PDD:134: Aftermath of Trauma

Given the failure of federal, state, and local governments to properly disclose the Public Duty Doctrine to crime victims upfront, victims of crime jump through many hoops in their recovery. One symptom may be to internalize their victimization: "It was my fault," or "Why me?"

Trauma can cause PTSD. According to the following article, PTSD can cause sleep disorders.

The method employed in this article reminds me of Guided Imagery, a form of hypnosis. It is worth reading http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/health/27night.html

PDD.133: HR 5281

The U.S. Government is circling its wagons, expecting legal confrontations from the States.

Consider the following: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR05281:@@@D&summ2=m&

It has passed the House. Next: the Senate.

PDD.132: The U.S. Military Version

It's called the Feres Doctrine: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/march102010/feres-doctrine-jm.php

If you have a family member in the U.S. military, ask if they know about this. Most would say they've never heard of it.

PDD.131: Rape Revisited

I've almost completed reading Jessica Stern's "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," about the aftermath of her rape.

I'm up to chapter 12, and still no mention of the Public Duty Doctrine, not generally or specifically. Only.... a chief of police at Harvard saying that "... it was just a different time. People saw rape differently back then. And for the police -- it was soon after the protests. They had different priorities," page 221.

"... different priorities ..." How about no legal duty to protect by warning the public that a serial-rapist was in the neighborhood?

I'd like to share with you footnote number 2, in the notes section of the book:

The "walking corpses" is Bruno Bettelheim's term in The Informed Heart (New York: Free Press, 1960), p. 151. Psychiatrist and author Henry Krystal "affirms that psychogenic death can occur if the victim of catastrophic trauma completely surrenders to the situation in which no action is perceived as possible. If this surrender occurs, he/she falls into a state of immobility (catatonia), and abandons all life-preserving activity. He calls this a 'potential psychological "self-destruct" mechanism' and affirms that, once the process of total surrender starts it is no longer voluntarily terminable but may only be stopped by the intervention of an outside caretaker, and that, if this does not happen, the victim will die."

For those of you who have been traumatized like this, I want you to live. I want you to understand your legal standing with police and district attorneys. I want you to change your behavior by taking additional steps to protect yourselves, additional steps other than relying completely on 9-1-1.

Postscript: I finished Ms. Stern's book, "Denial." Because she made no mention of the Public Duty Doctrine, either specifically or generally, I would not recommend buying it nor reading it.

PDD.130: Is New York Times Trustworthy?

When it comes to disclosing the Public Duty Doctrine as the law of the land, the answer is NO.

Here are two prime editorial examples where the Doctrine should have been mentioned but was not: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/opinion/11sun1.html?_r=1&ref=editorials and http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/opinion/08thu1.html?ref=editorials

Considering the New York Times' position on illegal immigrants in the U.S., let's turn it around and consider what it would take for an American citizen to renounce his/her citizenship, what hoops they've got to jump through, and then consider if the illegals in this country has had to do the same. Like....would illegals, if given an opportunity to stay, renounce their Mexican citizenship? Consider the following articles: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/us/26expat.html and http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/28201/renounce_us_citizenship_process_and.html?cat=37

PDD.129: Justice Sues Arizona

Ironic, that I would be supporting the Public Duty Doctrine, as a defense!!!!!

The Public Duty Doctrine claims that government and its agents (primarily police officers and district attorneys) have a duty only to society as a whole, not the individual. Local, state, and federal law, all across this land, recognize this doctrine.

The doctrine only surfaces, generally, as a defense by government and their agents when they are sued by individuals; these individuals were generally harmed by agents' failure to protect his or her interest.

So, what if....the federal government refuses to protect society as a whole, like defending our borders? What if....a state chooses to exercise its duty, under their Public Duty Doctrine, and defend their state from illegal immigration?

The question is: What if Arizona whips out the Public Duty Doctrine in defense of their law that's going into effect on the 29th?

Here is the New York Times' account of what is happening and the "alleged" issues involved: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/us/07immig.html

PDD.128: Domestic Violence Shelter Immunity

North Carolina Senate Bill 144 does not require domestic violence shelter personnel to warn victims seeking shelter of the Public Duty Doctrine (or the immunity they seek to obtain). Consider recent coverage: http://wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wlos_vid_2513.shtml and the bill http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S144v2.pdf

These elites are a disgrace to their profession.