{"id":59478,"date":"2015-04-24T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59478"},"modified":"2015-04-24T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T12:21:15","slug":"vets-terrorized-by-frat-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59478","title":{"rendered":"Vets terrorized by frat clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Fox News<\/a> comes the story that veterans on a retreat in Panama City, FL were subjected to frat-boy behavior. <\/p>\n

[Linda Cope, the founder of the Warrior Beach Retreat] tells me the fraternity members were staying in the same resort \u2013 and caused a night of mayhem. The college kids made derogatory comments about the warriors\u2019 wives, threw items off balconies and desecrated an American flag.<\/p>\n

She also said one of the warriors and his service dog were spit on.<\/p>\n

Television station WJHG identified that man as Nicholas Connole.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey actually spit on me and my service dog as well, and that\u2019s just so disrespectful and it hurts,\u201d he told the television station.<\/p>\n

There were local reports of frat boys throwing beer on veterans and ripping an American flag out of the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emory University students have been implicated in the incident, although the university denies that. Some University of Florida students have been disciplined;<\/p>\n

Zeta Beta Tau International confirmed that three members of the University of Florida chapter have been expelled from the fraternity and both university chapters have suspended all activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt that some of our members engaged in ugly and unacceptable behavior,\u201d Executive Director Laurence Bolotin wrote in a statement. \u201cTheir actions have no place in ZBT or anywhere, and they will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, here’s the thing; only youngsters who were conditioned by their families and the university environment would consider it acceptable to treat veterans like they did that day. Nothing like this happens in a vacuum.<\/p>\n

From WJHG<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Some veterans say they now know how Vietnam Veterans felt when they came home. They say they were subjected to similar harassment by a group of college students.<\/p>\n

“They actually spit on me and my service dog as well, and that’s just so disrespectful and it hurts. I come and I feel honored and I feel safe and that I belong, but now I feel like I’m defending myself,” said wounded veteran Nicholas Connole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n