US Veterans Forcibly Sequestered in Mental Hospitals is Indefinite Detention

by sean Posted 2012/08/28 09:27:57

Related Topics: Afghanistan, Veterans, Constitution, War, Firearm, Medical, Stress, Iraq, Medicine, Photo, Court, Detention, The End

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After Special Justice Walter Douglas Stokes sentenced former US Marine Brandon Raub to 30 days detention in the psychiatric ward of the Veterans Hospital, Circuit Court Judge Allan Sharrett dismissed the case citing that the original petition was “devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy.”

John Whitehead, attorney for the Rutherford Institute and Raub has stated that since the former Marine’s detention case, he has received numerous stated from other veterans who are being discriminated against. The latest trend is to have our former US service men and women declared mentally ill and detained against their will.

Just as Raub was forcibly detained in a mental ward, another veteran has been taken without charge or criminal activity. His firearms were confiscated and he was given a court date.

In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, collaborating with the VA Medical Center, an estimated 1/3rd of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq were determined to be mentally or psychologically ill.

Touting post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), more than half of returning veterans are considered suffering from a war-related mental disorder.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/28 11:09:46

AND SO..IT BEGINS

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I believe this will be the fate of many of us.
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Kat 2012/08/28 12:20:22 (edited)

All of the above

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When veterans and military are treated like this, it's time to do something about the government. Most definitely, we are all targets of these policies.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/28 11:09:46

AND SO..IT BEGINS

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I believe this will be the fate of many of us.

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ed 2012/08/28 11:03:16

All of the above

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When our veterans and those still serving are treated like this it's time we did something about our government.

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Aingean 2012/08/28 09:47:03

AND SO..IT BEGINS

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Not all people who suffer from PTSD are a threat to anyone. Yes some are and if they give reason to be detained as a threat to people then fine, but just taking them in for no good reason is ridiculous. That is NOT how we should treat our veterans or members of the military that are still serving.

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