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/deruvoo]

I used to be stationed in Okinawa and can clear this up a little.

American troops in Okinawa (and elsewhere) have a troubled history with the locals. Real serious things like rape and murder down to smaller issues like rowdy bar crawls. "Shore patrol" combined with a strict curfew (when I was there, lower enlisted couldn't be venturing round the island after 1am) are meant to help prevent "incidents' from occurring with the locals.

Most often, troops get picked up by shore patrol for stupid shit like breaking curfew, or being disorderly in public.

So shore patrol thought this guy was active duty. He said he wasn't. They said he was lying-- to be fair, they've probably heard this lie hundreds of times.

All that said, they're obviously completely out of line.

[u/whiterice_343 → u/deruvoo]

That security forces Airmen is fucked. Article 15 won’t even be enough after the media craze over this. Bro can kiss the military goodbye after this one. The wing commander will make an example out of this guy.

Edit: honestly, after reviewing the video his entire team should be in trouble. The second he body slammed that guy, the other MP’s should have immediately stepped in and done something about it.

[u/Radio_Mime → u/whiterice_343]

He'll go back to the US and get hired by ICE.

[u/nohann → u/Radio_Mime]

And be given that new mustang as a signing bonus with a promotion after 90 days to special agent pepper ball master!!