VA patient died by suicide at top of hospital’s garage in Syracuse
www.syracuse.com
The veteran, a VA mental health patient, was wearing a transgender flag, a witness said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21895272

EDIT:

Her name was Elisa Rae Shupe.

You can read more about her from Erin’s Bluesky Post and related article.

https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lhwefbinn22c

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    8 days ago

    God damn it.

    This is incredibly depressing.

    I’m sorry this country failed you. I’m sorry we failed you as humans.

    • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      America has constantly let its veterans down. They just call them heros and then casually toss them aside to die. Whether it’s the black veterans after ww1 and 2, Vietnam vets, Iraq war vets, gay veterans dishonorably discharged, immigrant veterans being deported, and now Trans veterans

      • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        8 days ago

        You’re not wrong and it’s been like that for decades.

        My boss is a vet and we’re the same age. Guy tells his kids not to join the military and be messed up like he is.

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          8 days ago

          My dad got drafted into Vietnam. He was real, real hard against me joining up (for college money). This was before 9/11, but only just.

          So I would have ended up in Afghanistan probably. Glad I didn’t.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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        8 days ago

        For the past 50 years the American military has only done imperialism.War criminals need not be honored. Their sexual orientation is not relevant.