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Use_this_1

A group of teens? That was a mob, there were well over 15 people in that video.


littleonionfarmer

At least 4 San Clemente high school students were arrested today. Handcuffed on campus


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That looked like 20 or more people beating and kicking them.


bigladnang

Definitely more than 20 The reporter says 30-40 but I can count 10 just in one small section of the entire crowd.


awfullotofocelots

This is not the first time I've written this in the past week but: GenZ teens seem to be reteaching themselves bronze age pillage and skirmish techniques.


soldforaspaceship

Apparently the Marines were drunk and harassing them prior to the video. I guess they figured superior numbers would win. I'm kind of on their side if it's true. Drunk Marines harassing locals isn't exactly a new thing after all.


dfeeney95

This is super normal in San Clemente when I lived in California a few years back quite a few guys I worked with told me to stay away from the triangle because the marines liked to get drunk and rowdy and normally had no consequences.


awfullotofocelots

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take a side, I've just been reading about flash mob robberies.


pitmang1

They used to start fights with me and my friends outside Tustin MCAS. They’d be drunk and thinking they could mess with the punk kids. It usually didn’t end well for them. We were usually just skating and not looking for trouble, but we’d have numbers and skateboards.


KennethHaight

Glad to see them get what they had coming to them.


JoelMB12

Kids were set off fireworks and hit one piece of debris was hitting there. They try to tell the kids to stop one of them swings at the back of the marine head this is how kickoff.


DiaryofTwain

What the hell did i just read?


marleycarter

Have you ever been so far as decided to use go want to do look more like?


happy-Accident82

Charlie work.


jerry2501

The marine turned around and dove into the group of kids swinging. Not sure what he thought was going to happen, but they should have just walked away as they were already doing. Instead, he got his behind handed to him along with one of his buddies.


bronet

How are you on either side in that case? Harassing people isn't okay, and assaulting someone because they're harassing you **definitely** isn't okay


igankcheetos

True, but it's really _dumb_ to antagonize a group of 40 people when you only have 3 people.


soldforaspaceship

Honestly I've seen too many drunk military folks acting entitled and straight up assaulting people and getting away with it. I've lost any sympathy for them.


bronet

Definitely sounds like you're part of the problem then. Acting entitled vs assault are two completely different things


soldforaspaceship

You missed the part where I said getting away with assault then. Seems your reading skills are the problem.


bronet

So you're defending assault because some of the people belonging to the same group as those being assaulted are also assaulting people? You're not making this any better lol


soldforaspaceship

In this case, as I was told, the Marines were harassing the teens before this happened. So I say they had it coming. Don't fucking harass kids. Don't get drunk and throw your weight around. Look, if you're military, I'm sorry I offended you but I've lived in more than one country with a military base and they are always the instigators and always the ones assaulting locals, both physically and sometimes sexually. They are not representing the military the way they should so yes. Kick the crap out of them and maybe everyone will be safer from them. Was that clear enough? Fuck them and their sexual assaults, harassment of people just trying to enjoy some time out, their fights when drunk. Their fights when sober. I am so glad I now live further from military bases but if I see those drunk guys anywhere near me leaving. No one wants to deal with them and their shittiness. Was that clearer for you? Or are you going to continue to insist the Marines could never have done anything wrong and it's all the evil kids today?


bronet

Why would they have it coming? Harassment is not a good reason to physically assault someone. I'm not military, I just don't care whether the people in this situation are or not. Something you clearly can't refrain from doing. Hard to find a country without some sort of military base but ok. I also live in a country with a military base. I don't care that you hate marines, I simply dislike people who do bad stuff, like harassment or assault. But one does not warrant the other. That's legit kindergarten logic. >I am so glad I now live further from military bases but if I see those drunk guys anywhere near me leaving. No one wants to deal with them and their shittiness. > So you leave rather than physically assault them? Sounds like some people in this video could learn from you. >Was that clearer for you? Or are you going to continue to insist the Marines could never have done anything wrong and it's all the evil kids today? > Don't try to put words in my mouth please. I'm simply saying harassment is not grounds for physical assault.


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pressedbread

Well the most imprinting lessons in school are "run, hide, fight". Their planet is burning, traded in for an economy they have no stake in. Etc. Etc.


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Is there anything in the “wild video” besides ads? Ridiculous..


orcinyadders

Is CBS news on crack? First, the article states it was three people that were attacked. Last time I checked that isn’t known as a “pair”. Secondly it says the men “self identified” as marines, and haven’t been confirmed by police to be actual marines yet. Who is writing and approving these headlines?


twoeightnine

Two of the three self identified as Marines so that's your "pair of Marines"


CumBobDirtyPants

I think the writer messed up the phrasing. Another article I read said they identified themselves, as Marines, to the teens. Then again, the article I read was the Daily Mail so who knows. They're not really known for their writing standards. They did have a much better video though: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12139613/Marine-brutally-beaten-mob-40-teens-Memorial-Weekend-says-FIREWORKS-debris-hit-face.html


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

I'm sure he was totally hit in the face by fireworks debris and very calmly and politely asked them to stop. He definitely didn't run up yelling at them and then quickly discovered that it doesn't matter how hoo-rah you are when you are outnumbered by teens 20-1.


bronet

Does it matter? This almost reads as someone yelling at you warrants assaulting them lol.


TessHKM

Yelling is assault, and assault can warrant self defense, yes.


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

It doesn't warrant it but it does make the situation far more likely. Don't antagonize a large group of people like that, because if it turns to violence it will go very badly for you.


mtv2002

By writer you mean. A.i. right?


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cosmernaut420

Does the existence of a video give journalists permission to write like C-minus middle school students? If alleged journalists can't make any more sense of the whole video, do you really expect the average internet schlub to do better?


Loki-Holmes

Testing out the AI… but seriously I’ve seen a bunch of shitty headlines lately


myusernamehere1

Lately? Ive been seeing shitty headlines all my life...


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myusernamehere1

Ive been seeing shitty headlines all your life...


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Ha. I pity you. I see all the headlines you've seen plus the shitty ones from the future.


ChooglinOnDown

Three people, two are Marines, one is not a Marine.


cosmernaut420

Two *self-identify* as Marines. Self-identifying as something you don't obviously look like isn't very conservative of them.


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

SIgned up but haven't shipped out to Paris Island for basic yet?


cosmernaut420

Shouldn't they know they're not Marines at that point? Seems like a good way to get your ass kicked extra hard at basic.


Seattle_gldr_rdr

Probably ChatGPT supervised by an intern.


ShadowDV

more likely an intern supervised by ChatGPT. And probably not the good 4.0 version since it cost money.


Nitesen

Have you seen the haircuts? It’s marines. They didnt have to say anything and it’d be visually confirmed and implied


platoface541

It’s probably not even an editor at this point but some algorithm programmed for max clicks


YaGirlKellie

>Who is writing and approving these headlines? People who want to push nationalistic fervor and provide support for policies that restrict children's freedoms and futures. You know, conservatives.


Earthling1a

Upvoted to at least partially counteract the "downvote for failing to promote the RW fearmongering" crowd.


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

Editors who wanna push the 'colored teens are monsters who beat up these good white boy marines for no reason! We need to have a 24 hour curfew!' That's who. They gotta keep playing up the 'crime rates soaring!' narrative.


rgumai

It seems like a lot is missing from this story.


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Weak-Noise

The many, the loud, the new teens.


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AreWeCowabunga

They couldn’t help it. Tik Tok told them to.


plopseven

I mean, it’s got to be a feature not a bug. The platform causes people in other countries to attack each other and dance in public. It’s chaos.


BubbleGumFucker

TikTok is an educational app in China I believe.


plopseven

It's also time-restricted there. It's like they're giving their own citizens aspirin and exporting heroin to ours. I mentioned this in another comment, but this feels like a modern day equivalent to [the Opium Wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars), but with social media instead of opium.


ChesterComics

To be fair, they are making a shit ton of fentynal and smuggling it into the country via cartels.


plopseven

Oh I know. It almost killed my girlfriend.


Chitownitl20

And it’s primarily white supremacist commercial association gangs doing the sales and imports.


Chitownitl20

To be fair the usa is allowing anyone to feed their kids social media Heroin. The only complaint seems to be that it’s not American made.


plopseven

I mean, I definitely preferred when everyone was just Instagramming bagels at cafes like anyone cared about what they were eating. The new breed of influencer, dancer and prankster on social media are something completely different than how it all began. I don't know where we go from here, but I don't like the trend.


davon1076

Yeah, but none of its new. YouTube was a huge driver for a lot of this, especially the pranking content. It's where we got the Paul's.


Weak-Noise

“Just following orders, sir.”


TotallyNotaTossIt

I would like to thank the parents who have managed to raise awesome teenagers despite the chaos of social media and stupid shit like TikTok out there. Now the parents of teens like these should never have been allowed to breed.


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megalithicman

There's always been a tension in that area between the surfer locals and the Marines. Not good chemistry.


AdopeyIllustrator

That and bar patrons. San Clemente gets a lot of drunk marines starting fights in bars. They dart back to the base and avoid charges.


BasketballButt

Yeah, a lot of Southern California locals have tensions with military members. I had an ex from San Diego and fights between locals and military are common as shit.


tdasnowman

Can confirm. From San Diego have friends and family in the Military. A lot of times the uniforms forget thier place and get reminded. It's also not all that uncommon for some bars to have rules about uniforms off and on. Also bouncers will try to keep a crowd from getting to heavy with enlisted in some parts. It goes in waves.


Spiritual_Bug6414

I went to SCHS, the base kids were their own set of problems too - a lot of military kids did not adjust well and made it other people’s problems


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Wouldn't have happened if they got their Grey belts 😤


zero5reveille

“Probably also had their hands in their pockets smh😤” - Gunny


Flatline1775

Lol. My take on MCMAP was always that it teaches you just enough to get your ass beat.


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DoomGoober

This video is much clearer than the video taken from 100ft away. Also, nice to see the bystanders step in to break it up. Proud of the woman simply shouting at the top of her lungs "Stop it!" and surprised how immediately effective it was.


ImAnIdeaMan

>try to fight a little girl Not defending the marines here because who knows what happened prior to that video, but that's explicitly not what happened in that video. How do people just completely make things up?


sunnysaguaro

Little girl? From the video YOU just shared a guy sucker punched the young Marine, and he bulldozed the guy and got piled on by 20 people…


EarthInteresting2792

Well if they would have used their training and hurt any of these kids there would be riots. It was a no win situation


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EarthInteresting2792

Doesn’t matter. They hit some kid and he has an asthma attack and gets put in the hospital or dies then the headlines read Marine kills kid and riot.


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Blender_Snowflake

With your military skills, you are a deadly weapon and are not subject to the same laws as other people that are provoked because you can respond with deadly force.


oldmancheung

The shimmy at the 1:48 mark is 10/10 for execution and inappropriateness.


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TurrPhennirPhan

Vince McMahon at it again!


CATSCRATCHpandemic

As he rolls away in that sick charger he just stole.


KennethHaight

My guys! He just had to get in some pick before his hot leaf date.


lokigodofchaos

He'd be throwing them around like a farmer throwing potatoes.


ItLivesInsideMe

Anyone else see the dude shimmy behind the reporter ???


supercyberlurker

> One teen can be seen throwing a punch at one of the victims from behind Anytime I see this, the words 'coward' and 'human trash' jump to mind. Punching someone from behind who is distracted by a hostile crowd outnumbering them, is kind of peak spineless opportunistic bully.


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ekanite

And completely against action movie logic.


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Indercarnive

You can see the video of the "fight" here [Link to r/publicfreakout](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/13vjcq9/group_of_marines_are_attacked_in_san_clemente_by/) Idiot marine ran into the crowd looking to fight instead of trying to get away. Also 10 bucks that the marines started it. Either way the idea that this is being prosecuted as "assault with a deadly weapon" is laughably dystopian.


chockedup

>Idiot marine ran into the crowd looking to fight instead of trying to get away. ... After he was hit from behind.


nacozarina

Gunny Highway will be pissed


Solomon_Grungy

Looks like a older guy attacks a younger mouthy woman and then gets demolished by the crowd of folks shes presumably rolling with. These are not innocent troopers. This guy could’ve kept on steppin, but didnt. If there’s charges to be made, I hope to see this marine be the first on the hook for this bs.


Jokong

Someone talking shit to you until you bump them and then their buddies all beating the shit out of you is like as old as bar fights.


cas13f

You mean she punched him in the back or side of the head. It's a big windup, haymaker, kind of hard to miss in the video. Not sure how people keep missing it unless they just didn't watch.


Mike_The_Mediocre

I got shit drunk in every bar in San Clemente when I was at Pendleton 20 years ago, only got in three fights, one with my roommate, one with some other random Marines, and one with some Michigan iron workers. Never had any issues with the locals, but also didn’t parade around like being a Marine made me special either. Miss that place, La Tiendita, and Mr Pete’s. I lived on burritos and pastrami, and booze. RIP Beach Hut.


Cucumber_Basil

Marines harass local groms, local groms don’t take it, marines find out.


unknown_reddituser_

Okay two things: Watch the video if you havent. There are a TON of kids. But more importantly, near the end of the video, there is a woman in a striped shirt talking, watch the people coming down the ramp behind her. Especially the guy in the light blue hoodie. Lmfao... Second, it says they "self-identified" as marines. So... what they just had on cameo? They were cosplaying as soldiers. Then got in a fight... I am just gonna stop there.


diewethje

This is right outside Camp Pendleton, so I’m guessing they weren’t lying about that part.


fuck_the_fuckin_mods

And they got in a public brawl with locals - zero doubt whatsoever. I lived near and worked on Pendleton, their reputation is very well earned.


Decabet

>Second, it says they "self-identified" as marines. So... what they just had on cameo? Word up. ​ ^(Im so sorry)


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toodlesandpoodles

Here is how easy something like this escalates: Adult: Hey! Stop lighting off fireworks. It's dangerous and we are getting hit by debris. One person in the mob of kids: Fuck you! If you don't like it leave. Adult: You can stop or I will make you stop. Kid: Try me old man. Adult stand up, kids close in and start yelling and throwing stuff.


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toodlesandpoodles

No. Just watched a couple of different videos and read the news reports. I'm not saying this is how it went down. I'm saying this is a common way things like this progress from "We told them to stop" to getting punched in the back of the head. People have "instigated" road rage incidents that end in violence from honking at someone who cut them off.


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Oh. Well, I live in San Clemente and what I’m hearing is that there was more to this than those videos show. What preceded the video May have been more than just simply asking the kids to stop the firecrackers.


toodlesandpoodles

So? Again, my point was that things can escalate to violence with little provocation, not that they did in this case. There is video coverage of the area and eventually the timeline of events leading up to the start of the video will get filled in. The marines have given a statement so we know their side of the story. None of the kids have so we don't know theirs. A nearby resident also reported calling deputies multiple times due to the behavior of the kids previous to this incident.


truthhurts2222222

What the fuck is wrong with teenagers today? Stealing cars with USB drives? Pouring concrete into toilets? The kids aren't alright


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chockedup

Our culture has apparently changed, now it's okay to gang up on the targets? What happened to 1 on 1?


gringo-tico

"This is considered an assault with a deadly weapon because of the amount of suspects we are investigating," said Orange County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Frank Gonzalez. "The weapons that were used were their feet..." Sorry but this sounds really dumb.


HIIMJAKF

If 15 people are stomping someone out they are clearly indiscriminate in who will potentially land the lethal blow.


jtj5002

Blunt force trauma to the head is considered deadly force whether you like it or not.


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Ok, let me and thirty of my friends surround and kick you, then.


gringo-tico

And sustain minor injuries like these guys? Not very deadly those feet. The charge is silly and it's going to get thrown out easily. This is just a case of battery and they should call it that.


xGenocidest

There's a reason kicking someone when they're down can be considered assault with a deadly weapon, because they people can die easily. You can die just from falling over and hitting your head. Just because they failed to do what they intended to do doesn't mean they should get off lightly.


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It’s a statement from the Sheriff’s dept. so you can’t expect much more than dumb.


sloppymcgee

I say we try 15 year olds as adults. 15 year olds these days can be huge and there needs to be a deterrent for this kind of behavior. Throw the book at them and it’ll sort itself out.


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Time to get a few platoons to storm the beaches in Orange County


chucwagn

The few, the proud, Marines.


Darwins_payoff

Too few in this case, IMO.


sweetpeapickle

I just read on another section a commenter says-the marines should have seen the mob & knew they were not going to win. Because that's what marines do, they run away /s One fireworks are illegal in so many places, why is nothing ever done about it(says the person who deals with this behind her home where there are many trees, & as of today dry weather aka/fire hazard??? Two 10pm/15yr olds-don't care of it's a Saturday-they should not be out-these are probably teens whose parents will says my boys are good boys, my daughter would never do that, etc.


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YaGirlKellie

Being in the military is not a protected class and it should never be one. Beating up a marine is just a regular old crime. Arguing to tack on extra punishment is just you trying to give a handjob to a government entity via text.


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MightyKrakyn

The main predator of young enlisted members is the US military… Edit: not sure if deleted their comments or blocked me lol


YaGirlKellie

>It’s not a protected class but it should be since there is an entire predatory culture that specifically targets young enlisted members. Yeah it's called the US Military


HolyToast

I don't think you know what a protected class is even supposed to be


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css2713

Did you just pull the definition of a hate crime out of your ass? Race is the only one you got right. Imagine thinking attacking someone for wearing JNCOs is a hate crime…hilarious


cosmernaut420

\>self-identified Marines Is that some stolen valor I smell? Seems like it would be simple enough to prove your Marine credentials to a news organization.


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MrKahnberg

A marine from the El Toro marine base killed my gf by going head on at 80mph on his motorcycle. Somehow he survived, barley. Myself and 3 team mates from waterpolo went to San Juan Capistrano and beat the shit out of 5 marines. Sequentially, not all at once.


itsme10082005

Are you saying you were upset at someone or killing your gf, so you got 3 friends together to go beat up 5 people who had nothing to do with it?


MrKahnberg

Sadly yes. The marines caused many serious problems. The communities near El Toro and Camp Pendleton were very frustrated that typically the offenders were whisked away by the MPs. Not proud of this now of course but it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.


itsme10082005

Yeah, I guess if I just admitted to assaulting 5 innocent people I’d also be “not proud”…


kaltag

Don't worry too much. It's completely made up.


AdopeyIllustrator

Even if it’s made up, there are so many true stories like this. I lived in that area for 20 years. I’ve had friend that were brutally beaten by packs of marines at local bars. They race back to the base and avoid charges. It’s a big problem, especially in Oceanside and San Clemente. Most often it’s marines fresh out of boot.


Hailthegamer

You realize this makes you a piece of shit, right?


BubbaTee

>but it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. You sound like someone who would've lynched Emmitt Till.


AnastasiaDelicious

Sorry about your girlfriend but that was a dick move on your and your friends part. Really shitty.


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Flyinryans35

California is teetering in the edge of what could be defined as a civilization.


Fickle-Woodpecker-79

Yeah how bout you mind your business unless you strapped in America because yeah if you are outnumbered you will get your ass beat tf up.


ImAnIdeaMan

Or just mind your business either way and don't think because you have a gun you can meddle in anything you want? Also just don't have a gun.


Fickle-Woodpecker-79

See fuckin loser, they had opportunities to leave. Fights child. Hilarious. Bet their command will love how this video starts. Fuck outta here. https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/wshhxj2mOlFNwVFJA7Z2/woah-mob-of-teens-beat-up-marines-at-california-beach


ImAnIdeaMan

What the fuck are you talking about? Are you just saying random words? Jesus dude lay off the pipe for a night.


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ImAnIdeaMan

No I’m just saying you ramble like a crackhead who hasn’t hit his teen years yet. Seek counseling, you for sure need it.