U.S. military detains civilian, raising Okinawa police concerns | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture–A video showing an American civilian being slammed to the ground and detained by U.S. military police outside a local bar has gone viral, raising concerns about infringement of Japanese police authority outside U.S. installations.
  • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    My father told me, back when there was a US base two villages over, that whenever MPs showed up in local bars to drag misbehaving soldiers home, it was best to throw yourself to the ground. They weren’t coming to mess around.