US police detained a Marine Corps veteran over his Facebook posts,
triggering outrage in the online community. Brandon J. Raub claimed the
FBI was concerned about his “calling for the arrest of government
officials.”
­Raub, 26, is now being held in the John Randolph Behavioral Health
psychiatric ward. In an online interview with local media, Raub’s mother
reported that her son’s hearing is due to take place later on Monday.
Raub claimed in a phone interview that he was brought to the ward
against his will.FBI and Secret Service officials said that Raub
wasn’t arrested on specific charges, and declined to comment further,
local newspaper the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Police officials
allege they were only tasked with transporting Raub, and had no hand in
his being interred in a mental health institution.Raub was
confronted by FBI agents at his home on Thursday and taken away in
handcuffs. He was then reportedly questioned over several incendiary
Facebook posts he made. "They were concerned about me calling for the arrest of government officials," Raub said.The Richmond FBI office said they had received a complaint about Raub’s “threatening posts."

The
video of the detention emerged on YouTube and immediately went viral,
earning 67,000 views in the handful of hours after the footage was
posted. “I talked to a Secret Service gentleman for 20, 30
minutes. I was very cooperative and answered everything honestly. I
really love America, and I think that idea that you can be detained and
sent somewhere without due process and a lawyer … is crazy,” Raub told local media in a phone interview.Raub
posted Facebook messages that suggested that the US government was
behind the 9/11 attacks, and signed a petition to re-open the
investigation into the terrorist act.“If you are unaware of
the great amount of evil perpetrated by the American Government I
suggest you take … your head out of the sand. The day of reckoning is
almost at hand,” he wrote on August 5. He authored a later post saying,“The Revolution is here. And I will lead it.” http://rt.com/usa/news/chesterfield-veteran-facebook-arrest-106/



A
Facebook group supporting Raub has been created, and has over 3,000
members. Raub served in the US Marine Corps from 2005 to 2011, and was a
combat engineer Sergeant in Iraq and Afghanistan.