Disabled veteran with PTSD acquitted of felony

Afghan war veteran Eric Braman acquitted of felony charge, guilty of misdemeanor
Aug 24, 2012
Written by
Sophia Voravong

When troubled veterans put selves, others at risk, special court could be the answer For nearly a full year, Eric S. Braman said he had no nightmares or dreams about the four months he served in Afghanistan in 2010 — a tour of duty that ended early when the U.S. Army specialist lost his lower right leg on Aug. 28 in a rocket-propelled grenade attack.

Then came Aug. 27, 2011, when Braman got into a heated confrontation with another man outside a Lafayette bar and a small crowd gathered around them. Something snapped, and he fired two gunshots — one into the air, the other into the ground — and slightly injured a passer-by.

“Everyone started walking toward me. Then it was like ... flashback,” Braman told Lafayette police investigators in a recorded statement. “I’m going to run until I can’t run anymore.”

A Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 jury was likely sympathetic to his plight.

On Friday afternoon, following a two-day trial, jurors acquitted Braman of the most serious charge he faced: criminal recklessness while armed with a deadly weapon, a Class D felony.
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