A Veterans Affairs employee was caught on video choking, kicking, and body-slamming a 73-year-old Vietnam vet.
WSB-TV released surveillance video from a violent altercation between a VA patient advocate and an elderly man on April 28 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. WSB-TV investigative reporter Justin Gray filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to acquire the surveillance video of the physical confrontation.
Phillip Webb was at the VA clinic to discuss a hernia surgery with a patient advocate named Lawrence F. Gaillard Jr.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website defines a patient advocate as “an employee who is specifically designated at each VHA facility to manage the feedback received from veterans, family members, and friends.” The patient advocate “works directly with management and employees to facilitate resolutions.”
the person blurred out by the VA in that surveillance video is this man, Lawrence Gaillard. A "patient advocate" at the VA. He was initially charged in federal court by the US Attorney, but @wsbtv has learned the case has been turned over to Fulton County DA Fanni Willis pic.twitter.com/lw2lKKHXb4
— Justin Gray (@JustinGrayWSB) June 20, 2022
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