Marine Vet Still Detained for Posting Government Criticisms Online

By on August 23, 2012 in News 7

Picture: Evan Amos (PD)

MEDIA ROOTS– Federal agents are continuing to detain a Marine Corps veteran in Chesterfield, Virginia for posts made on his website that expressed discontent for the federal government and accuse elements of it for orchestrating the 9/11 attacks.

On the evening of August 16, FBI agents accompanied by US Secret Service and Chesterfield County police officers approached the home of Brandon J. Raub, 26, a decorated combat engineer who had served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2005 to 2011.

After talking with authorities for “20, 30 minutes” it is still unclear what justification was used for his detainment as his posts did not mention any specific threats of violence to any person or place, nor did they include any imagery of destruction.

Having risen to the rank of sergeant, Raub returned home and continued to serve his country by helping establish the Richmond Liberty Movement. As an organizer, he frequently updated his web page with sentiment of an impending revolution. As a citizen journalist, he made several contributions to Don’t Tread on Me, a blog that serves the expanding liberty movement in the US. And as an American citizen, he could become an example of what’s to come with the newly signed, and heavily debated, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Mr. Raub was most likely legally abducted under state statute. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, individuals may be interned for up to 30 days if deemed necessary by a public mental health official. However, coincidentally, the state is leading the country in fighting the NDAA that was drafted in-part by Senator McCain and signed into law on December 31, 2011 by President Obama. In April 2012, state legislators passed a law that forbids state agents from assisting the federal government in the suspension of due process against citizens of that state. The law went into effect on July 1, 2012 which means Chesterfield Police were in direct violation by aiding FBI and US Secret Service in Raub’s detainment and transport should this have been executed under the controversial law.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LCEHDEEDIHWNMBMIWVVGO76VXA Jakob

     

    • http://wearechangeatlanta.com/ Camron Wiltshire

      Nice.  Dig the “Sucksess” line.  Really summarizes the nature of the “American Dream” under the dictatorshop of foreign banks and CAFR money laundering schemes….

  • cakeypig

    Thoughtcrime.

    • http://wearechangeatlanta.com/ Camron Wiltshire

      Yes.

  • http://wearechangeatlanta.com/ Camron Wiltshire

    Thank you for posting this Abby.
    Many of the soldiers and law enforcement I have spoken with are aware of the facts of 9/11 and of the need for a new and independent investigation.  I salute this soldiers willingness to speak out and uphold his oath to preserve the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic.
    http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2012/08/23/brandon-raub-free-judge-orders-chesterfield-marines-release-from-psychiatric-facility/
    By Jessica Jaglois
    HOPEWELL, VA (WWBT) –
    A Chesterfield Marine will be released from a mental health facility after a judge ruled there wasn’t sufficient evidence of allegations made against him.
    Brandon Raub was committed to a mental health facility for 30 days after a series of events, including questions about his Facebook page.  Now, the Rutherford Institutehas taken up his cause.
    In court Thursday, the judge said that the petition filed by Chesterfield Police was blank and didn’t list a single allegation against him. The judge said Raub suffered a “deprivation of his liberty” by being held without a clear claim.
    Raub’s case went viral when a YouTube video of his arrest began circulating over the weekend. Supporters argued he should never have been taken in handcuffs and said he never belonged in a mental health facility.
    Of concern, were some posts on his Facebook page, like one on August 13 saying “Sharpen up my axe; I’m here to sever heads.”
    His legal team says that August 13 post isn’t what it seemed.

  • M. Niemöller

    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
    Because I was not a Socialist.

    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
    Because I was not a Jew.

    Then they came for me–and there was no one left to speak for me.

  • Apathesis

    And this is why my Facebook is gone.