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Vet Allegedly Beaten To Death At VA Hospital
Opposing Views ^ | May 25, 2014 | Sarah Fruchtnicht

Posted on 05/27/2014 6:24:26 PM PDT by Altariel

A California woman says Veterans Administration hospital guards beat her husband to death after he waited four hours for dialysis.

Norma Montano says her husband of 44 years, Jonathan, died of a stroke on June 11, 2011, after he was beaten and had his carotid artery stomped by VA guards. Montano says the hospital also lied to her about what happened to her husband.

Montano’s son and daughter are also plaintiffs in the suit.

Montano says he husband was tired of waiting, but when he tried to leave and go to another facility, he “was told by the nursing staff not to leave.”

"Jonathan Montano told the nurse that he was leaving and was going to the VA Hospital in Long Beach, California, [and that] he wanted to leave the needle apparatus [a shunt] in his arm, so they wouldn't have to put a new one in at the Long Beach VA Hospital,” the complaint states.

When he insisted on leaving, the staff at the Loma Linda, Calif., facility called VA Police.

"The summoned VA Police Department police officers then stopped Jonathan Montano from leaving the VA Hospital in Loma Linda, by tackling him to the floor, slamming his head on the floor, and kneeing and stomping on his neck, and otherwise brutalizing and restraining him,” the suit says.

(Excerpt) Read more at opposingviews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: arrestrelateddeaths; california; democratcare; donutwatch; hospital; hospitalpolice; jonathanmontano; lomalinda; normamontano; va; vadeaths; vahospital; vascandal; vascandals; veteran; veterans; vets
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To: jocon307

And just think—your tax dollars paid for the hospital police to beat a veteran.


21 posted on 05/27/2014 7:01:53 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They had to use whatever means necessary to keep him there for his own good.


22 posted on 05/27/2014 7:03:15 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Altariel
And just think—your tax dollars paid for the hospital police to beat a veteran.

And just think - your tax dollars will pay for this to happen under Obamacare.

23 posted on 05/27/2014 7:04:12 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: clee1

Hear You! Glad to know you!


24 posted on 05/27/2014 7:05:04 PM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: Altariel

This is beyond belief. Infuriating.


25 posted on 05/27/2014 7:07:37 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Altariel

In order to save the patient we had to kill him.


26 posted on 05/27/2014 7:10:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Altariel

Another source of same incident:

“Lawsuit alleges veteran beaten to death by VA hospital police”

http://www.examiner.com/article/lawsuit-alleges-veteran-beaten-to-death-by-va-hospital-police

The source for that coverage appears to be “Raw Story”.


27 posted on 05/27/2014 7:11:51 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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To: Steely Tom

There better be video or eye witnesses for this colorful story to go anywhere.

You say po-tay-tos, I say po-tah-tos.


28 posted on 05/27/2014 7:12:56 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: RitaOK

And that is the rub: this is one incident which happened three years ago.

The very nature of this story should have been front page news at that time.

The real question isn’t (sadly) “where is the video of this incident?” the question is: “how many more such incidents happen-—and the family members or loved ones never learn the truth?”


29 posted on 05/27/2014 7:17:17 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: RitaOK

The article notes a nurse who witnessed the attack and spoke up.


30 posted on 05/27/2014 7:19:30 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Another sneak peak at ObamaCare. Get ready America. This government healthcare bull**** is about to get ugly. Death panels and SWAT teams.

Isn't that just beautiful? Now the VA has another way to kill you. Death from no VA medical care, or death from VA minimum wage security guards. Yes, just F'ing beautiful. You are right. Get ready, it's coming. I think a lot of people are going to die.

31 posted on 05/27/2014 7:19:56 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Mark17

The “government” will now be able to tell everyone when their time is up. Reminds me of an old “B” movie from back in the 60s. I never thought I’d see it but it’s here.


32 posted on 05/27/2014 7:22:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: Altariel; MeshugeMikey

Reminds me of the Movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”


33 posted on 05/27/2014 7:24:57 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Mark17

Once upon a time several years ago, I learned of some mistreatment at a VA hospital. Many soldiers were mistreated. It just so happened that the soldiers in our area had a special event going on, so...I talked to THEM :)

They checked it out, AND managed to fix it!


34 posted on 05/27/2014 7:27:25 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: defconw

They get better treatment in prison anyway.


35 posted on 05/27/2014 7:30:51 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is my tag!)
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To: defconw; clee1

It is illegal to carry a weapon on VA property. You will be arrested, and it won’t be pretty.


36 posted on 05/27/2014 7:32:19 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: jocon307; Slings and Arrows

37 posted on 05/27/2014 7:39:13 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Nachum

What is the ping list? Am I on it?


38 posted on 05/27/2014 7:40:02 PM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: Altariel
And for that alone they need to loose their licensing. Falsification of medical reports IS illegal and a major medical ethics violation.
39 posted on 05/27/2014 7:43:17 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Texas Fossil

I can’t find a copy of the action.


40 posted on 05/27/2014 7:51:34 PM PDT by gasport (Will operate for food.)
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