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Monday, August 20, 2012

Former Marine detained by FBI for Facebook posts?

UPDATE Mom says veteran has hearing today Depending on what you read online, this story is very confusing. I've been reading about this over the weekend and still not sure what to make out of all of this. Some say his posts were "patriotic" but others say they were subversive. I have not read everything he posted so I can't really be objective here.

I hope the whole story comes out soon and we know the rest of it.
Chesterfield man, former Marine, detained over Facebook posts
August 19, 2012
WTVR.com
by Alix Bryan

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – A Chesterfield County man, and former Marine, was taken away in handcuffs without charges, and is being held for medical evaluation after questionable Facebook posts.

Brandon Raub, 26, was led away from his house in handcuffs around 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, according the video shot and uploaded to YouTube.

That video and information was sent to several CBS 6 News staffers and to the station’s main Facebook page late Friday afternoon.

The video, posted Friday afternoon, has amassed almost 67,000 views on YouTube as of 5:00 p.m. Sunday. The video has enlisted video responses as well. A Facebook group has been started in support of Brandon Raub, and currently has over 3,000 members.

The man was taken away from the scene by Chesterfield Police, but multiple supervisors with the department say that the police have not placed any charges on him and that they were just the transporting agency in this case.
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It really is a shame that this many people pay this much attention to one of them getting into trouble and only a few pay attention to the rest of them when they come home. So many with PTSD, so many committing suicide, so many trying to, even more come home and are forgotten about. Over 2 million served yet the stories of them getting into trouble spread like wildfire across the web.

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