HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 88 ResearchingRESOLUTION
NUMBER 88
IS NOT SIGNED OR DATED.
RESOLUTION WAS
REFERENCED IN THE
04/19/71, BUT NO RECORD IN
MINUTES IS FOUND AS TO
WHEN THE RESOLUTION
WAS APPROVED
RESOLUTION NO. 88
ASK THE PRESIDENT FOR CLEMENCY FOR LT. CALLEY
WHEREAS LT. WILLIAM CALLEY, JR., U. S.A. was part ot a task
force that was untrained and unprepared for its
assignment at My Lai.
WHEREAS IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO hold Lt. Calley personally,.
and individually responsible for committing acts
that he was trained for and directed to perform,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the
Village of North Orlando, Florida concurring
THAT THIS COUNCIL HEREBY urgently request President Richard
M. Nixon as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forced
Grant forthwith Executive Clemency to Lt. Wm. Calley, Jr.
VILLAGE OF NORTH ORLANDO
BY:
GRANVILLE BROWN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Mary T. Norton, Village Clerk