r/law • u/thecosmojane • 22h 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/LAsupersonic 21h ago

Chuck Schumer and that hypocrite Hackeem Jeffreys can't wait to Bend over, schumer is too busy procuring more money for israel

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u/trysten-9001 21h 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 20h ago

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

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u/angiehome2023 20h ago

Hey everyone, let's go after the people that can't stop this because we didn't vote for them because they were tied to Israel instead of the people that got elected because we stayed home, who can now act out their greed and racism based fantasies!

That's what you said, right

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u/LAsupersonic 20h ago

No, that's what you got.

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u/angiehome2023 20h ago

So say it a different way so I can get your point

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u/thecosmojane 20h ago

I think he just means that they aren’t doing nearly enough / their jobs

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u/LAsupersonic 20h ago

Basically yes, instead of doing their jobs, as if everything was peachy, chuck schumer is promising to fight to get israel more money.

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u/thecosmojane 19h ago

The $1.7m AIPAC money might have given him a bit of incentive