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| Clearing the decks for action: Active-Duty Navy JAG Outed on X As a Leftist Nut After Threats Against ICE Agents |
| 2025-06-11 |
| [RedState] As the ICE riots raged in the city of Los Angeles, I wasn’t too far away physically. We live in an LA County suburb. I also noted that an account called “LAScanner” was apparently calling for ICE agents to be doxed and harassed. The owner of that account was also asking his followers to inform on ICE agents and to tell him when and where ICE raids were taking place so more rioters could show up and harass. That account had a large following. It was an obvious attempt to harass and potentially harm federal officers. That didn’t sit well with others who have the technical ability to find that guy and “out” him. And he was outed. He’s in Texas, and now he’s deleted his account. Another ICE-hating jerk popped up. Although LAScanner was skating around the edges of calling for violence, this “new guy” hater was actively doing so. His X handle is @Learnedpolitic, and his name, it's being reported, is Benjamin “Benny” France. He is (as of 8 a.m. Pacific time) an active duty Naval Officer and a JAG (Judge Advocate). He’s since deleted his account, or it has been suspended, but he was calling for ICE agents to be “hunted down. Benny threatening ICE agents didn’t sit well with a lot of guys on X who are active duty or vets and have the ability to “find” people. They found Benny, and it appears he is about to “Find Out.” Here is a string that sets up “Benny’s” likely exit from active duty. Benny called SecDef Hegseth a “drunk” and also said that he was incompetent to lead the Department of Defense. Besides taking time out of his work day to post threats against ICE agents, Benny France has called his boss a drunk and incompetent. There should be, and I am guessing will be, consequences for Ensign Benny France. What is the likely result? I think Benny will be called on the carpet and given a choice to resign his commission or be court-martialed. Nonetheless, his future as a CNN “expert” is likely secure. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Article 88 of the UCMJ prohibits officers from using "contemptuous words" against various governments officials, including the Secretary of Defense. The officer can be punished "as a court martial directs." |
| Posted by: Rambler 2025-06-11 09:22 |
| #5 So what's the usual response to this kind of mopery? Do they give him a dishonorable and send him to civil court or keep him and do a court-martial? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-06-11 09:10 |
| #4 Armed Forces Press has picked up the story. This will be hard for Pete to ignore. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-11 08:17 |
| #3 Benjamin “Benny” France, as an active duty Naval Officer and a JAG (Judge Advocate) to top it off. Is on record calling for federal agents to be attacked and slandering his 2nd highest level boss, the Sec. Defense. Leavenworth here he comes. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-06-11 07:09 |
| #2 Benny called for violence against ICE. He also wants to hunt down all the J6. His outing was complete including phone numbers, email, current work address, supervisors name and number, job history, resume, and more. You can email your thoughts to him. |
| Posted by: Xyz 2025-06-11 06:23 |
| #1 skating around the edges of calling for violence That's a bad thing? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-11 01:03 |