aglages; as others have said, at the time, and the information at hand, WP made a very good decision at the time. You're implying or asking that they didn't do a thorough investigation at the time. I believe they did; just not complete.
We will have to disagree on this point. If the "proof is in the pudding" then clearly WP did not do a "thorough" enough job of investigating this matter.
And there was no way they were going to be able to do a complete investigation in 2 months. And based on the evidence they had at the time; including the cadet's past history; their decision was appropriate.
Still can't agree. A decision should have been made AFTER all the facts were gathered and verified. Clearly this was not the case. To suggest that it was OK to dis-enroll a cadet because WP had to get rid of him before he was actually commissioned seems weak...IMHO. Is there a policy/law that says all graduating Cadets must be commissioned in May/June....even those under investigation?
I already said, and believe whole heartily, had this cadet not been a "problem child" in the past; had this been a 1st offense; that West Point probably would have given him MORE of a benefit of the doubt and not suspended him.
Let me make sure I understand this: If WP decides that whatever offenses a Cadet has committed are NOT worthy of dis-enrollment and allows the Cadet to continue.....then any "supposed" or "reported" offenses after that are not worthy of a fair and non-rushed to judgment decision? Guilty or not....don't expect a decision based on actual verified and "thoroughly" investigated facts?
But the FACT that this cadet did not argue, fight, challenge, etc... WP's decision, proves that even HE understood the position that West Point was in.
Again we disagree. Neither of knows what Cadet King thought or how he handled the dis-enrollment behind the scenes. Perhaps he was told that if he ever wanted to finish his education at WP....not to make a public scene/spectacle about this. Perhaps after he was already beaten by LeBelles bodyguards, the HPD arresting him and now his brothers at WP kicking him to the curb that he just no longer had the will to fight.
Again; considering the circumstance, proof at hand at that point, time constraints prior to graduation and commissioning.....
Again we will need to disagree on this.
... West Point made the correct decision when they suspended him, and they made the right decision now by reinstating him.
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE NO. 28-11
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY REINSTATES KING TO ACADEMY – Aug. 18, 2011
THEY? WP made the correct decision to reinstate him? I'm not sure I've seen ANY "right" decisions from WP in this matter.
Don't be a conspiracy theorist.
What conspiracy?
Don't believe they are incompetent.
All evidence to the contrary in THIS matter?
"Don't be..."
"Don't believe..."
Let me try a couple:
Don't be an excuse monger for the military. They can and do get it wrong occasionally.
Don't believe everything WP says just because they said it. Hard to believe but some officers do put their own needs and career goals ahead of those entrusted to their leadership.
On the contrary. They were being overly cautious. They made a decision that could both be upheld, AND REVERSED if necessary. Again.
to WP.
Oh yah. Let's toss this cadet out and let someone else worry about whether it was right or not. In this case...
to WP.