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The Trump administration alleges she supported Hamas, citing unverified intelligence, after her student visa was revoked.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.

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[–] 70 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

Not sure if you're being sarcastic (the internet has ruined my sarcasm detector), but the "good guy with a gun" is just a mythological figure invented by the gun lobby.

I'm not saying good people don't pack heat, just that the "good guy with a gun" is about as real as the Easter Bunny.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It was part sarcasm, exactly that the good guy with a gun is myth, and it's a myth that guns help defend against government overreach.

    But there is also the fact that there is a LOT of gun crime in USA, and it is absolutely a risk IMO that these people could get shot by a vigilante.

    But as you say, the good guys don't pack heat, so those that do are probably perfectly OK with this.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    The comment you responded to works either way.

    It points out that the good guy with a gun is never actually there when needed, because its a fantasy character.

    While at the same time, it actually wonders why not a single person opened shots at these masked men, in the most heavily armed country in the world.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Eh, I'd say about as real an ethical landlord. They do exist, but they're never around when you need them.

    But there are a handful of cases in recent history where an armed civilian stopped an active shooter. I think it happened with one of the church mass shootings, I want to say Georgia, but that might have been an off duty cop (technically a civilian).

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