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The incident took place at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles where Marines took charge of the mission to protect the building earlier on Friday, in a rare domestic use of U.S. troops after days of protests over immigration raids.

Reuters images showed Marines apprehending a civilian, restraining his hands with zip ties and then handing him over to civilians from the Department of Homeland Security.

From another site

Reuters wire photos identify the detained man as Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old veteran. It is unclear if he is still in US custody.

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I'm so fucking tired of the American media. They are bad in a million ways. One of which is how lazy and sloppy they are.

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[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago

If every person who is currently a us stormtrooper suddenly disappeared, the world would be a much better place immediately.

If ~~every person who is currently a~~ us ~~stormtrooper~~ suddenly disappeared, the world would be a much better place immediately.

[-] buh@hexbear.net 44 points 1 day ago
[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago

Mustache on the boot on the right makes him look like i-am-adolf-hitler

[-] uSSRI@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

Cannot be a coincidence

[-] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

looks like Lt. Dangle lmao, trump must have activated the 911th USMC Battalion "Reno"

[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Assigned cop at birth

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This Guardian page has live updates about this situation.

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Civilian detained and released by marines is US army veteran who says 'they're just doing their job'

Marcos Leao, the first detained civilian by the US marines since Trump deployed troops to California, spoke to reporters after he was released. Leao, an army veteran, said he was on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs when he crossed a yellow-tape boundary and was asked to stop, according to Reuters.

The 27-year-old, who gained his US citizenship through military service, said he was treated “very fairly.” “They’re just doing their job,” said Leao, who is of Angolan and Portuguese descent.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago
[-] Des@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

he might just not want the Sauron's eye of the white house vengeance machine to turn onto him, and saying whatever sounds good to be ignored

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

He's literally a veteran, let's not be giving him too much credit

[-] prole@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

I swear I got transported to The Onion™ Universe or something a while back

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

they literally said on one of the state news channels just a few hours ago that the marines and national guard have done no policing or detaining at all. Goddamn they really are brazen.

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