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.

  • @[email protected]
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    373 months ago

    Maybe we need to start a fund to reward any bystanders that attempt to intervene in a safe manner. They could do things like ask for badge numbers, take videos, ask for the warrant, and just generally get in the way. Maybe stand infront of the vehicle that the person is put in to slow down the progress.
    Maybe we need a app that will notify people that something is happening so they can flood the area even more with people who will stand in front of the vehicle.

    • @[email protected]
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      343 months ago

      Time has run out. The only option is to do the right thing, which will involve people intervening and dying.

      The head of the snake needs to be cut off. That will be incredibly difficult. Vance, Musk, Hegesth, Rubio, all need to be handled.

      The White House is the most secure building in this country. That’s not hyperbole. It has anti-air missiles, snipers, and who knows what the fuck else. You hop that fence and everyone in that direction is dead.

      It can be done, but the organizing hasn’t grown large enough. There are groups that are loud and obvious. And there are others that keep quiet.

      If this were easy it would have been done already.

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        Everyone in the presidential line of succession are monsters. The entire government is being reshaped into a totalitarian state. A full revolution or counter-coup is needed. I don’t see a revolutionary movement being organized any time soon. Maybe if we get into Great Depression-like conditions. I think the amount of surveillance, well-developed counter-intelligence tactics, and power of the state in modern America would still make a revolution very hard to pull off though. I suppose extremely popular mass civil disobedience could also bring everything to a halt and make the US ungovernable; not sure what would actually happen to the government though.

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      213 months ago

      The vast majority of 2A enthusiasts were never brave or intelligent enough to use it the way it was always intended. As is now evident.

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    What was fascinating, or perhaps horrific is a better word, about the article that I didn’t know about is the brief mention of “The Canary Mission”

    Here’s from their about page:

    Canary Mission documents individuals and organizations that promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses and beyond. Canary Mission investigates hatred across the entire political spectrum, including the far right, far left and anti-Israel activists.

    Canary Mission is motivated by a desire to combat the rise in anti-Semitism on college campuses. We pursue our mission by presenting the words and deeds of individuals and organizations that engage in anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry on the far right, far left and among the array of organizations that comprise the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

    Essentially they gather dossiers on private individuals that they claim are anti-semitic. So, I looked up the woman that was taken off the street like a Ukrainian draft-dodger.

    https://canarymission.org/individual/Rumeysa_Ozturk

    Rumeysa Ozturk engaged in anti-Israel activism in March 2024, in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israelis on October 7, 2023.

    Ozturk is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

    What was the anti-Israel activism, you ask? I figured it was some sort of protest. Sort of like the one in New York where they occupied a building.

    Nope

    On March 26, 2024, Ozturk co-authored an op-ed published in the Tufts Daily newspaper titled: “Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions.” The authors urged “President Kumar and the Tufts administration to meaningfully engage with and actualize the resolutions passed by the Senate.”

    The op-ed referred to the passing of anti-Israel resolutions by the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, which demanded the University “…acknowledge the Palestinian genocide, apologize for University President Sunil Kumar’s statements, disclose its investments, and divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel.”

    At Tufts university, the Community Union Senate (not really sure what this is. a student council or something) passed a 3/5ths majority resolution urging the president of the university to

    1. acknowledge the Palestinian genocide

    2. apologize for some statements, I don’t know what

    3. disclose its investments

    4. divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel

    She co-wrote an op-ed essentially demanding the president follow the resolution that was passed. That’s the “anti-Israel activism” she’s guilty of. I suppose that’s enough to be deported. Be careful out there guys. If you aren’t a citizen, shut up about your political views until you are. Because there are eyes out there watching everything you do. Even if you are… consider what you are doing. You may be making an enemy of a vindictive state that is willing to break the rules.

    Here’s the op-ed, in case you’re interested: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

    These resolutions were the product of meaningful debate by the Senate and represent a sincere effort to hold Israel accountable for clear violations of international law. Credible accusations against Israel include accounts of deliberate starvation and indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide.

    Lock 'em up, I guess. If you believe that Palestinian civilians have a right to life then you are a terrorist-sympathizer in this administration’s opinion.

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    Just a hunch but these people don’t move like cops… Not sure why I think that. Spidey senses. What if they’re some kind of private contractors, not cops or military (though maybe ex), like a private “hit squad” since I have no better word for it

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      they’re likely federal agents that are used to working behind desks

      according to reuters 80% of ATF agents for example have been assigned immigration work

      25% of DEA workload has been transferred to immigration

      some portion of IRS agents as well are doing immigration

      and then even some federal agencies people have never heard of that handles stuff like document fraud (visas, passports) are now participating in manhunts for illegals

      it’s essentially all hands on deck

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          I know this not the place or time to be a wiseguy BUT the “Geheime Staatspolizei” was founded in 1933 and they were the rabbid dogs of the NSDAP from the beginning. They didnt need to become about jews all the time they were designed as that.

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            They were organized from the actual german police like the Schutzpolizei and the Politische Polizei, I meant that when they were reorganized they become pretty singularly focused.

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    What would happen to a bystander who physically intervened, but then was overwhelmed? Could they be get assaulting a federal officer charge, or would that be dropped because they do not show proper identification? Asking for humanity

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      If you got physical before they identified as police they would subdue you and then identity. That’s why there’s 8 of them for one arrest.

      I think you’d have a good chance of getting off the numerous charges against you after sitting in jail and incurring thousands in legal fees.

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        83 months ago

        getting off the numerous charges against you after sitting in jail

        Ha! or they just do what they are doing here and ship you of to a place in south america without any due process at all.

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      Yes.

      Remember, the Nazis executed a college girl, by beheading, for handing out flyers.

      Brown shirts would kill Jews on the streets.

      ICE has been turned into the SS.

      MAGAts are Nazis, expect them to behave like Nazis.

        • @[email protected]
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          Man Nazi Germany had so many different evil groups it’s hard to remember who did what. Yes, gestapo is probably more accurate though

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            They didnt have many. Gestapa/Gestapo, Wehrmacht (land military) , SS, Hitlerjugend (HJ), Bund deutscher Mädel (BDM), SA (defunkt after power take over), Luftwaffe (airforce), Reichsmariene (Navy)

            Thats basicly all. And yes the military is as guilty as the rest!

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            The Gestapo was the (secret) police. While the SS was a military group for all kinds of things. But they shot first, ask questions later

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                No. The SA was the paramilitary dirt boys for the dirty work before they got into power. SA stands for Sturmabteilung. Their job was intimidation and roughening up other politicians.

                The SS were the nutcases that were used in all kinds of things. Inner security, in military battle, assisting the genocide, helping the gestapo, aso SS stands for Schutzstaffel. As in protection of the Reich

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                  Like you said one became the other as essentially disenfranchised Germans after world sanctions in the treaty of Versailles.

                  If you put a gun in a starving man’s hand and point it at a meal they’ll shoot or becoming anything every time

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      They would for sure catch charges. The days of having to do something illegal in order to be convicted are behind us. If the MAGAstappo get their way the only remaining function of the judicial system will be as a cudgel against their enemies.

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      would that be dropped because they do not show proper identification

      They have badges on, so I would guess they would get an assaulting a federal office charge yeah.

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    503 months ago

    This is inexcusable. Permanent residents of this country are historically entitled to the first amendment.

    If they can change that precedent, then there’s little standing in the way of anyone else.

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    753 months ago

    Legally speaking if some one interfered or resisted wouldn’t they be justified? No clear sign they are the law and they refuse to identify themselves

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    AP’s article mentions that Ozturk was posted on this website, https://canarymission.org/

    After the op-ed was published, Ozturk’s name, photograph and work history were published on the website Canary Mission, which describes itself as documenting people who “promote hatred of the U.S.A., Israel and Jews on North American college campuses.”

    'Tis a spooky place. No names, none of the articles have bylines, contact is just a webform, domain registration is anonymized, donation link is being washed thru some company called RTech Digital Marketing out of India.

    Really got me wondering, who the fuck are these people and why do they seem to have ICE’s ear.

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    What is the Turkish government saying about this I wonder.