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    Bavaria: US soldiers throw firecrackers at passing cars

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    1. Monaciello on

      Translation:

      >On a federal highway, young men throw dozens of firecrackers at cars. It turns out that the three are U.S. soldiers. The police discover more than just pyrotechnics.

      >Erbendorf (dpa/lby) – Three young U.S. soldiers are said to have been thrown illegal firecrackers at passing cars on a federal highway in the county of Tirschenreuth, according to police. The men, aged 20 to 21, were themselves travelling in an SUV, police said. The passenger of a car behind him saw the incident near Erbendorf in the evening and called the police.

      >The car initially drove behind the soldiers. They are said to have thrown about 20 to 30 exploding firecrackers out of the window, some of them specifically on oncoming cars. In addition, the men also drove too fast. The officers finally stopped the SUV after about 20 kilometers in Grafenwöhr (district Neustadt an der Waldnaab). There is also the Nato training ground Grafenwöhr, which is managed by the U.S. military.

      >During the inspection, they found a significant number of illegal firecrackers in Germany. In addition, a large number of liquids were secured for the filling of e-cigarettes from the Czech Republic. Customs is investigating. The SUV is a private car, according to police.

      >The U.S. soldiers were handed over to the American military police. Police are now searching for the motorists whose cars were hit by the firecrackers.

    2. diamanthaende on

      Deport them.

      Germans / Europeans are treated like shit by ICE on a daily basis for doing nothing wrong. These fuckers did, so kick them out.

    4. Mormaethor on

      I read another article about this earlier today. Apparently it wasn’t so much “firecrackers” as very illegal and dangerous explosives.

    7. randomuserno1 on

      It’s seriously time to get those fucking Americans out of our country. Trump and his clowns are “threatening” to remove all those soldiers anway, i say let’s help them speed up the process.

    9. PogoLlama72 on

      That’s insanely reckless, not just “boys being boys”. Hopefully German prosecutors actually push charges instead of it vanishing into military jurisdiction. Maybe dashcam owners near Grafenwöhr should check footage and report anything suspicious.

    10. AnHerstorian on

      Soldiers in every army do stupid things like this, but I wonder if this is the beginning of newly-trained American soldiers who have bought into Trump’s America First rhetoric behaving they are above European authorities.

    13. atchijov on

      They are clearly assholes, but at the same time, I wonder if they just wanted to avoid deployment to Middle East.

    19. HikariAnti on

      So why the hell do we still allow US troops onto European soil when they’re openly threatening us with military conquest?

    20. ValiumBlues on

      If I’m in a foreign country, I’m expected to abide by their laws and customs (rightfully so). Heck, it’s expected of me in my home-country.

      These guys cause damage, and act like idiots. Deport them, throw in an entry ban for good measures.

      And there are still Americans who wonder why they’re not being viewed favourably abroad.

    22. IvanStarokapustin on

      They were mad that they didn’t get a discount at Hofbrauhaus for “defending freedom”

    23. linas9 on

      It’s the 4th of July ! Seriously, I never ever seen so many firecrackers in the streets as during my visit to the US which happened to be during the 4th of July celebrations. Hated it.

    24. EconomyCauliflower43 on

      Going forward all these stories that they usually kill because of goodwill will make it to the media. US soft power is ebbing away.