Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
I would argue that being jailed for 12 days, being forced to withdraw from his university and delay his graduation, and losing his financial aid package as a result, all because someone screwed up his discharge paperwork, makes him worthy of "a ton of sympathy".
This isn't about how "much of a veteran" he is. This is about an administrative screw-up costing a young man --- who, by all accounts in the article, was starting to turn his life around --- thousands of dollars and probably months of his life.
He can sue for money and hopefully win.
I didn't say I had
no sympathy for him, I just don't have a
ton of sympathy for him. I'd have much more sympathy for him if he were a 'real' veteran who actually served his country.
The government did wrong in this case and should compensate him accordingly. (He also had a larceny warrant to take care of, so his initial arrest was not a false arrest; only the time after he took care of that fine and was still detained on the Army detainer is actionable in my opinion, even if the Army warrant was the only reason he was arrested).