Belton: Protest Eric Jasinski incarceration at Bell County jail
We would like to invite everyone to join us April 10 and 17 @ 1pm to protest Eric Jasinski’s incarceration. We will be at 113 West Central Ave. Belton, TX 76513. Sorry it’s such short notice but we were hoping the brass would honor what they have been saying about not punishing soldiers with PTSD. As of yesterday (Fri., April 9) they had not even LOOKED at the clemency request!
Spc. Eric Jasinski, a soldier with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, turned himself in to the Army at Fort Hood last December. He was court martialed and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Spc. Jasinski went AWOL in late 2008 when stop lossed and faced with a 2nd deployment to Iraq.
“With a military health care system over-stretched by two ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, more soldiers are deciding to go absent without leave (AWOL) in order to find treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).” (Courage to Resist, 3/31/10.) References below.
March 31 rally at Fort Hood east gate supporting Eric Jasinski (photo from Killeen Daily Herald, 3/31/10).
http://www.underthehoodcafe.org/news/nr20100331.
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=40379
http://www.facebook.com/underthehoodcafe#!/underthehoodcafe?v=wall
Tags: 2010, afghanistan, April 17, army, AWOL, Belton, court-martial, Fort Hood, Iraq, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, soldiers, Under the Hood Cafe, war
