Tag: Abuse of Power

Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

August 6, 2026

Surviving Injustice: Disabled Veterans Battling to Overcome a Defamatory Article in a Rural Maine Newspaper (2024) How two medically retired disabled veterans became targets—not because we were the problem, but because we were vulnerable. One of the hardest lessons I have ever learned is this: Toxic people don’t always target the loudest person in the room. … More Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

WGME Reports “Maine Woman Sues Oxford Police Chief Over Alleged Excessive Force” (July 3, 2026)

July 3, 2026

Woman sues Oxford police chief over alleged excessive force (WGME, July 3, 2026) Why This Story Matters to Us We began documenting police accountability cases in Maine after our own experiences as medically retired disabled veterans. During one of the most difficult periods of our lives, we found ourselves at the center of a series … More WGME Reports “Maine Woman Sues Oxford Police Chief Over Alleged Excessive Force” (July 3, 2026)

The Desire to Not Exist is Not the Same As Wanting to Die (2025)

January 2, 2025

“I Just Want to Disappear”: The End Result of a Lifetime of Dehumanization and Abuse “I just want to disappear” are the last words I said to medical personnel and those same words would end my Air Force career for good.  I’m not exactly sure where to start as I’ve never put words to any … More The Desire to Not Exist is Not the Same As Wanting to Die (2025)

The Most Dangerous Moments of Our Life: Targeted by an Abusive Cop with Impunity Who Shot A Suicidal Woman During a Mental Health Crisis Four Years Later (2024)

December 11, 2024

The Mexico Police Department was disbanded in August 2024 and police coverage is now in the hands of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO). Learn more about some of the OCSO history here. Maine Deadly Force Review Panel Scrutinizes Police Shootings in Rural Maine (Oxford County) You can’t imagine how this makes us feel. We … More The Most Dangerous Moments of Our Life: Targeted by an Abusive Cop with Impunity Who Shot A Suicidal Woman During a Mental Health Crisis Four Years Later (2024)

Abusers Think They Control Fate… But It Just Makes Their Hands Messier & Even More Traceable (2024)

October 13, 2024

Prior to treatment this is what the abuse of parents, school bullies, criminals one is trapped with, toxic military leaders, an abusive ex-wife, crooked cops, & finally toxic “veteran advocates” who prioritized popularity over people’s lives did to us. It beat our souls down and gave us chronic illness. Now we are well enough to … More Abusers Think They Control Fate… But It Just Makes Their Hands Messier & Even More Traceable (2024)

Surviving Injustice: Disabled Veterans Battling to Overcome a Defamatory Article in a Rural Maine Newspaper (2024)

June 2, 2024

RELATED STORIES: Maine Newspaper & Police Department Leaders Assist Documented Abusive Police Officer in Dehumanization of Disabled Veterans and Kids During a Mental Health Crisis “Veteran Advocates” Use Defamatory Newspaper Article & the Cops Who Created the Narrative to Bounce Medically Retired Disabled Veterans Out of the Washington DC Game Brief Synopsis: While we were living in … More Surviving Injustice: Disabled Veterans Battling to Overcome a Defamatory Article in a Rural Maine Newspaper (2024)

Military Injustice: Nowhere to Turn, Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide; The Story of Kamisha Block & How U.S. Army Leadership Contributed to Her Death (2024)

May 6, 2024

I was watching Investigation Discovery (ID) one night in 2018 when Forbidden Dying for Love came on the television. I was what you would consider an #IDAddict and I regularly watched the new programming from 9-11 p.m. every night. I also tweeted with other #IDAddicts while the show was live. On this particular night, Love … More Military Injustice: Nowhere to Turn, Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide; The Story of Kamisha Block & How U.S. Army Leadership Contributed to Her Death (2024)

Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024)

April 26, 2024

Dedicated to my father and my husband on Parental Alienation Awareness Day. I struggle to express how I feel on this day, Parental Alienation Awareness Day. I not only live with the pain from my own childhood experiences with parental alienation but I watched what happened to my father happen to my husband right in … More Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024)

Fort Hood: How a Lawyer Out of Nowhere Kept the Problematic Past Hidden, Shut Down the Missing & Murder Element in a Case, and Promoted an Outdated Fix (2024)

March 31, 2024

I lost all respect for Congress, the military, and the media after witnessing how they handled the missing and murder case of Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood in Texas. What a bunch of fake a$$holes. I cannot even believe I use to affiliate with anyone in the U.S. military after what I have learned over … More Fort Hood: How a Lawyer Out of Nowhere Kept the Problematic Past Hidden, Shut Down the Missing & Murder Element in a Case, and Promoted an Outdated Fix (2024)

WGME Reported “‘They Murdered My Son in Cold Blood:’ [Maine] Parents Upset After Police Shooting Ruled Justified” (2024)

March 21, 2024

“A report released last week found the use of deadly force by police against a man from Rumford last year was justified. Shay McKenna was not supposed to have a gun. Police say he did. Shay McKenna’s parents say their son feared police would find and kill him. Shay McKenna was out on bail, living … More WGME Reported “‘They Murdered My Son in Cold Blood:’ [Maine] Parents Upset After Police Shooting Ruled Justified” (2024)