The Consequences of PTSD
Even though I've survived a combat tour in Iraq, my trauma from interacting with police is more currently relevant to me. Having been falsely arrested several times, physically abused, roughed up, threatened, and caged, I have more of an involuntary response to police than Iraqis. While much attention is paid to veterans with PTSD, we obviously don't have a monopoly on it.
One of my dear friends has experienced some truly horrific abuse at the hands of the police. She also works as a waitress. Earlier today, 4 fully armed and uniformed cops walked into her restaurant and got sat in her section.
As she said, "My energy immediately gets irritated and off balance which leads me to 'accidentally' drop an entire tray of drinks on 2 of them and their entire table. Down their guns, sweet tea all in their radios and phones."
Needs to say, she didn't get a tip from them, but the table next to them noticed that she wasn't exactly remorseful and gave her a $10 tip. "So essentially I just got paid to pour drinks on cops." She is also now excused from ever having to serve police in her restaurant again because of her police brutality PTSD.
You thought this was going to be a serious post about PTSD, didn't you? Now I'm not advocating what my friend did. A more appropriate way for society to respond to criminals would be to ostracize them. If I see police at a restaurant, I'm less likely to eat there. Hang up a sign that says, "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." Refuse service to known criminals like police who arrest people for victimless crimes. That being said, I'm not going to hold it against my friend for responding to brutal criminality with some spilled drinks!
In Which country your friend in picture here turtured brutally like that?? !! Is it in US??!
@adamkokesh
If you have PTSD from a foreign war that you volunteered from, you probably feel that you are isolated from further trauma. If you have PTSD from a police incident, the trauma is still in your environment. This is terrible.
when i read this post seriously its touch to my heart and feeling sad.
Citizen Pulls Over Cop, Demands ID
"I'm not going to write you up today.
I was abused at the hands of police for "mistaken identity". I ended up with a concussion or a contusion from having my head slammed into the car. I had memory problems for months after the attack. I still have some memory problems to this day. I also have PTSD from it. After that horrible day, I would shake and get really nervous whenever I saw a cop or one was around me. I didn't feel safe. I felt worse when they were nearby. I even started having panic attacks. PTSD is real and it sucks. I share police brutality videos to increase awareness of the reality of the violence, but it's sometimes hard to watch them. I sometimes have flashbacks when I see them. And, I start to have PTSD symptoms. People who have never experienced the violence and abuse of cops have a hard time understanding why some people are passionate about showing people the true nature of government police. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But, I wish more people could understand how horrible it could be. I was innocent. I was doing nothing wrong. I was in a public place. And, I got attacked and kidnapped. What everyone needs to know is that it can happen to anyone. It forever changed my life, and in some ways led me to where I am today. But, I wouldn't want anyone to have to go through that feeling of helplessness and abuse at the hands of people who are supposed to be keeping you safe. I feel more safe when they are not around.
Excelent, post....
so how many Americans are leaving the US because of such things? Looking at the number of citizen deaths due to different reasons US seems like a war zone
OMG This is bad
bad news
Oh this is a Great post