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Ryan Singel Mar 26, 2025

It takes a lot to shake me but this abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar at Tufts is bone-chilling.

Plainclothes, masked agents bundle her into an unmarked car.
https://apnews.com/video/turkish-student-at-tufts-university-detained-video-shows-masked-people-handcuffing-her-109ae65a4e734b12b357897376ea443b

It appears her thought crime was co-authoring op-ed in the Tufts newspaper, asking the university to take action in opposition to Israeli war crimes.

https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

She's been whisked off from Massachusetts to Louisiana.

This is the new America.

Citizens are next.

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

AP News

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Tody Motmot Mar 27, 2025

@ryansingel

*AND* they transported her over state lines illegally.

A federal court had specifically ordered ICE not to transport her across state lines unless they notified the court.

It's here, if not in the AP article above.

(edit: according to the Guardian, the court's statement applies specifically to this student, Rumeysa Ozturk)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/ice-agents-detain-tufts-university-graduate-student

Footage shows masked Ice agents detaining Tufts graduate student

Rumeysa Ozturk, Turkish national on a student visa, sent to Louisiana detention center over pro-Palestinian activism

The Guardian

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Ulrik Nyman ⬡

@todymotmot @ryansingel Why are you talking about the legal system?

The legal system is no longer in charge of anything in the USA.

The executive branch has taken all the power and YOU the people need to take it back by force!