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The Trump administration alleges she supported Hamas, citing unverified intelligence, after her student visa was revoked.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.
Fam I’d rather be kidnapped by a rando than the police. Relaxing is the last thing I would be doing while getting swarmed by pigs
yeah. if a community based gang kidnaps me, maybe I can negotiate with them. maybe there’s something they want from me. maybe they genuinely just want to have a very theatrical talk with me to make some shit clear. maybe they grabbed the wrong person and can admit their guys fucked up. maybe if I’m a badass, I can escape and get out of town. if I have friends, maybe they can negotiate on my behalf. there’s a chance, several chances, I’m free later that day.
hell, I might even end up with a job. I had a friend who wrangled that!
the cops take me, that’s it. nobody’s coming.