Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Detained Marine veteran now released, per judge’s order
WTVR ^ | 8/23/12 | Tiffany Madison

Posted on 08/23/2012 5:45:12 PM PDT by Kartographer

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 Allan Sharrett 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 — and the judge deemed this violated his civil liberties. As a result, the judge ruled the government had no grounds to hold Raub. Beck said the judge is in the process of writing an order for Raub’s release. He is has been released from the hospital in Salem, Virginia Thursday afternoon and is headed home to Chesterfield. The decorated U.S. Marine veteran was questioned by FBI agents about his Facebook postings and then hauled away from his Chesterfield County home in handcuffs last Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at wtvr.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: freedomofspeech; marinereleased; raub; raubreleased; usmc
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-73 next last
To: HiTech RedNeck

they be lockin’ yo up ~ en yo moman frien ~


41 posted on 08/23/2012 7:51:20 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Girlene

Read for yourself:

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall


42 posted on 08/23/2012 7:57:39 PM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: piytar

He was taken to a psyche ward.


43 posted on 08/23/2012 7:58:26 PM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Kartographer

My wonderment is what is in the minds of those that took him away. Have the populace of the USA become such robots that there is no longer any personal realization of political and traditional good or bad? I often muse as to whether or not some Obamanite would/could come and try to hustle me off to somewhere. I am no more likely to go than as a soldier in WWII I would have let a Jap lay a hand on me.


44 posted on 08/23/2012 8:03:43 PM PDT by noinfringers2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tzimisce
Thanks. Daily Kos, (I know, I know) has more info about how/where he was taken. Breaking: Judge Orders Release of Brandon Raub, Detained Days Ago by the FBI for Facebook Posts.
45 posted on 08/23/2012 8:11:55 PM PDT by Girlene
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: Kartographer
Full text, Brandon Raub’s proclamation: Take our Republic back

Do you have the rest of his facebook posts, including the ones where he was quoting lyrics from some rap crap about being a killer, and where he was posting about wanting to cut off heads and go after generals? At one point, Wikipedia had an article on him that listed all of his posts that got him in hot water, but that article has been deleted.

It clearly showed that the guy was a nutjob, but not a threat to anybody. The post you quoted shows a part of the 9/11 truther nutjob that he is, but the other posts did a better job of it. I've yet to see any of the truther/computer chip in our brains nutjobs present a serious threat to anybody but themselves.

Rather than posting this crap on Facebook, this guy should have been posting it on Infowars or LewRockwell or WND. Instead of an illegal visit from the FBI, he could have been getting paid to write this stuff.
46 posted on 08/23/2012 8:37:48 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Tzimisce

I don’t care if he thought he had a close encounter with aliens, nothing NOTHING he wrote justifies the treatment he received.

Their are two things also know, one if they come for me for no more than what he did I can’t count on the likes of you to help me and if they happen to trouble themselves with a jury trial I pray that you aren’t on the jury.


47 posted on 08/23/2012 8:39:25 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: noinfringers2

No wonderment to me. Look on this thread and you will find some who are ready to gloss the whole thing over.


48 posted on 08/23/2012 8:41:39 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Protestant minister, Martin Niemoller , who found himself interned in a Nazi Work camp...
“ When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews, I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.”

Martin Niemöller

There, but by the grace of God go I.


49 posted on 08/23/2012 8:47:20 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Tzimisce

Meaningless in the current environment, but you did provide links in your posting history, and yeah, he’s a serious truther nut IMHO.


50 posted on 08/23/2012 9:25:00 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Kartographer
My thoughts are this...

This guy Raub, is an American, yet the hype is is a former Marine.

A statement true in fact, great, so am I.

He is an American that was kidnapped by the authorities, and placed in a mental institution

(Seems like there should be a disembodied voice with a heavy Slavic accent saying "Committee for State Security" you have been deemed to be a danger to yourself or others and need to come with us).

That should be the story, the fact that he is a prior Marine is not the story... the story is he was kidnapped by the authorities and he is an American Citizen.

51 posted on 08/23/2012 9:25:53 PM PDT by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tzimisce

PS In my view, a truther nut is far beyond crazier that a run of the mill disturbed person, closer to a schizophrenic or sociopath.


52 posted on 08/23/2012 9:27:25 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

Comment #53 Removed by Moderator

To: SERE_DOC

Like a scene from the movie ‘Minority Report’.


54 posted on 08/23/2012 9:51:57 PM PDT by bluecat6 ( "A non-denial denial. They doubt our heritage, but they don't say the story is not accurate.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Kartographer

I can see why so many people thought this veteran was a nutjob in need of observation, re-education, thought cleansing, waterboarding, and possibly chemical combined shock treatments.

Because he has a contagious disease at his disposal that could affect millions of people.

I call it give me liberty or give me death.

America is indeed facing a communist takeover from within, and the communist have had of half a century to make plans and install the right people in the highest offices.

Its people like this the communists fear, the ones willing to fight for liberty.

To those that are of the groups searching for others like this veteran, I will say this, be very very aware, if you see me I saw you ahead of time.


55 posted on 08/23/2012 10:19:48 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: SERE_DOC

I would not put it past any agency to immediately modify postings to include 9/11 truther conspiracies, OK city third bomber sightings and such, I frankly take it all with a grain of salt because the enemy has the power and the tools to denigrate whoever they want.

Look what they did to Sarah Palin.


56 posted on 08/23/2012 10:28:17 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: muawiyah

Van Jones and Ralph Nader weren’t locked away for their “Truther” beliefs so we can assume the insider job malarkey wasn’t what they locked him up for. Now the rest of the rant, the pro-American part must have done him in.

That is the only logical conclusion. By not acting against the open threats voiced by the NBPP and NOI, I’d guess their views were indorsed. Hell, we all know which direction this once great country is going.


57 posted on 08/23/2012 10:30:51 PM PDT by JimSEA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Yehuda
You're full of it ~ time to review the case ONE MORE TIME.

Don't you read the local papers? Guess you don't.

The vics split $7.15 million. The three officers and their boss' got fired.

Eliot Spitzer, the guy who allowed the story to spin out of control ~ just two years later was part of a sex for hire case himself. Four years later Ashley Dupré finally announced she was getting married.

Some cops still believe the four guys theory ~ Eliot probably thinks Ashley still loves him. Some lawyers still dream of getting a case like this one ~ the payout for them was on the order of $2 million.

58 posted on 08/23/2012 10:50:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: JimSEA

The lyrics to rap songs part drew their attention. The cops simply didn’t have any idea of what that was about. Apparently the guy’s lawyers did. He’s out. They are all in big trouble.


59 posted on 08/23/2012 10:52:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

Comment #60 Removed by Moderator


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-73 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson