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US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles

by hypeatei on 6/13/25, 10:14 PM with 16 comments

• by JohnFen on 6/13/25, 10:55 PM

  This is a disaster. I mourn for what my country has become. We have to fight against this tyranny if we're to remain a free nation.

• by duxup on 6/13/25, 10:33 PM

  Military force against US civilians should be a no go. Instead it's a stunt to distract the public.

• by Trasmatta on 6/13/25, 10:31 PM

  The US military being used against US civilians is very bad. Imagine the outrage from the right if a Democrat president was behind this.

• by akagusu on 6/13/25, 11:57 PM

  How long it will take to americans to stop pretending America is still a democracy and admit it became a totalitarian state?

• by janalsncm on 6/13/25, 11:47 PM

  It would be great if Gavin Newsom would actually do something about this mess. He’s been talking tough in podcasts and tweets but in my mind you don’t have to be elected to office to do that. Anyone can.

  An executive takes action. Call on the legislature to pass a law that anyone (marines, ICE, national guard) who violates civil rights is subject to arrest. Sign it and enforce it.

  I don’t want to hear any more about tyranny this or authoritarianism that. You’re not a pundit, you hold the highest office in California. If you aren’t going to do anything with it you’re not the man for the moment.

• by armchairhacker on 6/13/25, 11:36 PM

  > 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.

• by arcmechanica on 6/14/25, 2:26 AM

  And they just lost their retirements, GI Bill and all other benefits

• by andsoitis on 6/13/25, 11:34 PM

  "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."

• by cjbenedikt on 6/13/25, 11:17 PM

  It all happened before approx. 90 years ago in Germany. "This times it is different". Or not?