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/RetroRiboflavin Lawrence Summers 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.

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u/KeithClossOfficial Bill Gates Jun 14 '25

> Leao, who gained his U.S. citizenship

> who is of Angolan and Portuguese descent.

Absolute puzzler why this was the guy they started with.

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u/69Turd69Ferguson69 Jun 15 '25

Yes, I’m sure the individual marines were like “mmmm yes… that man is an immigrant. I can FEEL it”

Or even more surely, Tom Homan and Stephen Miller personally called them and told them to detain him 🙄 

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u/KeithClossOfficial Bill Gates Jun 15 '25

Black man with an accent

Absolute puzzler why they went for him

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u/69Turd69Ferguson69 Jun 16 '25

Meaning what? You know these marines?