{"id":57833,"date":"2015-01-23T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57833"},"modified":"2015-01-23T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:59:37","slug":"washington-post-pts-killed-chris-kyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57833","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: PTS killed Chris Kyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abby Phillip, a general assignment national reporter for the Washington Post<\/a> has determined that Eddie Routh, the fellow who shot and killed Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield almost a year ago, did it because of PTS, you know, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. <\/p>\n

A 2014 study found that veterans who had problems with PTSD or alcohol abuse were seven times more likely to engage in acts of \u201csevere violence\u201d than other veterans. And in 2011, a New York Times analysis of some of those cases found dozens of examples of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans accused of murder; some of the veterans even turned weapons on themselves.<\/p>\n

There are no current and official nationwide statistics about veterans who enter the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

While there are efforts to create alternative courts and sentencing guidelines for veterans accused of crimes who suffer from PTSD and combat-related mental illnesses, those efforts have been slow to apply to those accused of serious violent crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolent crimes are excluded, which to me is a real shame; you should look at it case by case,\u201d said Duncan MacVicar, a retired Vietnam veteran who began working with California jurisdictions to establish veteran treatment courts in the state. \u201cIs it really true that someone with PTSD can commit a crime because of that problem? I can guarantee you that it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Experts who treat PTS daily, agree that violent and criminal behavior itn’t necessarily caused by Post-Traumatic Stress. Veterans who suffer from PTS are more likely to turn their violence inward on themselves than to harm other people. PTS is an excuse more often manufactured by people who want sympathy from their victims and the public at large who are willing to believe that they are victims of the evil military rather than look for more accurate, more believable excuses. <\/p>\n

Routh, for example, is said to have been a unit armorer and a vehicle mechanic<\/a> who never left the wire during his time in Iraq, but the Washington Post and Abby Phillip find it easier to believe that he was traumatized by his military service, regardless of the fact that real PTS experts would disagree with them.<\/p>\n

Classmates of Routh told the New Yorker<\/a> that he was a \u201cstandard troublemaker\u201d who \u201cdidn\u2019t show a whole lot of respect\u201d for the teachers, even as far back as high school before he joined the Marines. Workmates said “Routh was \u201calways ready to fight\u201d and \u201chad a chip on his shoulder.\u201d But, you know, it was PTS that made him a murderer, even though there are thousands of veterans who really saw bad stuff in real war who are suffering from PTS who don’t kill anyone every day – many have been functioning normally for decades, Abby Phillip and the Washington post are shitting on those good veterans while they try to tear down good soldiers like Chris Kyle and the millions of veterans who behave themselves every day.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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