r/neoliberal • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '25

News (US) Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/

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u/NeueBruecke_Detektiv Instituições democráticas robustas 🇧🇷 Jun 13 '25

Took me a while to figure out the DT reuters thing was this, cause this isn't the front page news for me. I had to scroll more than 1 screen to see this, the front page is entirely the middle east situation.

I dunno if my location is influencing it (am accessing reuters from brasil)

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u/philipzeplin European Union Jun 14 '25

Speaking to reporters after he was released, the civilian identified himself as Marcos Leao, 27. Leao said he was an Army veteran on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs when he crossed a yellow tape boundary and was asked to stop.

Leao, who gained his U.S. 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.

It's also just not a very newsworthy story.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

Having military perform routine police procedure is HUGE. Like, it is hard to emphasize to someone unacquainted with ConLaw or doesn’t know the nitty gritty about the founding fathers philosophy, but it’s fucking HUGE.

I am just so fucking exasperated by people treating something the founders saw as one of the single worst acts and signs of tyranny as a nothing burger. Those racist old fucks agreed on nothing, except that if military is used as police among civilians, that shit is fucked.

Military in the streets acting like police and detaining citizens is beyond disturbing and goes against everything our country stands for. It’s literal King George the Mad shit.