Wild video shows group of teenagers attacking pair of Marines in San Clemente

KCAL - CBS News ^ | May 29 | Staff

[Bonemaker]

Telling it like it is...we couldn’t win World War nothing the way things are. Not the troops fault,

[nwrep]

And it ain’t Dick Nixon’s Marines anymore either.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The two victims, who self-identified as Marines,

Pardon?

Either you are or you are not. There is no "self-identify".

[Gay State Conservative]

Given recent events seen on the news it would be understandable if the Marines were to refrain from defending themselves knowing that they'd be charged by civilian authorities and/or court martialed.

[SisterK]

*Teens* or *migrants*?no kidding

San Clemente is high end real estate

[Sequoyah101]

Cool! I’d love to see it happen and not hear about it.

Juat take care of business boys.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Rules of Engagement: Marines have to fight with one hand tied behind their back.

[Taxman]

Surely you jest!

The right of self-defense does not end when one ensters the USMC!

[Taxman]

Olongapo experienced “Dungaree Liberty” several times when I was WESTPACing!

[Michael.SF.]

Similar for myself and my future bride: this was ‘72 or ‘73, Nixon was still President. We had been at the pier, belly boarding, then started walking south on the wet sand line. We went maybe a mile or so when we saw two men, obviously not beachcombers, waking ahead of us on our left.

We weren’t stupid, we assumed Nixon was at his house, but continued on a short distance. We then gave it some further consideration: Not the kind of trouble we wanted anything to do with. We turned around to head north, back towards the pier. They watched us leave and that was that. Considering today’s world. I think we got closer than would now be allowed.

[Angelino97]

Story also appears in the Daily Mail:

Wild footage shows mob of up to FORTY teenagers jump three marines on a California beach before unleashing savage beat down on Memorial Day weekend after they were called out for unruly behavior"

"Teenager" has replaced "youth" as the preferred code word.

Had the races been reversed, headline would read: Forty WHITE Teenagers Beat Down Three Black Marines.

[Jeff Chandler]

Summer of 1973 for us.

[SandwicheGuy]

Captain, you must have an IQ score above 110 to be commissioned... Judging by your comment, you are using ‘Captain’ in your nick as an honorific, not an actual rank.

[Captain Walker]

Captain, you must have an IQ score above 110 to be commissioned... Judging by your comment, you are using ‘Captain’ in your nick as an honorific, not an actual rank.

Enlighten me as to the time when two Marines were ever able to beat 15 males of similar size with their bare hands.

(And please don't bring up the chokehold Marine; he had two men helping him.)

[SandwicheGuy]

Captain, you have given no indication that you are other than a good man, ignorant though you be. That is not bad, ignorance can be fixed, and a good man is worth helping. My hope that you take a little advice to advance you positively in your life.
First, your quote of mine has nothing to do with your comment. That is intellectually lazy and/or no proof reading, and confuses the reader. Don't do that.
Secondly, the USMC, United States Marine Corps, or corpse as The Kenyan pronounces it, has a storied history of fighting against overwhelming odds to overcome and win. Not infrequently they have fought to the last man. A good case could be made that they are our best armed force, although the SEALS and others special forces get all the press. But, those forces are highly trained and have much higher rank than a Marine. I can only imagine what every Marine feels when he reads that two Marines curled up in a fetal position when attacked by, as I understand, a bunch of overgrown kids.

[Captain Walker]

I can only imagine what every Marine feels when he reads that two Marines curled up in a fetal position when attacked by, as I understand, a bunch of overgrown kids.

The Marines chose poorly.

They either failed to read the crowd or they read it quite well and for reasons that may forever remain a mystery, challenged it anyway.

17-year-olds have sufficient size, strength, and intellect to wear the uniform in this country; they certainly have the physical capacity to beat someone up who is wearing one.