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The Trump administration alleges she supported Hamas, citing unverified intelligence, after her student visa was revoked.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.
There are dozens of things that have happened in the last 2 months that Americans should be protesting.
Millions of them.
Constantly.
Yeah, that’s on purpose. It’s the fascist playbook. Flood the zone with bullshit so nobody can pick one thing to be upset about, and then normalize it.