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According to Mary Tillman what are the reasons the Tillman family didn't sue the U.S. Government? To sue or not to sue, what do you think would be the right decision?
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the reasons Mary Tillman and her family didnt sue because she says Pat was killed by accident and she is satisfied by that but she is still not fully informed about what happens. She also says that what happened was gross neglagence and says she wants an investigation. No one was really held accountable and she just wants her family to live past this and doesnt want to damage other soldiers` lives. She believes that the killing of her son was a cover up or the military were just using him as a tool. Her family and her also didnt want to take this to court.
Mary Tillman did not sue because Pat was killed by accident, not deliberately. What happened should have been investigated is what she wants to say. She wants to know all of the facts so she can move on and doesn't want other people dead. She thinks the killing was because he was a tool or it was an extreme military cover up.
The reason Mary Tillman and her family didnt sue becuase mary wanted to see if the system itself that is actually constructed to have the checks and balances would actually do its job. (quote from mary tillman) "these soldiers are dieing for this system and it should work we felt that if we got it to work that Pat wouldnt have died in vain and thease soldiers wouldnt have been dieing in vain." This means that she wanted to see if the checks and balances system would do there job and check each other for the cover up. She was shocked that Pat's death was covered up. Although she believes that Pat's friends didnt cover up anything until the soldiers got involved. Pat died after he and soldiers came out of a kill zone and they felt brave,they just started random shotting everywhere, killing Pat and hurting others. She felt that those who had to be held responsible are those that covered up the truth of Pat's death. She felt that those who die in war should be honarable whether or not they were sent to fight or search for "unicorns."
Mary Tillman said that she would not sue the U.S. government or the fellow soldiers because it was an accident. She said "That the system of checks and balances would help because lots of men were dying out there and they were going to have to solve the problem." She said that the government told her that Pat Tillman died in an enemy ambush, However lied and the reason is that a bunch of men starting shooting everywhere and killed lots of other men. It said that they might have had adrenalin and thought it might have been fun. If I was Mary Tillman I would sue because it was not a heroic death it was like a shot of a fellow soldier and that the government lied deserving the law suit.
Mary Tillman didn't want to sue the US government because she knew the death of her son was an accident.
Pat's family has great respect for the military but she does think it was all a cover up or that her son was just a tool in the hands of the government. Also she didn't sue them because she didn't want any other people to get hurt but she still wanted a full investigation of the murder.
in my opinion, Mary had to fight the government to get the truth of her son's unfortunate death.
The reasons Mary Tillman didn't sue because Pat was killed by accident. Also she wanted to make sure that the system of check and balances would work or not. Believe it or not, it actually did. It got covered up. Also her family din't want to bring this to court.
Now, if I was her place, I would sue for my son's death. He is a soldier and he should be honored instead of being a tool for the government.
I think Mary Tillman didn't sue the government because she wanted to test the constructed system of checks and balances. She stated that the soldiers were dying for this system and she also mentioned that Pat’s uniform and other battle gear was destroyed by the military so she didn’t have any proof. I personally think that she made the right decision.
The reasons that Mary Tillman and her family didn't sue the U.S government is that they didn't have enough proof that Americans killed them on purpose or by accident, the U.S. government either destroyed his gear or hid it,this probably made her a little suspicious that the military killed him on purpose but now we will never know unless they tell us because we forced them to or for any other reason.
The reason why Mary Tillman and her family didn't legally go to court and sue the U.S. Government was because she wanted to see if the system itself, which is actually constructed to have the checks and balances, would actually do its job. The soldiers were dying for this system and it should work. Mary Tillman and her family felt that if they got it to work, Pat and other soldiers wouldn't have been dying vain. Last Summer Mary had high hopes because the oversight committee led by representative Henry and leader Tom Davis said that there was indeed a cover up in Pats steps. But the administration didn't have paper trails, they only used emails, and because Tom Davis doesn't use emails, they couldn't really trace anything. So Mary felt shocked that Pat's death had a cover up, but couldn't be traced down. Pat was killed by a friendly fire by one of his fellow soldiers. After coming out of the kill zone, the soldiers were wildly pumped and just started shooting anywhere. Knowing that not only her son, but other soldiers got injured really badly. Mary felt that those who covered up the truth about Pats death should be held accountable in any way. She felt that soldiers who got killed in war should be held honorable even if not fighting in the war.
I think the real reason why Mary Tillman won't sue the U.S Government because she doesn't know the whole truth about the death of her son. Investigators first revealed that Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire and then revealed that he was shot three times to the head. However, no members of Tillman's group had been hit by enemy fire. It has also been revealed that there were never-before-mentioned US snipers in the second group that encountered Pat's squad. I think Mary Tillman has accepted Pat's death by friendly fire as a consequence of war but still fights for the truth. If I was Mary, I would sue the U.S Government because I think the killing of her son was a cover up because the army probably wanted to deflect attention from emerging failings in the Afghan war.
Mary Tillman did not sue because Pat was killed in only an accident. She is fine with it but thinks that it should be checked since she doesn't understand it. She wants to move on too so she probably didn't want to waste time on this. She didn't want anyone in her family dead or any soldiers too so she didn't sue. She believes her son's murder was caused because he was nothing but merely a simple tool. Use once, throw away just like Cleanex towels.
The major reason that Mary Tillman didn't sue the U.S government because she thinks that it was an accident,and that its no ones fault.She wants together all her facts straight before she would do anything.She has respect for the military and therefore she also would not sue.She wanted to see if the system"Checks and Balences"would work and so it did.Everything was covered up.She did not know what happened for sure.She had thought that her son was killed by a fire.That was not true. In my opinion if I didn't know what happened or if i thought he dies by fire I would not sue.But if i knew what truly happened I would definitely sue the U.S government.
i think the reason why Mary Tillman and her family didn't sue because pat was killed by accident not deliberately. or the fact that she doesn't know who killed her son in the first place. Mary wanted an full investigation on the killing. no one was accused of the murder and Marry Tillman wants to get pass this.She said that the government told her that Pat Tillman died in an enemy ambush,however lied and the reason was men shooting for fun .It said that they might have had adrenalin and thought it might have been fun.She believes that the killing of her son was a cover up or the military were just using him as a tool. Her family and her also didn't want to sue.
Mary Tillman’s son, Pat Tillman, was shot and killed as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan during a war. Mary Tillman thought he was shot by the enemy because the Pentagon twisted the whole story around and said that Pat was killed heroically in an enemy ambush. But the truth lies here. What actually happened was that Pat was shot by one of his own fellow soldiers by accident. After five weeks, the military finally told Mary that his fellow American soldiers killed him, but they said it was so called "friendly fire". By today, Mary Tillman still doesn’t know the FULL story of how her son died. Mary Tillman could’ve sued them but she didn’t. Mary Tillman didn’t want to sue the U.S government because she didn’t have enough evidence to sue them. Also, she didn’t sue them because her father and she used to serve in the military service. 35 years ago, her father and she fought in the Vietnam War. So she glamorized the honor of the military service. She should’ve also known that if Pat Tillman served in the military, death would most likely be the results.
If I was Mary Tillman, I would also do the same and not sue the U.S government because even if I sued them, my son, Pat Tillman, wouldn’t come back alive and I would just make problems worse. Also, I should’ve known that there would be death in a war. Even though the pentagon didn’t tell me the truth, it’s actually better because at least I wasn’t as upset as I was after they told me the truth.
The Tillman family did not sue the the U.S government because her son was killed by an accident. I think that Ms. Tillman made a very good decision by not making a lawsuit out of this accidental incident. If i was her I would be very sad about the death of my son but I would not sue the U.S Government because I know that it wasn't their fault.
Mary Tillman did not sue because it was an accidental kill. Not much evidence was found. So she wanted to know as much information as she can. If she did sue, there might not be enough money for medical treatments for injured soldiers. She wanted to forget the tragedy.
The reason Mary Tillman and her family didn't sue was because Mary Tillman thinks that friendly fire was an accident that caused her son's death. After leaving the kill zone, the soldiers were wildly pumped and just started shooting anywhere.So she wanted to see if the U.S. Government system itself, which is actually constructed to have the checks and balances, would actually do its job. She wanted to figure out the truth about Pat's death and end the cover-up.
Marry Tillman didn't sue the U.S government because she says that her son Pat was killed by accident. Mary did not receive the whole story to how Pat died. The government should of investigated more on the case. Mary Thought he was killed as a cover up for the military.
Mary Tillman and her family didn't sue because it was an accident. it should of been investigated. she wants to know what is true so everybody could move on without being hurt.
The reason that Mary Tillman and her family did not sue the U.S Government because she does not know or have enough information to sue the U.S. I think the right decision is to sue the government. If they they knew the answer why did they try to cover the truth up. A family has the right to know the truth about her son. Mary Tillman's son had served for the military and they lie about how he died. That is why I would sue the government.
I think Mary Tillman didn’t sue for the killing of her son Pat Tillman because of these various reasons.
Her family and her didn’t want to take this to court.
Mary Tillman did not sue because Pat was killed by accident, not deliberately.
She thinks the killing was because he was a tool or it was an extreme military cover up.
Pat died after he and soldiers came out of a kill zone and they felt brave, they just started randomly shooting everywhere, killing Pat and hurting others.
(quote from Mary Tillman) "these soldiers are dieing for this system and it should work we felt that if we got it to work that Pat wouldn’t have died in vain and these soldiers wouldn’t have been dieing in vain."
No one was really held accountable and she just wants her family to live past this and doesn’t want to damage other soldiers` lives. If I was Mary Tillman, yes, I would sue only because I think that the soldiers that killed him should be punished for something even though nobody really knows what happened.
Mary Tillman did not sue the U.S. Military because her son's death was seen as an accident. She strongly believes there should have been an investigation to uncover the facts and find out who was responsible. Instead, the incident seemed like a cover up. The system of checks and balances is designed to make sure that the truth comes out and that people who committed a crime are held responsible. I think in times of war the rules change to make sure the military doesn't look bad and change people's minds about the war or what the government is doing. I think Mary Tillman was very sad about the death of her son but wanted to protect other families dealing with the same thing.
The reason Mary Tillman and her family didn't sue was because Mary Tillman thinks that friendly fire was an accident that caused her son's death. She also didnt know that exact information of her sons death so therefor she possibly has no one to sue. She also thinks that if they say its a accident then she would believe them because aftre all it is a kill zone.
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