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SrA John Monette
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He was fine until he got benefits from his "service". If he hadn't gotten the Purple Heart registration, it would have fallen under the 1st Amendment.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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Well that isn't a stolen valor thing.. that is just a regular fraud thing... It's the same as faking disability to get a social security check.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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Also the real crimes I saw was menacing, disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, fraud... Which are irrelevant to the stolen valor claim... If he are waving a pistol around and raving like a maniac... You have better grounds for action than pointing out he like to cosplay a navy seal.
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SrA John Monette
SrA John Monette
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Never said he wasn't committing fraud or theft by deception. Just saying he was fine until he started benefiting from it. I can walk around all day with Silver Stars and Purple Hearts while saying I was a command pilot with the rank of colonel. Nothing can be done to stop me. But once I start getting money from the VA or a Purple Heart vehicle registration, that's when it crosses the line into illegality.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
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There is grounds for appeal since the supreme court struck down the stolen valor act citing first amendment in United States vs Alverez...
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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LTC Eugene Chu if it has been overturned by the supreme court then the law is invalid in it's entirety
... They only crime is defrauding the government by filing a fake application for benefit.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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LTC Eugene Chu I assume you have seen the docket and know what he is being charged with? It's probably fraud.. because you can't enter laws that have been struck down on the docket
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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LTC Eugene Chu and the article says he was charged with aggravated assault.. which is a Florida state law... It's not even a federal case... making the whole stolen valor argument irrelevant... What does stolen valor have to do with him beating someone into the hospital?
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Cpl Benjamin Long
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LTC Eugene Chu so the order not dressing up as a navy seal can be over turned... As that doesn't vacate the assault charges.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
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The article says he was charged with aggravated assault... This literally has nothing to with stolen valor... Considering it is under the jurisdiction of local Florida law.
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