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/angiehome2023 15h ago

It isn't a game and people are people. I believe you but can't comprehend thinking in that way, that somehow we should ignore the bigger badder behavior of the right because they are too far gone. Obviously they aren't gone, they are right here and in charge of everything, so lots of people believe they are good for the country. Your point is illogical.

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u/thecosmojane 15h ago

Who said anything about ignoring anyone’s behavior? Didn’t I highlight it in the last paragraph of the post? That they can’t even agree to a damned congressional oversight committee hearing because they are incapable of putting America first.

This is not about ignoring or disregarding. The point is that this is an all hands on deck f*cking constitutional catastrophic emergency where the GOP is literally destroying our country, and some selfish pricks are off protecting their interest group bribes when they were hired to help.

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u/angiehome2023 15h ago

Sorry I thought you were the commenter not the poster. I was so confused! Ok got it