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Healthcare Fail: From Toxic Families to Toxic Military Leadership to Toxic Small Town Police Departments Who Didn’t Give Two F*cks If We Lived or Died

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Maine Deadly Force Review Panel Scrutinizes Police Shootings in Rural Maine (Oxford County)

We both have brain injuries and the lack of healthcare in Maine would render us helpless and dependent on the VA healthcare system until we found out what was wrong with us. The fact that we couldn’t get any treatment no matter how many times we begged for it created mental health issues out of our control until we got the treatment we needed to lower inflammation levels in the brain.

As a result of these disabilities, we were vulnerable to those who abused their power and treated someone with mental health struggles more like a drain on society as opposed to a person with traumatic experiences and mental health issues who needs help. Jennifer and Lee are two years into treatment in California where the brain inflammation was discovered by a rare disorder doctor specializing in autoimmune dysfunction.

The healthcare in California far surpasses the low quality healthcare in Maine.

Read more here: The Most Dangerous Moments of Our Life: Targeted by a Documented Abusive Cop with Impunity Who Shot A Suicidal Woman During a Mental Health Crisis Four Years Later

Our Story:
–Citizen Complaint to Attorney General: Overview of Police Officer’s Disturbing History Prior to Connection in Officer Involved Shooting of A Suicidal Woman With Mental Illness
–Maine Newspaper & Police Department Leaders Assist Documented Abusive Police Officer in Dehumanization of Disabled Veterans and Kids During a Mental Health Crisis
–“Veteran Advocates” Use Defamatory Newspaper Article & the Cops Who Created the Narrative to Bounce Medically Retired Disabled Veterans Out of Washington DC
–Maine Police Shootings of Individuals with Mental Illness: Recent Incidents and Concerns

Related Links:
Reportedly suicidal woman shot by Rumford cop
Deadly Force Review Panel Reports Archive
Pittsfield man killed after standoff with Maine State Police
Maine woman shot and killed by Topsham Police suffered gunshot wound to head
Maine man involved in police confrontation died of multiple gunshot wounds
Three police shootings in Maine ruled ‘justified’
Man shot by police in Mexico expected to survive
Armed man shot by police in Mexico, suspect expected to survive
October police shooting of armed man in Mexico ruled justified
Neighbors ‘frightened’ after second police shooting in 2 months in Mexico
A Maine Sheriff Resigned After Sexting His Officers. The Full Story Is Even Darker.

Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro Premiere the ‘Body of War’ Documentary Featuring Anti-War Activist & Disabled Army Vet Tomas Young (2007)

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Body of War, a film by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue. It is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today. -The Real News

Overview: “Tomas Young is another casualty of the war in Iraq. After less than a week on duty, a bullet wound to the back left him paralyzed. This emotional documentary follows the veteran as he returns home and undergoes a transformation, becoming one of the many voices protesting the war. Directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, BODY OF WAR features two original songs performed by Eddie Vedder.” –Booksamillion.com

Related Links:
Body of War Official Trailer
Body of War Documentary
Body of War: by Tomas Young (DVD)
Phil Donahue’s ‘Body of War’ will air Veterans Day
Body of War – Docurama Films
‘Body of War’ (LA Times)
Paralyzed man soldiers on in anti-war documentary
‘Body of War’ documentary reveals toll of warfare
Vedder, Young grace ‘Body of War’ soundtrack
Sire Records to Release “Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran” on March 18th, 2008
Anti-war songs fall flat (Politico)
Body of War: The Tomas Young Story – Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran Documentary
Body of War — Take Action for Tomas Young
Back Home from Iraq with Tomas Young | Body of Evidence
Phil Donahue and Tomas Young, Body of War
Phil Donahue Documents Tomas Young’s ‘Body of War’
Phil Donahue Discusses His 2007 Documentary ‘Body Of War’
Tom Morello Praises Dying Vet Tomas Young’s Letter Condemning George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
Tom Morello to perform at benefit honoring paralyzed veteran Tomas Young
True story of Tomas Young in Body of War being screened at The Ridgefield Playhouse- Phil Donahue in Q&A
The Last Days of Tomas Young
Tomas Young, Army Veteran, Dies at 34; Critic of Iraq War in Film
Tomas Young dies at 34; soldier became antiwar activist after paralyzing injury
Veteran Tomas Young, early anti-Iraq War activist, dies at 34
Remembering Tomas Young (1979-2014): Iraq War Veteran Turned Antiwar Activist
Chris Kyle Vs Tomas Young: The Real War In America
‘Body of War’ Explores What it Means to Love a Nation and Protest Its Policies Simultaneously
Tomas Young Courageously Debunked the Sanitized Image of the Iraq War
RIP Tomas Young – Two Year Anniversary of His Death (Pearl Jam)
“Tomas Young’s War” Speaking tour
Tomas Young’s War Is the Cost of Empire
A Patriot Returns Home Paralyzed and Disillusioned
Watch Eddie Vedder and Phil Donahue Talk About the Personal Costs of War
‘The Long Road Home’: Noel Fisher on Portraying Tomas Young
Noel Fisher Opens Up About the ‘Responsibility’ of Playing Tomas Young in ‘The Long Road Home’
Tributes to ‘Black Sunday’ Vets at Premiere of ‘The Long Road Home’
Tomas Young’s War by Mark Wilkerson
Remembering Tomas Young