Montana Manhunt Exposes Gaps in Public Safety and Veteran Care

In a small Montana town where neighbors once trusted each other implicitly, fear now reigns as Michael Paul Brown, a former U.S. Army sergeant, remains at large after allegedly murdering four people in cold blood at The Owl Bar in Anaconda.Brown’s military background—from armor crewman in Iraq to National Guard service—raises urgent questions about how America supports its veterans after deployment. His niece's heartbreaking account of his long battle with mental illness underscores systemic failures to provide timely intervention and care for those who have served our country. When individuals trained to defend our freedoms fall through the cracks, it...