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Can the authorities illegally detain and hospitalize a U.S. citizen?
Submitted by deb98126 on Wed, 03/15/2006 - 2:17am.I've posted several diaries sharing my own experience of illegal detention and hospitalization, and received mixed responses. Some believe my ordeal, others don't. Many people, I'm certain, don't want to believe that this could happen here.
I'm asking you to consider the ordeal of others who have had a similar experience.
Consider the case of Darlene Early, a paralegal in Albany, NY. She publicly displayed a cardboard protest sign on a vehicle that was legally parked in space she had leased. As a result of her action, Ms. Early was arrested, forcibly hospitalized and forcibly sedated. What I find most disturbing about her account is the journalists comments at the end of the article:
