Well, according to Whitehead, more than 20,000 people are “committed”
under similar circumstances each year — in Virginia alone. “That means a
lot of people are disappearing,” accused of having a so-called mental
illness.
“I’m friends with the local police; I could call them right now and
probably get you committed if you were in Virginia,” Whitehead added.
“They can arrive at your door based on somebody’s testimony or your
Facebook page and take you away to a mental hospital… There’s a system
here that is corrupt. And this guy is caught in it.”
In his defense motion, Raub’s lawyers argued that the initial
detention orders did not follow Virginia state law that the Chesterfield
Police Department cited, making Raub’s indefinite detention illegal.
Chesterfield police claimed they “took Raub into custody for
evaluation in accordance with Virginia State Code § 37.2-808 Emergency
custody.”
But as Business Insider points out, “Va. Code § 37.2-808
states that a person in emergency custody may only be held for four
hours unless a magistrate enters a temporary detention order (TDO).”
Raub was held for days.
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