Jonathan McLennan is a USMC veteran residing in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was falsely arrested by local police on a shoplifting charge, which was later dropped when his public defender was able to show the DA on security footage that Jonathan was in fact innocent.
So, after being falsely accused, arrested, and then subsequently released when the public defender did the police and DA's job for them, Jonathan is now free but not out of the woods.
During his false incarceration, he lost his home, his car, his job, and most of all the pride of being a 51 year old black man with no arrest record in the South. Even after that ordeal, the repercussions persist.
Flanders Fields made reservations for Jonathan to stay in a hotel in Myrtle Beach, but in two separate instances he was turned away at the front desk for being "local." I think we can all infer what groups of people such a policy is designed to exclude.
In light of all that, we are asking for your help to get Jonathan relocated to a home where he can rebuild his life around folks that appreciate his service and make sure he doesn't ever have to sleep on a sidewalk again. Let's get Jonathan a home to call his own and serve him as he served us all!
In light of all that, we are asking for your help to get Jonathan relocated to a home where he can rebuild his life around folks that appreciate his service and make sure he doesn't ever have to sleep on a sidewalk again. Let's get Jonathan a home to call his own and serve him as he served us all!
