminal rights

Biden being pressurized for criminal rights

by Manansh Sharma
May 29, 2021
0

In the past 100 days, civil rights companies will pressure President Joe Biden to reform criminal justice. Activists will push...

Next Post
Doctors raging over Baba Ramdev’s insensitive remarks against modern medicine

Doctors raging over Baba Ramdev's insensitive remarks against modern medicine

US Coal Industry is troubled by falling demand and bankruptcies

US Coal Industry is troubled by falling demand and bankruptcies

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Misc
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports
  • TV
  • U.S
  • World

Site Links

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Home
  • Contact

© 2022 USAMirror.com

No Result
View All Result
  • U.S
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    • TV
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • Health
  • Science

© 2022 USAMirror.com

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In