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enhanced_deficit
12-28-2014, 03:30 PM
Second veteran sues Rutherford over police job; alleges PTSD discrimination
Friday, December 26, 2014, 8:31 AM
By PETER J. SAMPSON
RUTHERFORD — A U.S. Army veteran is suing the borough, its mayor and its six council members, claiming he was wrongly denied appointment to the police force because of concerns by officials that his post-traumatic stress disorder poses “too large a risk.”
John Robbins, a decorated war veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, is the second veteran to sue the borough this year. He contends the job offer that was extended to him was unlawfully revoked as part of a pattern and practice of discrimination against veterans, who enjoy a preference in hiring under state law.
Robbins, a Rutherford resident who served 8˝ years in the military, is classified as a disabled veteran by the state’s Civil Service Commission. He was ranked second on a 2012 civil service list, and after completing a series of interviews and a background investigation, he was notified by the borough that he would be hired as a police officer.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/second-veteran-sues-rutherford-over-police-job-alleges-ptsd-discrimination-1.1181325
GunnyFreedom
12-28-2014, 04:50 PM
Just what we need, Local State and Federal laws forcing departments to hire PTSD victims who tend to shoot first and ask questions later. :mad:
Working Poor
12-28-2014, 05:20 PM
Just what we need, Local State and Federal laws forcing departments to hire PTSD victims who tend to shoot first and ask questions later. :mad:
Ya Think?
phill4paul
12-28-2014, 05:26 PM
Just what we need, Local State and Federal laws forcing departments to hire PTSD victims who tend to shoot first and ask questions later. :mad:
On the one hand some are wanting to push legislation that would strip the right to bear arms from those suffering mental conditions such as PTSD. On the other some are wanting to give them a gun and qualified impunity. SMDH. The psychos run this looney bin.
GunnyFreedom
12-28-2014, 05:51 PM
I can just see the 30 second recruiting spot.
"Do gun laws got you down? Banned from owning a firearm because of diagnosed combat-related PTSD? Join your local police! Not only will you be able to carry a gun anyway, even off-duty, but you will also have free reign to just up and kill anybody you want! Tell that nasty old VA psychologist to go pound sand! Show him your new police issued .40 at your next session!"
Suzanimal
12-28-2014, 05:52 PM
Just what we need, Local State and Federal laws forcing departments to hire PTSD victims who tend to shoot first and ask questions later. :mad:
What could go wrong?
CaptainAmerica
12-28-2014, 08:29 PM
Why do they feel so entitled..
green73
12-28-2014, 08:46 PM
Cripes, I'm relieved it's not the Rutherford Institute.
Yeah, what a surprise, the State-made madmen want to perpetuate what made them mad on more citizens.
enhanced_deficit
12-29-2014, 12:19 PM
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