PERSONAL LIBERTY DIGEST reports a California widow named Norma Montano has filed a Federal lawsuit alleging that the Loma Linda VA Police Department killed her husband when he grew tired of waiting for treatment on May 25, 2011. According to the lawsuit, Jonathan Montano became irritated after waiting more than four hours for a dialysis appointment and decided to leave the Loma Linda VA facility and seek treatment at a facility in Long Beach. Montano’s family said that he did not want to allow the hospital to remove a shunt placed in his arm for the treatment; but VA officials insisted that it be done because, they said, it would be too dangerous to travel with it in place.
The hospital called in VA Police to deal with Montano, claiming that he had become belligerent as he insisted that he be allowed to leave the facility with the shunt in place. The veteran’s widow alleges that the officers subsequently threw Montano to the floor, beating him and damaging his carotid artery, causing a stroke. Two and a half weeks after the incident, Montano was dead.
The
hospital initially told Mrs. Montano, who was not present when the incident
occurred, that her husband suffered the stroke in a fall.
“Later
on, one of the nurses at the VA Hospital in Loma Linda took Norma Montano
aside, and told her that her husband didn’t fall, but was slammed to the ground
by the VA Police, that Norma Montano was being lied to, and that it wasn’t
right what the VA Police did to Jonathan Montano,” the suit alleges.
In
December 2013, the VA reviewed the incident and declared that there was “no
evidence of negligence or wrongful act or omission by VA employees that
resulted in injury to, or the death of, the veteran patient in June 2011.
Although a terrible and unfortunate incident occurred, VA personnel acted and responded
appropriately.”
COMMENTS:
This has not yet been proven, so it is only an
allegation. Yet, given everything we are
learning, I believe there’s some serious truth to it.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. How do you feel about Montel Williams' lambast about the
V.A. scandal? (Tulip ~ Denver, CO)
A. I admire him. I
suppose that makes Obama and me enemies.
Q. Do you think Obama could ever take the country over in a coup
or something like that? (Gwendolyn ~
Weed, CA)
A. A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian
authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military
force against Americans. However, given
Obama’s treatment of the military and vets in this country, I find it difficult
to believe that any member of the military would obey any such orders. On the flip side of that coin, we don’t know
what the Muslims in this country would do if Obama called them out to support
him.
Q. With all of the gun violence we’ve had over the last year
or two, how can you possibly be against some form of gun control? (Phyllis ~ San Francisco, CA)
A. I think we need to take immediate step to prevent guns
from being used by felons, crooks, thugs and the mentally disturbed. I favor that kind of gun control.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Our guys went over, they’ve
left body parts, some of them never made it back, some of them are here now but
their souls are still there, and we have the audacity to turn our back on them
right this second.” ~ Montel Williams
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