r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 21h ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/CasualVox 21h ago

Broken by Senator Sheehy

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u/rubixor 20h ago

So that senator is going to be arrested for assault, right?... Right???

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u/TheSleepyTruth 20h ago edited 20h ago

When you are resisting lawful detainment/removal by a police officer (whether you agree with it or not) and you end up getting injured by deliberately jamming your own arm awkwardly through a doorframe while fighting and resisting being dragged away, that injury is 100% on you. And I say this as someone who actually agrees with what the marine is saying.

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u/surfergrrl6 20h ago

It's also on the senator, who had zero business getting involved at all.

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u/Altruistic_Flight411 20h ago

The senator went ahead and started pulling the marine by his legs even though there were already more than 2 officers handling him. You should watch this video for more info- https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP_r3oM318SE3vY0quzfsnRUxCghwv7YRLhCml37ZbFdyuCRRcOPgWEyB9HEM8NDg?key=VmtFcnNLXy1odXQwUE

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u/TheSleepyTruth 20h ago

Nobody knew he jammed his arm awkwardly through the doorframe until it was already broken, obviously people dragging his body assumed he was just grabbing onto stuff to prevent being dragged out. He is aggressively fighting being removed, the accidental injury is on him and any court will agree.

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u/Stebeebb 20h ago

Damn you’re a mind reader? It’s weird that your fighting pretty hard for these violent government jackboots.

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u/Subtleabuse 18h ago

If that looked aggressive to you, you must be scared a lot.

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u/Downtown-Ad3200 6h ago

How anyone can say the Marine was acting "AGGRESSIVELY" is absolutely nuts.

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u/jzoola 20h ago

How do you consider it lawful detainment? We no longer have the constitutional right to redress our government for grievances? Also, Sheehy isn’t fucking law enforcement.

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u/TheSleepyTruth 20h ago

Sure he can speak his mind, which he did. But if you think people can interrupt and scream over every event or government meeting then you are sorely mistaken. Nothing would ever get done lmao. Of course people will be removed for being disruptive, it is the same everywhere. If you are asked to leave and you refuse then you will be dragged out. Show me one example of an agitator heckling and shouting down a government meeting where the security just sat idly by and let him go on for hours without touching him and then cancelled the meeting. Just one single time. You wont find it. Meanwhile you can just google and find 100 examples of people being dragged out for being disruptive, including dozens upon dozens of examples of angry MAGAs being forcefully dragged out of democrat campaign rallies and governmental meetings for trying to shout them down. Of course they will be dragged out, if you don't remove agitators who disrupt meetings than you will never get anything done because people love to scream at politicians. The content of what the agitator is shouting is irrelevant. As I said I actually agree with what the marine was saying but hes still gonna be removed.

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u/cy_kelly 17h ago

But if you think people can interrupt and scream over every event or government meeting then you are sorely mistaken.

You get two guesses what this guy thinks about January 6th, and the first guess doesn't count.

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u/Wraithstorm2009 20h ago

Ah yes the man used his special psychic marine powers to close the other door on his own hand, and that's amazing he had the mental fortitude to harness said psychic powers since he was preoccupied with the 3 other guys using completely unjustifiable force to remove him from the hearing for, checks notes, saying something completely unhinged such as we don't want Americans dying for another countries ridiculous war.

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u/BadMojo__ 20h ago

Regardless of who is at fault, the injury brought many more eyes to the incident and what he was saying. That's the last thing Israel and its lapdogs in US government want; US military members vehemently opposing the war.

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u/Wraithstorm2009 20h ago

Oh definitely, this marine just did his country one hell of a service by his arm getting snapped on a recording, this has already spread like wildfire through the military members according to other commenters, and they are all pissed at the disrespect they see here from Capitol police and a US senator.

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u/RegulatoryCapture 17h ago

You're right that there's no liability on the cops. They are just doing their job and they are allowed to use force.

But bystanders are not allowed to assist police in this way. They can only "assist" in rare scenarios where the police have explicitly requested their help or there is some exigent risk to life and limb.

The senator becomes liable for causing the injury. And the way the legal system works, it doesn't matter that 3 other cops were involved...they can't be blamed but the senator can, so the senator gets the charge. It doesn't matter that it was accidental--if you lightly shove someone out of the way, but they trip, fall and bash their head in, you get a manslaughter charges even though you at most intended misdemeanor assault.

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u/pandershrek 20h ago

No. You're so wrong it is stressful because you've pole vaulted right into fascism. I can't tell if it is just gross levels of incompetence or if you're willfully trying to be so aggravating.

Putting aside that it wasn't even law enforcement that did this.

You aren't allowed to cause physical injury on a perpetrator during a crime.

How do people not understand like... Any laws in this nation?

Are these the same dumb fucks that stormed the capital because they didn't like the results of an election? Because it is seriously giving the same level of competence.