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> 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 t
by armchairhacker 1y ago
> 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.
Interesting. This is much more nuanced than the headline may seem. I hope things stay nuanced.
- jamesgill 1y agoExcept that in no way is doing that “their job”.
- hypeatei 1y agoIdeally, we wouldn't deploy a branch of the military against citizens at all even if nothing bad happened in this instance. Marines were deployed during the 1992 riots and a miscommunication resulted in them firing 200 rounds into someones house[0]. > According to the book “Fires and Furies” by Maj. Gen. James Delk, who oversaw National Guard operations in California at the time, Marines caused an incident when they accompanied police officers to a domestic disturbance in the wake of the riots. > A police officer asked the Marines to “cover me” as he tried to enter the residence, according to the book. Instead of simply pointing their weapons at it to deter the people inside, the Marines opened fire on the house. > “The officer had not meant shoot when he yelled ‘cover me’ to the Marines,” Delk wrote. 0: https://www.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-officials-fear-marines-211429616.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-officials-fear-marine...