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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

PTSD Afghanistan Veteran Arrested While Standing Still

WATCH FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE ARREST AFGHANISTAN VET FOR STANDING "STATUE STILL" AT BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCH
Broward Palm Beach Times
BY JESS SWANSON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
“I'm a veteran. I served in Afghanistan and suffer from PTSD and anxiety,” Ubiera tells New Times. “I'm not sure who said it, but when I told the officers I was a vet and have PTSD and not to touch me, someone went 'Yeah, right. Sure.' I was shaking so bad in the back of the cop car.”

On Saturday, at least 50 Black Lives Matter activists took off from the Fort Lauderdale courthouse on Broward Boulevard. They stomped down Southeast Third Avenue, protesting racist police in memory of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old black woman who allegedly committed suicide in a Texas jail last month after being abused by a cop. This group of South Florida activists was upset that Fort Lauderdale police officer Jeffrey Feldewert was reinstated earlier this month after he posted racist comments on social media last December.

But an hour and half into the march, protesters collided with police as they blocked Las Olas Boulevard while turning east. Tensions flared when a driver bumped a protester. Suddenly, plain-clothes-cops swarmed and ordered protesters onto the sidewalk.

“Whose streets? Our streets?” activists chanted. “Hands up; don't shoot.”
When he turned 18, he joined the army. In June 2011, he deployed to south Afghanistan. He returned a year later. In July 2013, he finished his enlistment and returned to South Florida. Three months later, the nightmares and anxiety set in. He was diagnosed with PTSD and prescribed medication.
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