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North Korea says Travis King wants refuge from mistreatment, racism in US (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] donescobar@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

Lmao and he goes to the beacon of freedom and no racism of North Korea all to avoid an extremely short jail time for being a shitbag

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

extremely short jail time for being a shitbag

What did he do?

[-] BrianTheFirst@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

From the linked article:

King, who joined the U.S. Army in January 2021, faced two allegations of assault in South Korea, and eventually pleaded guilty to one instance of assault and destroying public property for damaging a police car during a profanity-laced tirade against Koreans, according to court documents. He was due to face more disciplinary measures when he arrived back in the United States.