‘Veterans On Patrol’ Didn’t Wait On The Government To Help The Homeless In Their City
The Blaze
Susan Calloway Knowles
Sep. 23, 2015
It’s not often that we come across people who are willing to drop everything in order to help someone else. That takes a special type of person or group. When we come across those people, however, we need to give them credit where credit is due.
I discovered a group of veterans and non-veteran volunteers in Phoenix, Arizona who match that description and should be acknowledged.
The Facebook group called Veterans On Patrol was started by Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer, who prefers to go by the last name of Arthur, after he decided to bring awareness to the high suicide rates among veterans.
Arthur is no stranger to standing up for others. He runs an organization called “Walking for the Forgotten,” a self-sacrificing group under the Good Samaritan law, according to Arthur, that brings awareness to the plight of veterans who commit suicide at a rate of 22 per day.
Arthur was arrested earlier in the year when he climbed an 80-foot light pole and stood for three hours waving an upside-down flag to bring awareness of the veteran suicide rate. Prior to his arrest, he was given a mental examination which proved that he was not suffering from mental health issues. He describes his public display as an act of “civil disobedience.”
In August, Arthur was ready to take his advocacy back to the streets of Arizona to once again inform the public of veterans’ suicide issues. He committed to leaving his home in Tucson and walking the streets of Phoenix until his message was heard.
Day after day, Arthur walked up and down the sidewalks carrying an American flag and holding a sign which read “Veteran Lives Matter,” stopping long enough to pose with strangers and even a member of the Arizona State Senate Kelli Ward (R-Ariz.).
He later posted the pictures on his Facebook page to attempt to get the public involved in the problems facing many veterans returning from duty who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD.
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Matthew 25
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
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