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Marine vet will sue over arrest for Facebook posts
A former Marine who was forcibly transferred to a psychiatric ward by government officials who didn't like his Facebook postings will sue for unlawful arrest, say his attorneys.

Nisha Whitehead, assistant to the president at the Rutherford Institute, the nonprofit civil rights firm defending Brandon Raub, said,"We are definitely going to move forward with a lawsuit."

Raub, a decorated former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was arrested at his home Aug. 16 for anti-government statements and song lyrics he posted on his private Facebook page.
That's not supposed to happen in America. You don't get arrested for what you write.
Secret Service, FBI and Chesterfield County police took him to John Randolph Medical Facility in Hopewell, Va., for a psychiatric evaluation. Over the objections of attorney and Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead, Mr. Raub was then placed in the VA Hospital in Salem, Va.

Raub got his freedom on Aug. 23 when a circuit court judge found his forced detention "so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy."

Raub is now filing a civil complaint targeting all the government officials involved in both his arrest and detention.
Posted by: ryuge 2012-08-31
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