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Miles Archer

(24,413 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:47 PM Feb 2026

"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 Feb 2026 OP
The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the Klarkashton Feb 2026 #1
Here she is - powerful malaise Feb 2026 #2
That was incredibly powerful. Ms. Rahman is a strong person to have survived and present this story. erronis Feb 2026 #5
butbutbut she's brownish. looks meskin to me. pansypoo53219 Feb 2026 #28
Everyone needs to see that Renew Deal Feb 2026 #10
From top to bottom.... Blue Owl Feb 2026 #3
and by the shortest road. creon Feb 2026 #9
Ooh! Can I just prepare a lunch for them instead? JoseBalow Feb 2026 #4
Laced with botulism? WmChris Feb 2026 #6
Not the Yelper Special JoseBalow Feb 2026 #12
Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post red dog 1 Feb 2026 #7
aha watters creon Feb 2026 #8
Such a punchable face. progressoid Feb 2026 #20
Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029 Aviation Pro Feb 2026 #11
Terminate the entire organization and create a new way to do immigration enforcement. Lonestarblue Feb 2026 #30
Buy them lunch? Sure! sakabatou Feb 2026 #13
Degenerate morons. Martin68 Feb 2026 #14
I believe she has whathehell Feb 2026 #17
Yes, I acknowledged that in my comment, but my point is that autism probably was a not the issue. Martin68 Feb 2026 #22
I didn't read the article you were referencing, whathehell Feb 2026 #23
This is what I wrote in my comment: "the headline should have been clarified that there were two different conditions Martin68 Feb 2026 #24
Got it. whathehell Feb 2026 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author johnnyfins Feb 2026 #15
I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards Buddyzbuddy Feb 2026 #16
Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve: Initech Feb 2026 #18
Justice will come for these motherfuckers. orangecrush Feb 2026 #19
I have to believe that because my rage needs some relief Deuxcents Feb 2026 #26
the video of Rahman's testimony is supremely horrifying along with the video of what they did LymphocyteLover Feb 2026 #21
Words:"Buy them lunch"... Actions: Violently attack police on Jan6 with attempt to kill... Get pardons. Norrrm Feb 2026 #27
Isn't law enforcement supposed to decline gifts Norbert Feb 2026 #29

Klarkashton

(5,425 posts)
1. The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:54 PM
Feb 2026

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

erronis

(24,568 posts)
5. That was incredibly powerful. Ms. Rahman is a strong person to have survived and present this story.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:10 PM
Feb 2026

red dog 1

(33,494 posts)
7. Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:19 PM
Feb 2026

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

(2,064 posts)
8. aha watters
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:28 PM
Feb 2026

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

Aviation Pro

(15,776 posts)
11. Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:50 PM
Feb 2026

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.

Lonestarblue

(13,564 posts)
30. Terminate the entire organization and create a new way to do immigration enforcement.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:53 PM
Feb 2026

Some of these goons have been on the job for years. They were violent during Trump's first term and probably during Biden's term as well.

Martin68

(28,085 posts)
14. Degenerate morons.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:05 PM
Feb 2026

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

(30,548 posts)
17. I believe she has
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:33 PM
Feb 2026

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

Martin68

(28,085 posts)
22. Yes, I acknowledged that in my comment, but my point is that autism probably was a not the issue.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:53 PM
Feb 2026

whathehell

(30,548 posts)
23. I didn't read the article you were referencing,
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:43 PM
Feb 2026

but I didn't see an acknowledgement of her autism in your post.

Martin68

(28,085 posts)
24. This is what I wrote in my comment: "the headline should have been clarified that there were two different conditions
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:09 PM
Feb 2026

involved, and that autism was secondary to the need for a wheelchair."

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

Buddyzbuddy

(2,926 posts)
16. I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:12 PM
Feb 2026
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

(109,300 posts)
18. Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve:
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:37 PM
Feb 2026

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

LymphocyteLover

(10,188 posts)
21. the video of Rahman's testimony is supremely horrifying along with the video of what they did
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:24 AM
Feb 2026

I swear those agents need to be punished as severely as possible for that awful and completely unwarranted abuse

Norrrm

(5,635 posts)
27. Words:"Buy them lunch"... Actions: Violently attack police on Jan6 with attempt to kill... Get pardons.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:24 AM
Feb 2026

Norbert

(7,862 posts)
29. Isn't law enforcement supposed to decline gifts
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:31 AM
Feb 2026

at least the ones who vowed to serve and protect.

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