MANHATTAN –A crowd gathered outside of the Riley County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon to protest the Kansas Department of Children and Families and support the case of Raymond Schawb.

Literature passed out by the protesters said, “April 2015 the Schwab Family had their children kidnapped by the State of Kansas while Raymond and Amelia Schwab were packing to move to Denver.

Mr. Schwab, an honorably discharged, disabled Navy Veteran who uses medical Cannabis for PTSD and chronic pain, had his job at the Dept. of Veteran Affairs transferred to Denver where both he and his wife could have access to care and receive that care legally.

Kansas is using their children as political pawns and continues to assert unless they cease Cannabis Therapy they will lose their children forever.”

The case is currently in the Kansas Appeals Court.

Officers with the Riley County Police Department were called to the scene to make sure the crowd did not impact any ongoing court hearings.