My brother, Larry Neal, was deliberately held under secret arrest for 18 days in 2003, while police repeatedly and falsely denied having this 54-year-old heart patient who was a lifelong mental patient.  See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com.  Unfortunately, Larry suffered a fatal heart attack and died, while his social worker and family searched everywhere for him.  At least, we now know why police did not help to search for this troublesome mental patient, who had suffered repeated arrests for over 20 years for disturbing the peace, vagrancy, and the like.  Larry’s death was presumably caused by deprivation of his prescription heart drugs, although his family does not know for sure.  We have been denied any investigation and jail records regarding Larry’s death for 4.5 years!  The attorneys hired to represent Larry’s family after his death never filed suit, and we discovered later that the managing partner of the law firm was in a senior position on the county commission that owned and operated the jail where Larry was euthanized.  Unrighteousness and injustice are rampant in the world, and human rights are often not valued or protected, particularly for indigent, disabled persons.

When Larry first died, I did not realize that God was calling me to advocacy.  As my family unsuccessfully tried to get access to records and we were denied an investigation regarding Larry's euthanasia, I researched and discovered the dire condition of our mentally ill citizens in America, especially the indigent.  Sadly, prisons have replaced hospitals and outpatient treatment for 1.25 million mentally ill Americans.  Not long ago, most of these prisoners would have been either hospitalized or receiving psychiatric treatment in their communities.  Many never even understood their Miranda rights or their criminal charges.  For safety, many of them suffer solitary confinement, held naked in cold jail cells to prevent self-inflicted harm.  Each year, mental patients across America die in restraint chairs or are electrocuted by Taser guns during arrests. 

I believe that many people in elected office as well as in our general population care about the least of these, His brethren, as I do.  Please sign our petition for an investigation into Larry's death and pass it on to your friends.  The acutely mentally ill usually do not vote.  Please help me to prove to our nation's elected officials that voters care about the treatment of these disabled persons.  Please show that you believe these people matter as much as Michael Vick's dogs.  Please agree with me that the deaths of disabled citizens deserve investigation, too.  Below is a link to our petition.  Thank you in advance.  Bless you for joining me in attending to my Father’s business:  loving and caring for the least of these, His brethren. Thanks in advance. 

     Petition:  http://www.petitiononline.com/Neal/petition.html

Blessings,

Mary Neal
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
P.O. Box 7222, Atlanta, GA  30357
Website:  http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com

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There are so many family's suffering because of cruel deaths to people they love. This man died years before Timothy. This fight is enormous, only 67 signatures on this petition, There are a 153 people in this group, I hope each and every person reaches out and signs this petition.

God bless us in this fight. We have angels on our side

Theresa

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Mary, I signed.

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