{"id":59254,"date":"2015-04-14T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T13:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59254"},"modified":"2015-04-14T09:33:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T13:33:24","slug":"joseph-jeremy-weber-media-says-ptsd-made-him-rob-liquor-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59254","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Jeremy Weber; media says PTSD made him rob liquor store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobo sends us a link to the San Jose Mercury-News <\/a>which tells the story of the final moments of Joseph Jeremy Weber’s life when he threatened police officers with a knife. The police had responded to his robbery of a liquor store in Sunnyvale, CA. <\/p>\n

The man shot and killed by police after wielding a knife during a liquor-store robbery last week was an Army veteran reportedly dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, authorities said.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

[P]olice say the suspect moved toward Officer Benjamin Kroutil while holding a knife, prompting the 13-year police veteran to open fire, striking and wounding him. Joseph Jeremy Weber later died at the hospital.
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The confrontation was preceded by a 911 call about 11 a.m. reporting a robbery where a man took a pack of cigarettes at knifepoint from a clerk at Grewalz Liquor & Groceries at 1125 Tasman Drive. Kroutil was the first officer on scene, and he confronted the suspect in the alley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I’m pretty sure that PTS doesn’t make people steal cigarettes, and since it comes from witnessing traumatic events, it’s not likely that someone suffering from it would cause another traumatic event. The photo of Weber seems to be a mugshot, so he has probably been in trouble with the police before. I’m sure there are other things besides PTS at work here. <\/p>\n

Not newsworthy – thousands of veterans afflicted with PTS didn’t steal cigarettes or threaten police with a knife last week. I’d like to see the media explain that, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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