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Miles Archer

(22,185 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:47 PM 4 hrs ago

"Buy them lunch" UPDATE: "ICE agents mocked autistic woman for asking for wheelchair after dragging her out of car"

CONTEXT (I think everyone got it, but just in case)...

Noem encouraged the public to thank officers for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. “Do something nice for them, buy them lunch,” she said during a briefing about ICE operations in New York City on Thursday morning.

ICE agents mocked autistic woman for asking for wheelchair after dragging her out of car

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2675076839/

A woman who was recently released from custody by immigration agents described the horrifying way she was treated by President Donald Trump's immigration agents during a stop last month - one that resulted in her further disabled - and the terrible conditions inside the Minneapolis-area ICE facility.

Aliyah Rahman, an autistic South Minneapolis resident with a traumatic brain injury who needs a wheelchair for mobility, told lawmakers during a Congressional forum on Tuesday that she was stopped by ICE agents while on her way to a doctor's appointment. She said agents violently arrested her, including threatening multiple times to "break her f------ window" when she did not immediately comply out of shock, and slashing her seat belt with what appeared to be a hunting knife. She said they also dragged her by her arms, face down, from her car to an ICE vehicle, even while she was screaming at them about suffering from disabilities.

"I now cannot lift my arms normally," Rahman said. She claimed the agents never read her rights, and the Trump administration never charged her with a crime.

The conditions she witnessed inside the Minneapolis-area ICE facility were even more concerning, Rahman said. Outside of the center, she saw hordes of "black and brown bodies" being mushed along by screaming federal agents.
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"Buy them lunch" UPDATE: "ICE agents mocked autistic woman for asking for wheelchair after dragging her out of car" (Original Post) Miles Archer 4 hrs ago OP
The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the Klarkashton 4 hrs ago #1
Here she is - powerful malaise 4 hrs ago #2
That was incredibly powerful. Ms. Rahman is a strong person to have survived and present this story. erronis 3 hrs ago #5
Everyone needs to see that Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #10
From top to bottom.... Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #3
and by the shortest road. creon 3 hrs ago #9
Ooh! Can I just prepare a lunch for them instead? JoseBalow 3 hrs ago #4
Laced with botulism? WmChris 3 hrs ago #6
Not the Yelper Special JoseBalow 2 hrs ago #12
Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post red dog 1 3 hrs ago #7
aha watters creon 3 hrs ago #8
Such a punchable face. progressoid 1 hr ago #20
Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029 Aviation Pro 2 hrs ago #11
Buy them lunch? Sure! sakabatou 2 hrs ago #13
Degenerate morons. Martin68 2 hrs ago #14
I believe she has whathehell 1 hr ago #17
How bout we buy Kristi lunch..... johnnyfins 2 hrs ago #15
I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards Buddyzbuddy 2 hrs ago #16
Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve: Initech 1 hr ago #18
Justice will come for these motherfuckers. orangecrush 1 hr ago #19

Klarkashton

(5,020 posts)
1. The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:54 PM
4 hrs ago

Ovens. The rest of the shit is in full process.

erronis

(23,043 posts)
5. That was incredibly powerful. Ms. Rahman is a strong person to have survived and present this story.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:10 PM
3 hrs ago

red dog 1

(32,657 posts)
7. Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:19 PM
3 hrs ago

A follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-02-03T23:05:27.833Z

creon

(2,019 posts)
8. aha watters
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:28 PM
3 hrs ago

the 2nd greatest stand up comic in all the world
Second only to Baghdad Bob.

Aviation Pro

(15,339 posts)
11. Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:50 PM
2 hrs ago

Their first EO should be to terminate every LICE hire from Jan. 20th, 2025 to present.

And their second action is to inform the AG that nothing is more important than prosecuting every last one of these motherfuckers from top to bottom and all prosecutions will be done in DC.

Martin68

(27,290 posts)
14. Degenerate morons.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:05 PM
2 hrs ago

It's odd, though, that the article identifies her as "an autistic woman," when the disability concerned is actually a traumatic brain injury. Bad reporting. Autism and traumatic brain injury are two very different conditions. In no way does that excuse the actions of the ICE thugs, but the article and the headline should have been clarified that there were two different conditions involved, and that autism was secondary to the need for a wheelchair. I question whether autism was a factor. in the first place.

whathehell

(30,389 posts)
17. I believe she has
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:33 PM
1 hr ago

both autism and a traumatic brain injury. That is what I heard in her testimony.

johnnyfins

(3,556 posts)
15. How bout we buy Kristi lunch.....
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:11 PM
2 hrs ago

Everyday in the prison commissary. Fucking ghoul. See you next time!

Buddyzbuddy

(2,297 posts)
16. I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:12 PM
2 hrs ago
EVERY REPUBLICAN and just when I think I'm the angriest and most disgusted that I can get, I find another level. While shaking my head in frustration, I can't imagine what it must take for the men in the masks to go lower every single time. How do you find so much depravity in so many people to do the bidding of the worst human beings on earth.
How can we possibly honor the judgment of 6 very f*ucked up people on the S.C.? Immunity! I don't think so.

Initech

(107,897 posts)
18. Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve:
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:37 PM
1 hr ago

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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