US marines detain civilian in first known instance since Trump deployed troops to LA
by Marina Dunbar and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6XZCD)
The civilian who was detained identified himself as Marcos Leao, an army veteran, and said he was treated very fairly'
US marines deployed to Los Angeles on Friday temporarily detained a civilian, the US military confirmed, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by Donald Trump.
Marines took charge of the Wilshire federal building earlier on Friday in a rare domestic use of US troops after days of protests over immigration raids.
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