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Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's guest for the State of the Union address was removed from the chamber during President Trump's speech and later arrested.

“My guest, Aliya Rahman, stood up silently in the gallery during the president’s speech for a short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing. For that, she was forcibly removed, despite warning officers about her injured shoulders and ultimately charged with ‘Unlawful Conduct,’" Omar said in a statement.

Rahman, a Bangladeshi American, was dragged out of her vehicle by federal agents in Minneapolis last month on the way to a medical appointment. Rahman testified at a Congressional forum that she was dragged through the street and suffered severe injuries to her shoulders, leaving her unable to lift her arms normally.

Omar claims Rahman was treated aggressively again last night.

"Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention. She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters," Omar said. "The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy. I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.”

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago
[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Seriously. I watched her speech and she has more courage in her pinky toe than all of ICE combined.

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 108 points 21 hours ago

Standing when supposed to be seated? Jail.

Seated when supposed to be standing? Jail.

Standing too close to police? Jail.

Standing too far from police? Also jail.

[-] Sundiata@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

WE ARE TURNING INTO NORTH KOREA

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 27 points 17 hours ago

Existing? Yes, straight to jail.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Selling sweaters for too much money, jail.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 21 hours ago

Undercook overcook, straight to jael

[-] null@lemmy.org 8 points 20 hours ago

Scrambled? I know it's hard to believe, but also straight to jail.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago

Jesus Christ you're bold saying those words

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 184 points 1 day ago

Arrested for "unlawful conduct" sounds like even more bullshit than being arrested for "resisting arrest."

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

She refused to pick up the can.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 53 points 23 hours ago

They'll drop the charges. It's about sending a message.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 25 points 21 hours ago

Message received. Burn it down. There are far too many off us for this racist, homophobic, and most importantly unorganized group of thugs.

When will it be enough?

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

You are under arrest for crime crime

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

This was the price for making comedy legal, it made not-crime into crime.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's no law on the books that states "it is illegal to commit unlawful conduct." It's just a bullshit charge cause there were no real laws that she broke for them to charge her with.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 70 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Nothing says ‘free speech’ like arresting people during your speech.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 55 points 22 hours ago

Ah yes, standing while brown. Capital offense

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 13 points 17 hours ago

The first issue was existing while brown. The standing just made her more visible.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 19 hours ago

If it happens to you, don't take any plea bargains, take it to court, and take your chance with a jury. You'll never get 12 people to convict.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 17 hours ago
[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago

Praying for the

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 61 points 23 hours ago

What a shithole country. It's clearly a no-go zone.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 15 hours ago

Abandon all hope ye who enter here

[-] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 16 hours ago

Why did any democrat go to this anyway? I would rather, idk do very unpleasant things like unclog a sewer line than listen to this guy's sotu. They should've boycotted it, and invited epstein victims to talk about how the president and their pals were fucking children with epstein and being blackmailed by Israel with that information. Or something, no shortage of things to focus on.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 35 points 22 hours ago

American here. You're not wrong. Please don't visit.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 25 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I already turned down a very lucrative job because they needed someone with a specific skillset to travel to the US. I said no. They offered more. I shut them down. There is no money that will make me set foot in the US ever again. Not only are my vacation plans done forever, you literally can't ever pay me to go.

There are a lot of wonderful people I will miss. Perhaps, in time, our peoples can heal. But not me, not in my lifetime. Betrayal is neither forgiven, nor forgotten. If you can fix your shit, maybe my children can call you friend. I'm fucking done with you all.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm not a fan of condemning an entire country's people for the actions of their government, but you're right to stay away and despise the people running the country. I'd never say I'm fucking done with every Russian or Chinese person because their governments suck.

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I don’t blame you. We got too many dumbasses here and all I am doing is just trying to survive in the trenches.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

It's a go-zone despite the response. Please help us.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 30 points 21 hours ago

I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.”

How about this, I'm calling for people to stand the fuck up and retaliate.

Do that and we'll act accordingly

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 98 points 1 day ago

arrested for standing when supposed to be seated. She is lucky she was not seated when supposed to be standing or using both feet when your supposed to be on one and especially harsh penalties if you complain that they won't tell you whats illegal atm.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 19 points 23 hours ago
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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 35 points 1 day ago

This is how we've treated the global South since inception, people are just upset it's visible again.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

Why are we stopping here? It being visible again should be enough to take action.

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