Us Officers Tied Us Up and Pointed Guns at Us, South Korean Engineers Tell Bbc
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South Korean engineers allege US officers mistreated them, sparking criticism of US government policies and local law enforcement, with commenters debating the incident's broader implications.
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notmyjob
4 months ago
2 repliesSaw an interview with one of these guys yesterday, maybe on bbc or dw, and his concluding remark is worth repeating. After describing what sounded like truly horrible treatment, when asked if he’d ever come back to the USA, said he would but never to Georgia. That confirmed my suspicion that this was more of a Georgia issue than a national one.
duxup
4 months ago
1 replyThis was a federal operation IIRC, so it could happen anywhere in the US. The individual states are not legally empowered to prevent this sort of thing.
notmyjob
4 months ago
Whether they are or whether they just decide to usurp federal authority for political reasons doesn’t matter. That they do usurp federal authority is what matters.
joules77
4 months ago
It's funny cuz I know people who have move to Seoul and are experiencing the "bali-bali" Korean work culture. Corporate wonderland creates trauma world over.
duxup
4 months ago
The current US government policy of just acting out like assholes, when you don't even have to (these folks had visas to work, they weren't running off), is so disheartening. America without allies is a much weaker nation.
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