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A suspicious “ice cream” truck equipped with CCTV was seen outside a pro-Palestine demonstration at Brooklyn College in New York.
How far will law enforcement go to spy on the Palestinian movement?
If this is police using undercover ice cream trucks to spy on Americans protesting against genocide....that's disgusting.
Mike
How far will law enforcement go to spy on the Palestinian movement?
If this is police using undercover ice cream trucks to spy on Americans protesting against genocide....that's disgusting.
Mike
BREAKING: Rümeysa Öztürk has been released from ICE detention following a federal court order, nearly two months after she was taken into custody by the Trump administration. Her detention sparked outrage after it was revealed she had been targeted for co-authoring an op-ed urging Tufts University to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza and divest from companies connected to Israel.
Judge William Sessions III, who ordered her release, delivered a powerful rebuke to the government’s actions. “Her continued detention cannot stand,” he stated, emphasizing that federal authorities had presented no evidence that Öztürk had committed any crime or engaged in any violent activity. “The reason she’s been detained is simply and purely the expression she made,” Sessions declared, warning that such actions pose a grave threat to freedom of speech, especially for millions of noncitizens who now fear persecution for voicing their beliefs.
This decision sets a critical precedent, underscoring that the government cannot punish individuals, particularly immigrants and international students, for engaging in peaceful political expression. The judge’s ruling directly confronts the dangerous precedent of criminalizing dissent, especially when tied to pressing global human rights issues.
Öztürk has now returned to Massachusetts, where she spoke briefly at Logan Airport, visibly emotional and grateful. “It was very difficult,” she said of her time in detention, “but I am so grateful for all the support.” Her words come as a reminder of the resilience required to speak truth to power in the face of political retaliation.
Rümeysa’s release is not just a personal victory. It is a warning against authoritarian overreach and a testament to the power of solidarity and public pressure in defending basic civil liberties.
Mike
Judge William Sessions III, who ordered her release, delivered a powerful rebuke to the government’s actions. “Her continued detention cannot stand,” he stated, emphasizing that federal authorities had presented no evidence that Öztürk had committed any crime or engaged in any violent activity. “The reason she’s been detained is simply and purely the expression she made,” Sessions declared, warning that such actions pose a grave threat to freedom of speech, especially for millions of noncitizens who now fear persecution for voicing their beliefs.
This decision sets a critical precedent, underscoring that the government cannot punish individuals, particularly immigrants and international students, for engaging in peaceful political expression. The judge’s ruling directly confronts the dangerous precedent of criminalizing dissent, especially when tied to pressing global human rights issues.
Öztürk has now returned to Massachusetts, where she spoke briefly at Logan Airport, visibly emotional and grateful. “It was very difficult,” she said of her time in detention, “but I am so grateful for all the support.” Her words come as a reminder of the resilience required to speak truth to power in the face of political retaliation.
Rümeysa’s release is not just a personal victory. It is a warning against authoritarian overreach and a testament to the power of solidarity and public pressure in defending basic civil liberties.
Mike
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