| "[I will] give no order, nor allow any order to be given to those under my command that would lead to their taking potentially lethal measures against an unarmed civilian population. [..] our neighbors are not our enemies." | ||||
General Ed Garner was a high ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces, who defied Walton Simons' orders to impose martial law in the United States, declaring that his fellow citizens were not the enemies of United States soldiers. He was immediately relieved of command by Simons, prompting the resignation of the Secretary of Defense, N.D. Goper.[1]