He was neither arrested nor imprisoned. He is in the hospital.
I'm surprised you never heard of an involuntary psychiatric commitment. They are quite common and are a pretty well-established feature of the American justice system.
That some could disagree means we need as much shrill hysterics as possible to draw attention to this.
What are we trying to draw attention to?
A guy threatened people and was put on a temporary psych hold. It is a daily occurrence and has been for a very, very long time.
What makes this one special? That he's a Truther?
Wrong. Whenever the State takes someone into custody it is legally considered an arrest. When you are locked in someplace by the State you are imprisoned. Semantics aside.
"A guy threatened people and was put on a temporary psych hold."
Please show me a shred of evidence that this guy threatened people. Give me the names of the people he threatened.
"I'm surprised you never heard of an involuntary psychiatric commitment."
Oh yes I heard of them. The USSC says a temporary hold requires probable cause to believe that the person is a danger to himself or others. There has not been a shred of evidence produced to this effect. And it is NOT a daily occurance that people are committed because of their political views......except back in the USSR.
Oh really?:
A Hopewell circuit court judge has ordered that a Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a psychiatric hospital. CBS 6 News’ Catie Beck said the judge dismissed the case Thursday against Brandon Raub. The judge said the original petition for Raub’s detention contained no facts. In other words, there was no information on why Raub was being held