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.

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    A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson later claimed Ozturk “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization.” The person said Ozturk, who is from Turkey, had had her student visa revoked.

    To be perfectly clear, Ozturk is not accused of breaking the law. The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t bothered to explain its reasoning, but several outlets reported that Ozturk co-authored a student opinion piece urging Tufts to recognize the International Court of Justice’s declaration of a “plausible risk of genocide” unfolding in Gaza and to divest from Israel. You can read the article if you like. It does not mention Hamas.

    WT actual F? A school opinion piece gets you disappeared??

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      We FUCKING TOLD ALL OF YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN. And you said we were being hyperbolic.

      It will get worse.

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        How long do people think it will take for there to be shooting over this? Not everyone is going to just let people get disappeared in front of them without doing anything.

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          Liberals in America have willingly neutered themselves over the past 70 years. The only group in America willing to resort to anti government violence is currently in power.

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        Wait till he goes after citizens. You can’t vote democrat if you have a felony for… something.

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          You see ‘Genocide Joe’ had to be defeated for vague reasons I will not explain. No, I will not address that his opponent explicitly supports ethnic cleansing, and war. Instead, I will call you a genocide supporting piece of shit.

          /s

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            Latest that I got was “antisemitic” for criticizing voting for Stein on account of her ties to Russian oligarchs and the Green Party’s abject lack of any attempt to organize or run down-ballot candidates that could have a positive impact. I then discovered that it was an alt for a tankie from the grad.

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      This is the Thought Police, brought to you by the people who invoke 1984 when their putrid opinions get called out on the internet.

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      Lesson for non citizens. You don’t have a first amendment right in this country under this administration.

      Honestly, for citizens, I am sure he will find ways of punishing us for free speech as well.

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        They already do, it’s called gangstalking. If you can dig through the bullshit about aliens and nonsense that they put out their to make it look like a conspiracy… The goal is to make people that talk the truth look insane. We have been in a psychological war for a long time.

        I don’t think America has been the good guy long before trump. What’s happening now is a long time effort. There are ideologies and organizations older than America.

        It can’t be fixed, just destroyed.