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Shocking video shows dad of three US Marines ‘beaten by masked agents in parking lot’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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Narciso Barranco, 48, a landscaper from Tustin in Southern California, was left bloodied and visibly shaken after being violently detained by at least seven alleged immigration officers while working outside of an IHOP on Saturday.

In one short video first posted by Santa Ana councilman Johnathan Hernandez and the social Instagram account @Santaanaproblems, alleged Customs and Border Protection agents struck Barranco in the head at least six times, thrusting his face into the concrete and kneeling on his neck, before he was forced into the back of a light-colored Chevrolet SUV using a truncheon.

Barranco’s shoulder was left dislocated, his eldest son, Alejandro, a 25-year-old Marine veteran, told the Los Angeles Times.

Alejandro Barranco, who served with the Marine Corps in Afghanistan, told the Santanero that his father was transferred to a detention facility in LA.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if they're rethinking their decision to join this country's armed forces.

At least they got some useful skills out of it. Hopefully they put them to good use! 🙂

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it, honestly.

If you're still on board with Trump at this point you'd just explain this away as an isolated accident.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What? Were they ever on board for Trump?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Aren't most armed service men and women generally conservative?

[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My unit was probably a 70-30 split favoring liberals, but it probably varies. My unit was on the more techy, college educated side. Different jobs attract different people

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Wow ok. Interesting.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Not really.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think 2/3rds vote and, among those who vote, 2/3rds voted for Trump.

Overall comes out to less than half that voted for Trump, actually.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

That may be true, but I don't think you can really count those who don't vote.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the common phrase used by people joining is they joined "to protect your freedom." If it turns out that the actual threat to our freedom is at home, are they still willing to fight?

(I know, the vast majority of enlistees didn't join for this reason. They joined to get out of a bad situation. It's a job with fairly good pay and fantastic benefits.)

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Or they are hypocrites because a lot of them join to escape poverty. It's easy for the military, the marines and all those recruit poor people. Sometimes they don't really have much choice anyway.