Iraq Vet Crushed by Police Horse at Presidential Debate
Shocking video shows former Army Sergeant Nick Morgan at the moment his head is crushed to the sidewalk under the hooves of a police horse.
Morgan lost consciousness immediately as bones shattered in his face. Visibly bleeding, he was tugged, dragged, arrested, and thrown in a police van, where other arrested veterans say he was denied medical attention. When he eventually made it to Nassau County Hospital, he was handcuffed to a gurney and given a prescription for Motrin and antibiotics.
Ironically, Morgan and other members of Iraq Veterans Against the War had come to the October debates with the intention of asking candidates pointed questions about lack of care for veterans.
An online petition has been circulating to demand justice for Morgan, with over 200 signatures having been gathered to date. A Facebook group in support of the “Hempstead 15” has over 3500 members.
Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith, one of the two IVAW members who organized the protest outside Hofstra University, is urging supporters to come to the courthouse. “On November 10th 2008, the Marine Corps Birthday, and one day before Veterans Day, we will be heard in court. We would like to invite you to come out in support of the very Freedoms granted by the United States Constitution that we swore to uphold and defend when joining the military,” writes Goldsmith on the group’s Facebook page.
