One of the men goes for her phone. The other grabs at her hands. Ozturk screams. Shock and fear ripple through her voice. Two masked women join them, tugging at her backpack, peeling the straps from her shoulders. “I’m going somewhere, I need to call someone,” she pleads. “We’re the police. Relax,” one of the men says in response.
They surround her. Then, one by one, they pull their neck gaiters up to cover their faces. “You don’t look like police,” a voice off screen says. “Why are you hiding your faces?” The questions continue, but the figures don’t respond. Instead, they cuff Ozturk, cross the street, and put her in an unmarked SUV. She is gone.
For the record, and I know I’m not the first to say it, this woman committed NO crime. She didn’t overstay a visa, she didn’t protest illegally. She wrote something the administration didn’t like.
For that, she was arrested by 8 masked officers in the middle of the street, in broad daylight. She was thrown in the back on an unmarked SUV. She’s received no legal representation. No trial. Not even charges, because again, she committed no crime.
Americans, you realize you’re watching the death of your rights and the rule of law, right? You have no illusions about the fact that you are defenseless? There is no longer any guardrail between you and an El Salvadoran prison camp. In something that reminds me very much of Stalin, an accusation is now a conviction.
For the record, and I know I’m not the first to say it, this woman committed NO crime.
Ozturk
The state rests it’s case.
She wrote something the administration didn’t like.
What was written?
A couple of op-eds for a Student newspaper criticizing Israel? I thought I saw the pieces linked earlier but I don’t see them now. The article linked on this post says it supported a student divestment program and referenced the International Criminal Court calling attacks on Gaza a genocide.
Hardly spicy compared to your average social media post.
Meanwhile Rubio is proudly bragging about revoking student visas entirely for pro-Palestinian speech. Marco Rubio is not the voice of reason in the white house, he’s an enemy of the Constitution.
I mean, imagine if we sided with Castro government back in the 60’s, rubio’s family would have been sent to concentration camps.
The only good fascist is a dead one.
This is fascism
Our inner child will refuse to believe this, but history has shown us that fascists cannot be stopped peacefully.
Concealed carry might be our only real defense in the future
Empire to third world in 25 years.
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Remember the outrage when stuff like that happens in China?
Ever since living there a few years back, I keep saying how your two countries are so fucking similar, and it getting truer every day.I lived there 10 years ago and it felt entirely different at the time. Chinese people were afraid to discuss certain topics in public, which was not the case in the USA at that time, but yes, times have changed and it is becoming increasingly similar in the US.
Chinese people were afraid to discuss certain topics in public, which was not the case in the USA at that time,
Try talking about unionizing at work and see how people react. Americans are terrified of discussing critical issues in places where it matters the most.
Companies having the ability to destroy your life for having the wrong opinion is just as bad as a state doing it.
The government revoked Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who added the State Department may have revoked more than 300 student visas since the beginning of the second Trump administration.
“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio said during a press conference in Guyana on Thursday.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tufts-students-visa-revoked-due-activism-rubio/story?id=120226954
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Type of shit they tell you to expect in China, except its the USA
It’s the kind of thing that happened in Nazi Germany.
Yep. People just disappearing. There are already a lot of reports. Its straight up facism at work. Thats terrifying.
source for these reports?
This fucking post
Just Type it into your favourite search engine.
So, no?
If you make a claim, the burden of proof lies on you, not the other person to internet search for a mystery article.
Are you referring to the BLM protest arrests in 2020 or is there something current happening beyond this one instance?
I’m not saying this isn’t bad, nor that it won’t get worse, but if it’s already worse, and you’re making the claim that it is, I’d like to see some evidence of that.
fucking goof, just look it up
I implore you to go search “Ozturk” on YouTube. A video from the NY Post comes up. Read the comments. I cannot believe the reaction of such an un-empathetic population.
Thank you for this. I wish I didn’t but at least I know now that this is what the US wants. This is what they voted for. No more rights. No more constitutional protection. No freedom. The land of the privileged.
You’re assuming 90% of those are not bots.
Does it really help you to pretend that our enemies don’t actually exist? No, your fellow Americans actually do hold these beliefs. They want this and they would not hesitate to do the same to you.
These are the same people who go on and on about how the “vast majority” of americans are not supporting the actions of their government. They need to think like this, that someone else will fix things, otherwise they might have to take some action themselves.
You’re assuming a whole lot of things about me. For instance, that I am even American. Chill. I said no such thing.
Neither did I?
They need to think like this, that someone else will fix things, otherwise they might have to take some action themselves.
How can I “fix things” or “take some action” myself if I am not American? Care to explain?
For many years I was against punching nazis. It was time for debate. I am still against punching peaceful protestors.
But secret police deserve more than a punch.
Their safety should not be a given. Make them fucking terrified.
Nazis want to murder people for simply existing. We should always be for punching Nazis
Okay, please think about what happens next… Do you want to bring your fists to a gun fight? Do you think Nazis dont know how to use guns? Have you ever been in a fight? I havent.
But there is some fantasy that you knock this guy out in one punch, you are surrounded by cheering crowds, they hoist you on their shoulders and take you away to a bar.
In reality, a bunch of other Nazis, with actual weapons, immediately step in and take you and your friends to a black site.
Ok then. Kick scream or fucking do something. There are two outcomes.
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They arent police, in which case you just followed along random people that try to intimidate you
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They are police. Oh well, atleast they’re American police so it doesn’t count if you hit them
Spoken like someone who hasn’t dealt with American police.
If you do much as dare to be near an acorn, they will mag dump you.
Rather do that than get taken away. Atleast if the headline is to be believed. But i guess they just lied in the headline?
I strongly urge you to read more than just the headline. Not just in this circumstance, every circumstance.
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