Veteran Confronts Fake Army Ranger

[Jazzy]

Veteran Confronts Fake Army Ranger Enjoying Black Friday Discounts

Posing as a highly decorated solider is a terrible thing to do — especially if you're doing it to secure armed forces discounts. And maybe using your child to confront the impostor, and filming him while you strip his honor isn't the nicest thing to do either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOj07ClhEi8

Thoughts?

 

[beowulf]

id guess its actually illegal.....just like posing as a police officer is

i also think its disrepectful to those that currently serve and those that have lost their lives in the past whilst serving

 

[Webster]

id guess its actually illegal.....just like posing as a police officer is

i also think its disrespectful to those that currently serve and those that have lost their lives in the past whilst serving

Disrespectful? Definitely...
Illegal? Depends on the specific statute...quoting JustAnswer:

What are the penalties for impersonating military personel?
--Thank you for the information and your question. Unless your friend received something of value while wearing the uniform items you mentioned, they have actually not violated a criminal law. I have set out below thee Federal criminal statute that prohibits impersonating an officer under certain circumstances. There is a statute, that is noncriminal, that says that unless a person is in the military they are not authorized to wear the insignia of the military services. However, there is no criminal penalty. That means, at most the Federal Government could have an injunction filed against this person. I have set that statute out below as well.

18 USC § 912 - Officer or employee of the United States
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

10 USC § 771 - Unauthorized wearing prohibited
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, may wear— (1) the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps; or (2) a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.

There was also a law passed back in 2005, the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a misdemeanor offense to falsely state that one had recieved a federal decoration and/or medal. That law, however, was shot down on First Amendment grounds, so Congress passed a second Stolen Valor Act back in 2013 which made it a crime for anyone to falsely claim that they'd received a federal decoration/medal if in doing so they then were to receive benefits as a result.

In other words, technically, it is illegal.... *waves hand back-and-forth* ..but good luck getting a U.S. attorney to prosecute someone over it unless the public pressure becomes such that they have no choice but to do so.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Disgusting guy should get his ass kicked by real RANGERS.