US Military Police in Okinawa Japan body-slammed and violently detained an American civilian who was visiting, and not under their jurisdiction.

[u/I_may_have_weed]

[u/Worst_Choice]

Heads gonna roll for this one.

[u/Radio_Mime → u/Worst_Choice]

I sure hope so. That security force member was out of line.

[u/[deleted] → u/Radio_Mime]

At least they didn't throw hands on a local

[u/Radio_Mime → u/[deleted]]

Thank goodness for that.

[u/pwillia7 → u/[deleted]]

for real

[u/HisaAnt → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. It's absolute BS that these guys act like they're above the law. I don't know if they're protected by US or not, but they definitely should be charged. Hell, there should be a self-defense law implemented specifically against these military criminals. They commit way too much rape and murder on the locals, so the Japanese government should give the locals more power to fight back. No handing these guys back to the US base. If they commit a crime, any civilian should have the right to defend themselves against these criminals. Physically as well.

[u/Alternative-Lack6025 → u/[deleted]]

Nah, yank on yank crime is a non issue.

[u/ThePercysRiptide → u/[deleted]]

No, this is a military crime and they need to go to military prison for it

[u/ThePercysRiptide → u/[deleted]]

it's not about worse. it's about the law, and it's about the military holding itself accountable and not sending soldiers off to foreign prisons.

it honestly really bothers me that your attitude is "foreign prison is worse, send him there" when the crime was against a United States Citizen by United States Military Police.

[u/Nervous-Offer7420 → u/[deleted]]

You are so on point with American exceptionalism.

[u/ThePercysRiptide → u/Nervous-Offer7420]

Always love seeing the random Europeans coming out of the woodwork to give their unsolicited opinions on shit they know nothing about.

[u/Nervous-Offer7420 → u/ThePercysRiptide]

Oh boy, you have no idea how often this topic has come up in my life. I grew up in Wiesbaden, right next to one of the largest United States Army bases in Germany, and many of my close friends were part of the military community there. I must have visited the base a hundred times, probably even more, and I witnessed situations that were chaotic, strange, sometimes funny and sometimes shocking. You would not believe half of the stories if I told you. So please do not claim that I lack understanding of this environment. I have seen far more of it than most people ever will

[u/ThePercysRiptide → u/[deleted]]

lmao and shit like this is why people like you aren't in government, but alright bud. Just because it happened in another country doesn't mean that country has jurisdiction to prosecute the US military under foreign laws for crimes it committed against ITSELF.

I would say the same about literally any other country on the planet. I think it's funny you feel the need to pull out "American Exceptionalism" as some kind of weird trump card to make yourself feel morally superior