Lawmaker: Courts Should Take Veterans' Problems Into Account
By ANN MARIE SOMMA
February 22, 2009
Jason Haines was in survival mode in 2005 when a car pulled out in front of him on a side street in New Britain.
In his mind, Haines was still patrolling the streets of Baghdad in a Humvee with the U.S. Army, firing his .50-caliber shotgun at enemy insurgents who set off roadside bombs.
Haines beeped his car's horn, but the driver wouldn't speed up. In a rage, Haines began tailgating the car — which, he soon discovered, was an unmarked police cruiser.
Haines wasn't arrested that day, but he came close to joining hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans nationwide whose untreated war-related emotional and mental afflictions — usually termed post-traumatic stress disorder — lead to minor criminal arrests.
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