The Johnson Family Story

Nineteen year-old Army PFC LaVena Johnson, was found dead on a military base in Balad, Iraq in 2005. The U.S. Army ruled Lavena's death a suicide, but an autopsy report and photographs revealed Johnson had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound that seemed inconsistent with suicide. LaVena's father, John Johnson, shares his family's fight to get answers from the military about his daughter's death.

LaVena's story is the eighth mini-documentary that Protect Our Defenders has produced about military sexual trauma. www.protectourdefenders.com

Protect Our Defenders Foundation is a human rights organization. We honor, support and give voice to the brave women and men in uniform who have been raped or sexually assaulted by fellow service members. We seek to fix the military training, investigation and adjudication systems for sexual harassment, assault and rape --systems which often re-victimize assault survivors by blaming them and failing to prosecute perpetrators. www.protectourdefenders.com

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[cbarsonfire]

The person that did this to one of this nations soilders needs to be hung in a public square. I'm sorry that this happened!

[Aena W]

Our military is so corrupt.

We the citizens have right to know and WE MUST KNOW!

Congress & politicians are protecting the cover-ups. Media is not reporting!

[centurion180ad]

Our Army has and is being compromised by foreign intelligence services, moles, spys and traitors.

The content of Washinton DC IS a mafia of horrorific traitors, but what Army is burying in THIS particular case, is the magnificent incompetence of the commanding officers of PFC Johnson's chain-of-command.

Her execution was a combat fatality.

[centurion180ad]

The team that did this ought to be shot dead on a battlefield, becaue Private First Class Johnson's execution was a combat fatality.

[centurion180ad]

This was an infiltration attack on her base. Security was *obviously* compromised, and her commanding officer didn't know what he was doing with riflemen in a Theater of War.

This is a combat fatality.

[Mad Marco]

Not an officer, a CONTRACTOR...one of Obama's mercenaries. It gets worse...search for the 3-part series ARMY GIRLS RAPED! on youtube

[Julie Baldwin]

Cocksuckers!

[4everLuther]

@BHK110: Because an Army Officer was responsible!

[anewemail94]

The Racist US army is lucky that the father didn't come in with a rifle of some kind and just start shooting until the right answers came about! Just like Chris Former.

I know I would have!!!!!