The Tragedy of Our 'Disappeared' Veterans
Saturday, 15. August 2009, 21:01:35
How the justice system has been manipulated to put astonishing numbers of vets with PTSD and other psychiatric injuries behind bars.
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted August 12, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/world/140828/the_tragedy_of_our_%27disappeared%27_veterans/
His parents were teenagers when he was born, and they separated shortly after. He bounced around on the streets of Albany, and, like so many other young Americans with dreams of escaping dysfunctional families and lousy neighborhoods, he saw the military as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
He enlisted in the Marines right out of high school.
Volunteer Army MY ASS!!!
Treatment Center for Iraqi Veterans suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted August 12, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/world/140828/the_tragedy_of_our_%27disappeared%27_veterans/
Wayne McMahon was busted on gun charges six months after he got out of the Marines.
He was jumped by a gang of kids in his hometown of Albany, N.Y. , and he went for the assault rifle he kept in the back of his SUV.
He's serving "three flat, with two years of post-release" at Groveland Prison in upstate New York.
Maybe it's tempting to write McMahon off as just a screwed-up person who made the kinds of mistakes that should have landed him in jail, but maybe that's because his injuries don't show on the outside.
His parents were teenagers when he was born, and they separated shortly after. He bounced around on the streets of Albany, and, like so many other young Americans with dreams of escaping dysfunctional families and lousy neighborhoods, he saw the military as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
He enlisted in the Marines right out of high school.
Volunteer Army MY ASS!!!
Treatment Center for Iraqi Veterans suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
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