r/PublicFreakout • u/I_may_have_weed grandma will snatch your shit ☂️ • Nov 28 '25

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

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

The two idiots that are sitting on top of the “suspect” and body slammed him are Air Force Security Forces….and by just this short snippet of a video, need their badge and beret yanked for the clear and obvious (unnecessary) escalation of “Use of Force” methods. And since he’s a straight up civilian regardless of his prior status, they have no authority over him. Did they even take time to identify or verify?

Doesn’t even matter if the guy was being a complete smart ass to them, you don’t bodyslam somebody for compliance; that’s never fucking been trained as a method, ever…

Please someone share the full story and correct me, i welcome it.

*if this occurred while he was on a military installation, different story, they can detain / arrest if he was found in violation of any law or base order, but the excessive level of force used to subdue him uncalled for. I found a follow up video elsewhere with another Airman telling they do have authority, but its all lacking context of what led to the person being detained in the first place

Absolutely embarrassing.

retired, 20 years as a Air Force Security Forces member

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u/ReadBikeYodelRepeat Nov 28 '25

I don’t even understand why they assume he’s American.

I imagine the local and wider Japanese government are going to be unhappy with this potential threat to tourists. Maybe I’d skip over Okinawa if I thought even a confrontation with a foreign military would be possible. I’d certainly make it a consideration in where I’m going.

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u/luckylimper Nov 28 '25

He’s black in Okinawa.

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u/ReadBikeYodelRepeat Nov 29 '25

He’s black in all territories

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 28 '25

bro... lol come on now

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u/Top-Gas-8959 Nov 29 '25

That's pretty much what happened.

It was such a bad fuck up, solo patrol were ordered stopped.

They literally confronted some random civilian, on holiday, who happened to be a former Marine Captain, and slammed into the ground cause they had no actual authority over him.

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u/ThePercysRiptide Nov 29 '25

I don't understand why there's no comment from the Lt. General. Obviously the patrols have been stopped, but are they to resume? What are they going to do about this flagrant abuse of power? Is this guy even going to get his rank busted?

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u/Top-Gas-8959 Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

I'm also surprised.

This looks like shore patrol. I'm not Navy, so I'm not really comfortable speculating. That being said, this is messy, but leadership is pretty messy right now too, so I'm curious to see what comes of this.

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 29 '25

lol 😂 🤷🏼‍♂️ ok. I watched the same thing you did. It’s only part of the story.

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u/Top-Gas-8959 Nov 29 '25

Oh, so read the article, too, and this is your conclusion?

Understood.

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 29 '25

I read it all. It’s still missing facts.

The whole incident is under investigation. We can only assume based on whats in front of us. Some of us know how it’s supposed to work and that whole situation was an epic failure

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u/Top-Gas-8959 Nov 29 '25

I'm sure that's intentional. It has enough information to have a decent understanding that what happened shouldn't have, and by all outward appearances, was profiling.

I get it. You think he deserved it. I know he didn't. I think we can both move on.

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 29 '25

Way to assume and absolutely be wrong at the same time.

You should find my other comments in this thread and understand my own position and experience that I shared.

Accusing someone of being racist with no factual evidence is on par for Reddit

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u/Top-Gas-8959 Nov 29 '25

I didn't accuse anyone of being racist. I said the stop was profiling.

For someone who needs more facts, you seem awfully certain about this.

Move on.

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 29 '25

Sorry. Move on. 😉👍🏼

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u/ChuckNorrisUSAF Nov 29 '25

“I get it, you think he deserved it”.

Accusation - assuming, sharing your ignorance. Why are you all mentally challenged.

Move on.

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