Summary

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, was detained in Somerville, MA, by masked agents claiming to be police, without charges or transparency.

The Trump administration alleges she supported Hamas, citing unverified intelligence, after her student visa was revoked.

Der Spiegel linked her detention to pro-Palestinian advocacy, including an opinion piece urging divestment from Israel.

The incident sparked outrage, highlighting long-standing surveillance and detainment of Muslim Americans under national security pretenses.

Civil liberties advocates warn of increasing government overreach targeting minority communities.

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    People carry a gun to protect themselves and their family. Not necessarily random strangers. In fact, most state CCW classes tell you to stay away from situations where you might have to use your gun to help others.

    The good guy with the gun is either a cop, or a concealed carrier in the middle of the situation. In this case, cops were the bad guys.

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      It’s OK you didn’t get it.
      Good guy with a gun is a myth, and is never there.
      Still a bunch of masked men terrorizing a woman, should be an obvious target in the worlds most heavily armed country.
      But even in this situation the good guy with a gun is absent, and the guns don’t help against government overreach, which is the purpose excuse for the 2nd amendment.

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      Yup… the proper response to this situation as a bystander is to film and expose the situation. Even in a “stand your ground” state, it’s not justified to start shooting. (Not legal advice - ALWAYS know the local laws)

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        No the response is to fucking rise the fuck up. Because we’re next. They starting with foreigners but they come for us too. When they do Yes shoot fucking Ice agents. Especially masked men and women. Because thats fascism.

        • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I really, really don’t want this to pop off. I want there to be some other means.

          I’m just having a real hard time seeing what other choice people with their backs against the wall will have.

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          Ok… LEGAL response.

          You had better be sure I would be up in those idiots’ faces with my camera causing a huge scene

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          And I filmed from the sidelines.

          And lived to tell the tale far and wide.

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            And there was no one left to tell.

            The people doing this don’t care who you tell if nobody is going to do anything other than film from the sidelines and complain.