SIGO sends us a link to the sad story of a veteran, Benjamin Mayoles Dykeman, who was fatally shot by police in Broward County, Florida, and of course, everyone is an expert on PTS, even people off the street with no medical training;<\/p>\n
Benjamin Mayoles Dykeman\u2019s employer, Robert Rose, [Editor Note: I guess medical diagnosis are common at the place where Dykeman worked by the name Bansbach Easylift Gas Springs] says the man suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after deployment to Iraq, and that might have played a role in his interaction with law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to realize that while he had a record, a lot of the things within the record are a manifestation of PTSD,\u201d Rose said. \u201cWhile the Brevard County sheriffs did exactly what they were supposed to do, it really is a tragedy to lose a war hero like this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, the PTS diagnosis by Dykeman’s employer is news to his mother;<\/p>\n
When reached by phone, Dykeman\u2019s mother, Rose, who lives in Virginia, said her son was involved in early deployments to Iraq but didn\u2019t think he suffered from PTSD or came home from Iraq any different. She said he had an alcohol problem for which he was seeking treatment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Although Dykeman was undergoing treatment at a VA facility, the article doesn’t mention why he was getting treatment, so of course, it must be PTS. And, oh, yeah, the gas springs owner guy is also an Army veteran, so that really helps.<\/p>\n
Though the condition didn\u2019t manifest itself while at work, Rose suspects it played a role in Dykeman\u2019s interaction with police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, I suspect that it might have been alcoholism instead, since he had no problems with PTS at work. Millions of veterans drive their cars without ramming a police cruiser every day, thousands of those veterans not ramming police cars suffer from PTS. It seems that sometimes we’re our own worst enemies when veterans like Rose, who has no medical training, allow ourselves to diagnose the syndrome for the eager media, who love nothing more than crazy-assed veterans to perpetuate the myth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"