Lieutenant General Timothy Maude, a point man on LGBT issues for the U.S. Army, visited with Patricia Kutteles. The countries make no distinction between who is gay and who is not gay. When he and Fisher walked back over to Alpha Module, Winchell was there, sleeping on the cot right outside Room 303. Add a bio, trivia, and more. Under the militarys regulations, there is virtually no such thing as a confidential communication when homosexuality is involved. Calvin Glover of Parker signed at least 23 false tax returns. He called Pat every week. The guilty verdict carried a mandatory penalty of life in prison, but military. Kleifgen thought that Winchell knew it was a big joke, but Ruiz could tell that it was getting to him. According to court documents, Calvin Glover of Parker, Colorado, owned Colorado-based renewable fuel company, Shintan, Inc. Glover conspired with others to file more than $7 million in false claims for refundable fuel tax credits with the IRS. How does it feel to have your ass kicked by a faggot? asked Fisher. Then he says he woke up because of the dog. Glover, 29, and Patrick Calvin, 23, were both charged with murder for the shooting that killed Larry Porter on the Dan Ryan near 87th Street, the Cook County state's attorney's office and. Fort Campbells 105,068 acres straddle the Tennessee-Kentucky border, and it is the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division. She just wishes that he had told her about it, because she would have given him a single piece of advice on how to handle it with regard to the military: Get the hell out., Pat dials the number of the doctor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where Winchell was transported. [20] After being exonerated, he was nominated and approved for promotion to lieutenant general on December 5, 2003. Fishers claim to fame is his ability to egg others on, to crawl under the skin and find the raw bone of fellow soldiers who are raw to begin with. His credentials for the army were inferior at best. He could have walked away, but he didn't. This just stays in the family, says one of the soldiers. The 68-minute film follows Shields through her childhood and complex relationship with her mother and manager, Teri Shields. Just about anytime Glover is off-duty at Fort Campbell, he looks intoxicated, probably because he is intoxicated. (In fact, when another sergeant allegedly called Winchell a little faggot, Kleifgen filed a complaint with the inspector general. Subsequently, in the early hours of July 5, 1999, Glover took a baseball bat from Fisher's locker and struck Winchell in the head with it as he slept on a cot outside near the entry to the room Winchell shared with Fisher. Of course, its widely negotiable, he writes. If there is anything unique about their drunkenness on this night, its that they havent passed out yet. Joyce grabs Winchells arms, and Fisher grabs his feet. In some of the messages, Fisher seems buoyant and almost giddy, as if he knows a wonderful secret. During the trial, his defense claimed Fisher had goaded him into committing the murder and that it wasn't intentional. "[9], However, prosecutors decided to still take Glover to trial for premeditated murder. Countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain have dropped all bans on homosexuality in the military. Calvin Glover We found 70 records for Calvin Glover in ID, IL and 23 other states. At around two A.M. on July 5, 1999, in the beer-soaked barracks of Delta Company, an exemplary young soldier named Barry Winchell was murderedattacked with a baseball bat while he sleptin the wake of a male malevolent gay-baiting campaign by his roommate, Justin Fisher. Elizabeth Becker, "Pentagon Orders Training to Prevent Harassment of Gays," February 2, 2000, Robert Pear, "President Admits 'Don't Ask' Policy Has Been Failure," December 12, 1999, Philip Shenon, "Revised Military Guidelines Fail to Quell Gay Concerns," August 14, 1999, John Files, "Committee Approves Promoting General In Gay-Bashing Case," October 24, 2003, "Slain Gay Soldier's Case Slows a General's Rise," May 18, 2003, John Files, "Washington: General's Delayed Promotion," November 19, 2003, Another memorial, with related LGBT subject links, Servicemembers' Legal Defense Network article about the murder, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Barry_Winchell&oldid=1129539047, This page was last edited on 25 December 2022, at 23:50. All he said was that he was going out with a dancer in Nashvillehardly surprising given that he had previously dated a girl for several years. The S.L.D.N. In another case, involving a navy senior chief petty officer named Timothy McVeigh, a navy investigator allegedly violated federal law by misrepresenting himself in order to obtain confidential information about McVeigh from America Online. Right now, at 1:30 in the morning, the drunkenness is feeding Glover and Fisher, fueling them more and more: Faggot.. That report was supposed to serve as an ''action plan'' for each of the military services to address the problem of harassment of gays. He spent much of his youth in southern Oklahoma, in towns such as Ada and Davis and Sulphur. Tiefland - Kindle edition by Glover, Calvin. In the 1980s alone, the military spent half a billion dollars to remove about 17,000 homosexuals from military service. They talk above the Psycho music, and part of what they talk about has to do with another soldier. After all, the two are roommates. The next morning, Pat Kutteles gives doctors at Vanderbilt permission to turn off the respirator so her son can die in peace. Wally, who had served in Korea, seconded the opinion. Fisher dropped out of high school, then got his G.E.D. Why do people have to push me to that point? he asked. At Private Glover's trial in December, soldiers testified that Private Winchell had been taunted for months with name-calling, rumor-mongering and an inquiry into his private life that was supposed to be forbidden under military policy. He talked about how eager he was to enter warrant-officer school. He even acknowledges that he has just hung himself for conspiracy, and he wonders if he is going to be placed in jail that night. The details herein of the detainment of Calvin Glover are meant to reflect only that Calvin Glover was suspected by a duly sworn member of a law enforcement agency in Florida of committing a crime. Tiefland [Glover, Calvin] on Amazon.com. [6] When he was 17, Glover joined the United States Army with his mother's permission. He can still mix with the other soldiers, however. Anyone can read what you share. And at the party, Fisher dug deeper. This is something that I'll have to remember for the rest of my life." What is that faggot doing sleeping out here? asked Glover. He is nervous, and he is trying as best he can to attend to Winchell; in order to do that, he needs to know what kind of injury Winchell sustained. Fisher leaves six messages for Long, at least one of which refers to the baseball bat that Fisher had purchased and Glover had used to kill Winchell. Glover doesnt say much, other than to mumble the word faggot, but Fisher is doing his best to lock him in and get him to think about the previous nights fight. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. "We're left with huge questions about why Fort Campbell cut this deal," he said. Barry has been kicked in the head with a boot, he tells her, apparently because information about the incident was still foggy and scarce. . Fisher started in again, telling Glover that everyone is going to think youre a pussy for losing the fight. These documented cases are just a small sampling of the aftershocks of the Dont ask, dont tell policy, which, in the minds of many, was doomed from the beginning. Fisher began to spread rumors of the relationship at Ft. Campbell. Prosecutor Captain Gregg Engler said "It's premeditated - murder without a doubt. He was convicted of attempted possession of a destructive device while he was there. Hell drink; he just wont take his medication when doing so. He was able to work him up, provoke him to the point that Glover said, 'Yeah, I'm going to hit him with this bat.'" Winchell's parents testified during the hearing, describing him as a loving, compassionate man who enjoyed the Army and wanted to become a helicopter pilot. Still, there was something about himthe way he took apart his toys and put them back together again, the way he could spend hour upon hour with a set of Legos. His voice cracking, he said "If I had acted as half the man, even half the soldier as Barry was, hed be with us right now. He often stayed at a youth home when his family was having issues. On the day he was sentenced . They were incarcerated at the United States Disciplinary Barracks. Glover was drunk and telling his usual stories about taking drugs and robbing banks when Winchell finally told him that everyone had heard enough, and that he should take his drunk, cherry ass to bed. He always ran with older groups." The following is a reconstruction of what happened during those terrible early-morning hours of July 5, 1999, and the events that led up to it. Glover said he was drunk at the time of the murder and was recovering from alcoholism, and that he didn't know why he attacked Winchell. He is the driver for the company commander, and he seems to like that role because he can whisper in the commanders ear about who wants what. He enlisted in the army in April of 1997 and achieved the rank of specialist. He didnt talk about Fisher much, and he even indicated they were getting along reasonably well. View the profiles of professionals named "Calvin Glover" on LinkedIn. She had spoken to her son the previous Thursday. Barry Winchell. Sergeant Kleifgen is in the group that meets them at the Nashville airport, and it becomes rapidly clear to them that he admired their son in the classic way that a sergeant admires a grunt. Fishers drinking was an obvious problem, and so was his use of medication for his attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He and Fisher are together again, doing time at the U.S. disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Glover's attorneys continued to argue that Fisher had goaded him into attacking Winchell. I would live in constant fear of being found out no matter how discreet my behavior.. Explore releases from Calvin Glover at Discogs. Medinger began swerving all over the road and had to stop the car four or five times so Fisher could calm down. When Private Gregory Clyde sees this, he assumes that Fisher is trying to help Winchell. There are 30+ professionals named "Calvin Glover", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Calvin Glover was sentenced to Life With The Possibility of Parole. He is the best shot in the company with a .50-caliber machine gun and has received honors for his marksmanship. He scored average to below average academically. All rights reserved. [10], Fisher pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of providing alcohol to a minor, and three counts of false swearing and was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison. ''There is not, nor has there ever been during my times here, a climate of homophobia on post,'' he had said. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He thinks he has a chance to get his sentence reduced if he can show that his actions were not premeditated. The other person in Room 303, Calvin Neal Glover, is 18 years old and was born on January 30, 1981. On the nearby parade grounds, beneath an orange-and-white water tower, there was a family-style Independence Day celebration, with a roller coaster and a Ferris wheel and a 21-cannon salute. Given that freedom, Fisher tries to obstruct justice by sending phone messages using code words to his close friend Specialist David Long. To me it seems as if the Pentagon brass and the Fort Campbell command are more concerned about protecting themselves than the safety of our soldiers. Shortly after that, the baseball bat ended up in Glovers hands. A $1.3 million study by the Rand Corporation in 1993 concluded that any disruptions resulting from homosexuality would be quite small. But many high-ranking military officers dismiss these conclusions. He is wearing white garden gloves with little black dots on them. He was beaten with a baseball bat as he slept, and died the next day from his injuries. Then he went back to the cot. Sometime around March, Fisher told two sergeants, Kleifgen and Eric Dubielak, that when he had gone into a gay club in Nashville to get a fellow soldier, presumably to give him a lift to the base, he had seen a soldier at the bar performing oral sex on another man. In another, he tells Long to fucking say nothing to investigators. has discovered, it is a given fact that anti-gay rhetoric in the military is accepted and encouraged, a time-honored rite. He dials a first time, and then a second and a third and a fourth and a fifth. [19] In May 2003, he met with Patricia Kutteles, who opposed his promotion saying: "He doesn't have the command authority or responsibility. She is having a cup of coffee when the phone rings. Private First Class Arthur Hoffman said he had heard the same stuff from Glover, and he too believed it, because Glover seemed so wired. Winchell started crying. His writing is small and easy to read. Private Benjamin Boyea figured Fisher was joking around, but Boyea also knew that Glover had a very short fuse when he was drinking. Then he backtracked. He stayed quiet for about five minutes. His favorite movie is Scarface, the brutal Al Pacino picture about drug gangsters. Then he leaves. Winchell later accompanied his roommate, Spc. ''There is more than ample evidence of anti-gay harassment, despite a process that foreclosed the participation of gay soldiers. Winchell said he was not. Arguing for a chance of parole, Glover's defense team pointed to his difficult upbringing, young age, and claimed that Fisher had used him as a pawn. Pat and Wally Kutteles go to Fort Campbell on August 31, 1999. But many soldiers dont like Glover, and they wont lend him their car. Both had been drinking beer throughout the day. As a Private First Class, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division. Before the implementation of Dont ask, dont tell, homosexuals were banned from the military altogether. The Army, stung by accusations that it was not punishing soldiers who harass gays, opened an investigation into the atmosphere at Fort Campbell. Im gonna make you my bitch. Once, when he was sitting on a bench outside the barracks, Bettencourt says Fisher told him, Yeah, if I get stressed out, I just go upstairs, lock the door, and beat the shit out of my roommate. But Bettencourt figured he was only kidding. Troy Garity portrays Winchell with Lee Pace playing Calpernia Addams. The more Pat and Wally Kutteles learn about what happened to their son, the more sickened they become. On other occasions when Fisher and Winchell argued, according to Ruiz, Fisher would say things such as Im gonna beat you like I did before. I got some shit to tell you, he says in one of the messages. [5] After deliberating, military jurors decided to give Glover a chance at parole. guyhis roommate, Private Kenneth Bettencourt, actually requested Glover because he was clean and smoked outside and turned down his redneck music when he was asked to. Winchell then became a target of harassment which his superiors did almost nothing to stop. That same day, Winchells superiors decide that now is an appropriate time to recommend him for an Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service as an anti-tank gunner. But the tone now is different. They see their son in a coma, breathing with the aid of a respirator. A fellow soldier who lives in Alpha Module is going to die within hours because of them. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Calvin Glover at the Discogs Marketplace. Glover was soundly defeated by Winchell, and Fisher harassed Glover about being beaten by "'a fucking faggot' like Winchell. During that time frame, Winchell had begun a relationship with Calpernia Addams, a then 28-year-old preoperative transsexual performer at the gay club. Army Exonerates Officers In Slaying of Gay Private, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/19/us/army-exonerates-officers-in-slaying-of-gay-private.html. ''If the Army report denies anti-gay harassment is a problem at Fort Campbell, then the report does not have a shred of credibility,'' Ms. Benecke said. Glover is not a robot. Counsel is directed to chambers. She had spent a lot of her 49 years worrying about Barry. The charges of murder and accessory after the fact are not pursued. Shields' professional career began at 11 months old, working as a child. He doesnt have any, but he thinks he knows how to get some. You wont be kicking anybodys ass now, faggot.. Winchell finally walked into the room and confronted Glover and Fisher. Winchell is covered in blood, making his body slippery and difficult to grip. He apparently forgot the promise he had made in July of 1993: Servicemen and women will be judged on their conduct, not their sexual orientation.. The courtroom is unadorned and tiny, like a bus station. At first he says he slept through the whole thing. Fisher bought two 40-ounce bottles of Olde English 800 malt liquor, one for himself and one for the under-age Glover. The comments are routine: Die, fag, Kill all fags, and If I ever find out for sure youre a fag, Ill kick your ass., In September 1998, a navy R.O.T.C. She and Wally get on a Southwest Airlines flight. But Fisher didnt. For a while he lived with a friend named Shannon Ray Eaves, who says Glover smoked pot, drank beer, tried to pick up girls, and told boastful, bad-ass stories about himself in order to impress others. Blood from Winchells head sprays the wall next to the cot, covering a 13 1/2-foot area. He drinks all the time, say fellow soldiers who know him. Other soldiers had strong suspicions that Glover was abusing drugs. At seven A.M. on July 5, Pat Kutteles is sitting at the kitchen table in her apartment in Kansas City. Fisher starts yelling at the paramedics and flipping them the finger. Fisher would not allow Winchell to clean up the blood on the wall, because, as Ruiz put it, he wanted it to be a badge of what could happen again. He is reunited with Calvin Neal Glover, this time at the federal military prison in Fort Knox, pending court-martial proceedings. Image here. I had nothing against him. . Glover doesnt quite know how many beers hes had, but, according to one estimate, it is somewhere around 17. During his plea hearing, he said Fisher had goaded him into attacking Winchell and that he didn't mean to kill him. After the keg was drained, around 11:30 P.M., Fisher and Glover went to a shoppette. He did his basic training at Fort Benning, in Georgia, and was assigned to the 502nd at Fort Campbell at the end of March 1999. Yesterday was July 4, 1999. Im gonna tell everyone at work next week that you got your ass kicked by a faggot.. 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