The Mayor of Somerville, MA (where this took place) says that the mostly masked ICE agents misidentified themselves as "police" even though they had no connection with either Somerville or Tufts police. whdh.com/news/video-r... - ThreadSky

jonmladd.bsky.social • 5 days ago

The Mayor of Somerville, MA (where this took place) says that the mostly masked ICE agents misidentified themselves as "police" even though they had no connection with either Somerville or Tufts police. https://whdh.com/news/video-released-of-tufts-university-student-detained-by-ice-agents/

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nerdydad.bsky.social•5 days ago

I had Chinese friends in graduate school who would duck their heads and whisper if they ever said something critical of our government (or theirs). I always told them they didn't have to do that in America...I was wrong. I feel sick.

dtc94133.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sooner or later there is going to be a lethal response to these ICE shenanigans and rightly so.

pastaparadox.bsky.social•5 days ago

Inshallah

justthewinddrake.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was gonna say this ain't helping . But to be honest, it ain't hurting either so yeah fuck 'em.

caddens314.bsky.social•4 days ago

Why the masks!?

bullbearjeff.bsky.social•5 days ago

😡

conocojoe3000.bsky.social•4 days ago

So what force are ICE legally able to use?
Do they carry weapons?
Can citizens stop pretend-police at gunpoint?
What is the police (and their unions) saying to the misappropriation of the term "we are the police!"?
How can people differentiate pretend-ICE agents from real ones?

82321.bsky.social•5 days ago

Abolish ICE about to make a comeback with this gestapo tactics on the nightly news

anthonypittore.me•4 days ago

I can think of a different A-word I'd like to do with ICE.

thedalyplanet.bsky.social•5 days ago

The pot is boiling…

chiefdesigner.bsky.social•5 days ago

Secret police. Disappearances. Punishing speech. This sounds eerily familiar…

protestcheese.bsky.social•4 days ago

the dry run was portland and kenosha in 2020

bighairshorttemper.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel sick

citizenoversight.bsky.social•5 days ago

Overthrow this illegitimate fascist government

grumpygizmo.bsky.social•5 days ago

Were they executing war plans or attack plans? The distinction is important. 😉

mazepolypore.bsky.social•4 days ago

Everyone spouting off about a ‘2nd amendment response’ cut it out. She’s covered from behind by an armed agent. We’re all better off with pepper spray, a taser, and a handheld piece of metal (brass knuckles if your spicy, keys on a chainlink is plenty). Even better, sit down and start screaming

marysarkes.bsky.social•5 days ago

It should be required that they show their faces. Otherwise, everyone should assume they are terrorists.

autopostai.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh man, the ice age of identity crisis. Who needs badges when you can just flash a fake fake ID, am I right?

happygramma5.bsky.social•5 days ago

OMFG!!😱 I feel sick. 😧 Chris, I sure hope you're covering this today on your show! This needs more daylight than social media. @chrislhayes.bsky.social

commonsensegoodgov.bsky.social•5 days ago

Disappeared off the street by masked agents of the state.

jendickthomas.bsky.social•3 days ago

Night and Fog Decree vibes.

dgnyny.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is awful. Embarrassed for my country. Those agents should be horrified at their own behavior.

wickedwitchy69.bsky.social•5 days ago

Proud boys

genialjim.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nice police state you’ve got yourself there #BeholdAmerica

cforde.github.io•5 days ago

"misidentified" -> Lied, misrepresented, impersonated, illegally represented, fraudulently, deceived, ...

piebrain.bsky.social•5 days ago

Brave of them doing a kidnapping with masks on , good thing the kid wasn't armed, who would trust anybody with a mask on?

pals1107.bsky.social•5 days ago

Masked, did trump say masked people should be arrested, oh, only if they are protesting.

carlacooper.bsky.social•5 days ago

So you can be an open Nazi, but supporting Palestinians is a bridge too far?

oriszulma.bsky.social•4 days ago

That plus criticism of Israel War of Genocide against the Palestinians.

kianrazi.bsky.social•5 days ago

The video of the Tufts student’s arrest is a terrifying glimpse into what happens when the state operates in secrecy. Masked and unidentifiable, these "authorities" are erasing the law. This is how the line between government and shadow force blurs beyond recognition.

bgnocal.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s pure fascism playbook Intimidate the public into being docile and subservient

nowicare.bsky.social•5 days ago

So hey, folks, “hey it probably won’t happen to me. “
But maybe it will think about it

steveknapp.bsky.social•5 days ago

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
Harry S. Truman

south-seas.bsky.social•3 days ago

ICE is quickly becoming a new Gestapo

anninapersisted.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is kidnapping!

blackirishscot.bsky.social•5 days ago

Turd Reich

calmthehell.bsky.social•4 days ago

wtf?!? Right here in Boston?! Where is the legal protection?!?

pamcareykerr.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is INSANE!!!!

turbulantjuice.bsky.social•5 days ago

If this can happen in MA it can happen literally anywhere.

harrymeanwell4.bsky.social•2 days ago

Human Rights are being emasculated!
Wake up!

tgorf-stl.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’ve said this recently under The Bluesky here, but how is this NOT a “Navalny Event” in what we proudly call the United Stated of America?

Seriously. Are we too late?

kwebsterbowerygals.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's up to us.

tgorf-stl.bsky.social•5 days ago

Roger That. Let’s do this

bluememe.bsky.social•4 days ago

Doing illegal things while trashing the Constitution.

eyce80.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can you legally protect a woman who appears to be getting kidnapped? People of Somerville need to start partrolling their neighborhood in case more of these Nazis show up.

darkmatters95.bsky.social•5 days ago

If this is true then bring it to court and charges will be thrown out. Crazy now progressive have issues with masks when that have been using them as a tactic since oct 7. The officers likely have safety or efficiency issues if they were identified.

justthewinddrake.bsky.social•4 days ago

That's a kidnapping

vigeo93.bsky.social•5 days ago

Rendition. In our names. Outrage.

thecolours.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why are the agents covering up their faces as they make the arrest?

drumtroll.bsky.social•4 days ago

Because they were committing multiple crimes.

furgiuele.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why hasn’t the student body shut down Tufts? And where are the student bodies of Harvard, BC, BU, etc., which should be shutting down their schools in solidarity?

drumtroll.bsky.social•4 days ago

That would explain why they were wearing masks.

ascannerburkely.bsky.social•5 days ago

"misidentified themselves" is a lot more letters than "lied"

motown.bsky.social•4 days ago

Only a matter of time before a "good guy with a gun" kills these apparent kidnappers.

Hoodies, masks and eBay badges? Bad guys! Shoot 'em!

jacobmc.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm shocked that there hasn't been more violence and gunfire when this kind of stuff is happening. Imagine this happening to someone in your group of friends or family. Wouldn't you do everything you could defend these people off?

pastaparadox.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well figure rest they're targeting the undesirables who Dems don't want to protect. By the time they start disappearing middle America moms and pops, the precedent will already have been set.

stemdoc.bsky.social•5 days ago

This illegal apprehension, the silencing of law firms, loyalists (and DOGE) rather than competent professionals in charge of Defense, DOJ...and it keeps going on and on. Either revolt en masse, or roll over and let authoritarianism take you down a path that most Americans do not understand.

kwebsterbowerygals.bsky.social•5 days ago

@chrislhayes.bsky.social @mayorkatjana.bsky.social @govmaurahealey.bsky.social @massago.bsky.social

openingmyheart.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/openingmyheart.bsky.social/post/3llcyiaff722f

desenrascanco.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are about to see many more of these illegal renditions.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/state-department-visas-pro-palestine-protesters

smm570.bsky.social•5 days ago

This cannot continue.

debpolston.bsky.social•5 days ago

Who are they?

r-heiler.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/r-heiler.bsky.social/post/3lkjl3gz35k2f

johnpalkovic.bsky.social•4 days ago

We need safe houses for grad students

azulsora.bsky.social•5 days ago

So impersonating a officer, sounds like a crime. Should serve warrants to their homes. Night time raid of course since they are armed.

betsyso27.bsky.social•5 days ago

WTF?

offthepigs.bsky.social•5 days ago

Impersonating police is a crime, or it would be IF THERE WERE ANY LAW ANY MORE.

riversfan.bsky.social•4 days ago

why are they wearing masks if they are actually government employees? why does it take -- what? four of 'em? -- to 'arrest' (kidnap) one woman? these smacks of brown shirts before the gestapo came along. when did free speech become arrest-worthy?

riversfan.bsky.social•4 days ago

masked armed men -- gee, that sou nds like germany's brown shirts before the gestapo took over. we're on our way to dictatorship. who's gonna' stop these creeps???

sherinda.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can you help us make a citizen's arrest (or a few of them) against the current administration? Waiting for Congress to impeach will mean our democracy will be dismantled before impeachment AND CONVICTION can occur. You have resources most of us common folk don't have...

poewing.bsky.social•5 days ago

Is Bibi’s government directly involved? Did they ask for this ?

123simco.bsky.social•5 days ago

There is nothing in the world that Trump can't turn to crap.

oriszulma.bsky.social•4 days ago

They were always crap

djyohimbe.bsky.social•5 days ago

I wonder who will be the first to be thrown out of a window?

m2cents.bsky.social•5 days ago

For a country that has a second amendment for this purpose, it’s sure underutilized.

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