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Miles Archer

(22,202 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:47 PM Tuesday

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

Klarkashton

(5,022 posts)
1. The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:54 PM
Tuesday

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

erronis

(23,073 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
Tuesday

red dog 1

(32,665 posts)
7. Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:19 PM
Tuesday

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

(2,029 posts)
8. aha watters
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:28 PM
Tuesday

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

Aviation Pro

(15,344 posts)
11. Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:50 PM
Tuesday

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

(13,332 posts)
30. Terminate the entire organization and create a new way to do immigration enforcement.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:53 PM
4 hrs ago

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

(27,306 posts)
14. Degenerate morons.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:05 PM
Tuesday

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

(30,391 posts)
17. I believe she has
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:33 PM
Tuesday

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

Martin68

(27,306 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, 01:53 PM
Yesterday

whathehell

(30,391 posts)
23. I didn't read the article you were referencing,
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 08:43 PM
20 hrs ago

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

Martin68

(27,306 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, 09:09 PM
20 hrs ago

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

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

Buddyzbuddy

(2,306 posts)
16. I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:12 PM
Tuesday
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

(107,928 posts)
18. Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve:
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:37 PM
Tuesday

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

LymphocyteLover

(9,543 posts)
21. the video of Rahman's testimony is supremely horrifying along with the video of what they did
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

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

Norrrm

(4,351 posts)
27. Words:"Buy them lunch"... Actions: Violently attack police on Jan6 with attempt to kill... Get pardons.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:24 PM
18 hrs ago

Norbert

(7,646 posts)
29. Isn't law enforcement supposed to decline gifts
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:31 AM
12 hrs ago

at least the ones who vowed to serve and protect.

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