26-year-old Brandon Raub, a decorated U.S. veteran who has served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, was arrested on Aug. 16, 2012 by local police, Secret Service and FBI agents for posts he made on Facebook.
No charges were actually levied against Raub, yet he was arrested and eventually involuntarily thrown into a mental hospital for making his anti-government, anti-Obama posts on social media.
Coming to the veteran’s aid was attorneys from the Rutherford Institute, who challenged the government’s actions as a violation of Raub’s First and Fourth Amendment rights…
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Sounds like $#%&!@* Germany all over again!!
That tells you that what was spoken was the truth, and the government does not want it getting out.
i say scit about him daily doesnt like white people all about muslims
Freedom of speech. Plain & simple. This c**p is going WAY to far. Our government has no priorities, only for themselves.
I’ve been looking through every reference to the arrest that I can find, and I still haven’t found anything that explains what was posted. Freedom of speech does have its limitations; you can’t (falsely) yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater, for example. Slander and libel have their own legal issues, and threats aren’t protected speech. I would like to see the original post(s) that got the guy arrested before I’ll swallow that they’re just ‘criticism.’
Found something that sheds a little more light:
http://wvtf.org/post/case-brandon-raub
Also:
While Raub’s forcible evaluation in 2012 was certainly controversial, the content leading to his encounter with police in Virginia was not specifically aimed at President Obama, nor did the handling of his case suggest the government believed Raub to be an extremist
http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/vigilanteagle.asp
Thanks for the Snopes link. Puts things in perspective, IF it is true.
Simple Google search debunks this story. Of course those telling it are counting on your hatred to not investigate for truth.
It tells me he’s not a democrat.
Leave him alone black panthers urges the murder of police officers