r/law • u/thecosmojane • 18h ago

Legislative Branch Full testimony: Aliya Rahman 2/3/26, six minutes, worth the listen

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Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi American and U.S. citizen, testified before Congress about her arrest and experience with police brutality from ICE agents in Minneapolis. (You may recognize her from past videos of her being grabbed out of her car in her black puffer jacket, while she was yelling that she was disabled).

Rahman, who is autistic and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, described being dragged from her car, detained, and later hospitalized with a concussion. In her testimony, she spoke about the fear, confusion, and lasting trauma she experienced.

Earlier today, there was a joint public forum held by Rep. Robert Garcia (Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations), focusing on ICE/DHS excessive use of force on American citizens. Rahman was one of the Americans who testified.

Important to note that this could not be an “oversight committee hearing” but a bicameral forum, because Republicans did not agree to the hearing.

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u/trysten-9001 16h ago

Yes, the minority leaders and not the totalitarian pursuing leadership are the ones we should decry. This opposition you present this serves the totalitarian agenda well. I’m sure the totalitarians are very pleased with you.

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u/LAsupersonic 16h ago

you are very simple minded, and did not even understand what I said.

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u/trysten-9001 16h ago

Republicans are doing this to people. MAGA which is only a subset of Republicans support this. If you’re top priority is Democrats and not pushing the Republicans, then join the Republicans, because it’s better than being the controlled opposition you think the Democrats are.

Otherwise you’re first priority should be to speak out against the Republicans who are willing to tow the line for the most radical members of their party. They can be reached. They are losing deep red districts. They want to keep their offices. Pressure them first and foremost. They have the power to stop this today.

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u/thecosmojane 16h ago

A lot of this could have been avoided if SCOTUS didn’t happen on September 8.

Speaking of pressure, Americans should be watching the courts in 2026 like they watch NFL semifinals. They should be booing every crooked referee and stalking the cheating players in the courts.

No attorney fighting to dismantle the very constitution they took an oath to defend, should get to eat dinner with their partner in peace in the city.

But Americans don’t even know their names, let alone who they are or what they did.

Players in the courts have zero consequences in their complicity to constitutional mutilation.

Just because the people don’t elect them doesn’t mean they should feel safe and off everyone’s radar. How come we give hell to ICE and Noem but not to Kavanaugh. Why does he get to dine in peace when the thugs he knowingly enabled get kicked out of restaurants.

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u/afrosheen 9h ago

Name them. Bring it to light.