CHESTERFIELD, Virginia (PNN) - August 20, 2012 - The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a former Marine, 26-year-old Brandon Raub, who was arrested, detained indefinitely in a psych ward, and forced to undergo psychological evaluations based solely on the controversial nature of lines from song lyrics, political messages and virtual card games which he posted to his private Facebook page.
Although the Amerikan Gestapo Federal Bureau of Investigation division and Chesterfield County pig thug cops have not charged Brandon Raub, a resident of Chesterfield County, Virginia, with committing any crime, they arrested Raub on Thursday, August 16, 2012, and transported him to John Randolph Medical Center, where he has been held against his will due to alleged concerns that his Facebook posts were controversial and “terrorist in nature”.
In a hearing held at the hospital, fascist outlaw government thug officials disregarded Raub’s explanation that the Facebook posts were being interpreted out of context, sentencing him up to 30 days of further confinement in a Virginia psych ward.
In coming to Raub’s defense, Rutherford Institute attorneys are challenging Raub’s arrest and forcible detention, as well as the terrorist government’s overt Facebook surveillance and violation of Raub’s First Amendment protections.
“For (fascist thug) government officials to not only arrest Brandon Raub for doing nothing more than exercising his First Amendment rights but to actually force him to undergo psychological evaluations and detain him against his will goes against every constitutional principle (upon which) this country was founded. This should be a wake-up call to Amerikans that the police state is here,” said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute. “Brandon Raub is no different from the majority of Amerikans who use their private Facebook pages to post a variety of content, ranging from song lyrics and political hyperbole to trash talking their neighbors, friends and government leaders.”
UPDATE: Judge orders immediate release of Brandon Raub from psychiatric hospital!
CHESTERFIELD, Virginia (PNN) - August 23, 2012 - A circuit court judge has ordered that the Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a state psychiatric hospital because authorities had no grounds to detain him.
“This is a great victory for the First Amendment and the rule of law,” said Rutherford Institute president John W. Whitehead.
