The incident took place at the Wilshire Federal Building in #LosAngeles where #Marines took charge of the mission to protect the building earlier on Friday, in a rare domestic use of US #troops after days of #protests over #immigration raids.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #resist
Per Idrees Ali of Reuters:
The #troops are *authorized* [by whom? Not by law] to detain people who pose a threat to federal personnel or property, but only until #LawEnforcement can arrest them.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #military #NationalGuard #Marines #resist
Reuters images showed #Marines apprehending a #civilian, restraining his hands w/zip ties & then handing him over to civilians from #DHS.
Asked about the incident, US #military's Northern Command spox said active duty forces "may temporarily detain an individual in specific circumstances."
"Any temporary detention ends immediately when the individual(s) can be safely transferred to the custody of appropriate civilian law enforcement personnel," a spox said.
Found the video via Austin American-Statesman
#USMarines detain civilian at #LA anti-#ICE #protests for first known time after #Trump deploys #military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW5oRFbHbuQ
#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #Marines #resist
Update:
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 #VeteransAffairs when he crossed a yellow tape boundary & was asked to stop. [then forced to the ground on his stomach while #Marines handcuffed him with zip ties]
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #military #NationalGuard
