A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views on social media.
Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a detention centre where she was denied medical care and lost consciousness. The Department of Homeland Security said she was an agitator who was obstructing ICE agents conducting arrests in the area.
That video is the latest in a deluge of online content that documents an intensifying immigration crackdown across the midwestern city, as thousands of federal agents make arrests amid protests against what local officials have likened to a “federal invasion.”
Rahman says she was on her way to a routine appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she encountered federal immigration agents at an intersection. Video appears to show agents shouting commands over a cacophony of whistles, car horns and screams from protesters.
So it’s trolls as long as it “proves” your point? Buddy, I like the drugs you do 👍🏼
It proves the point because sock puppets are real thing thats been documented. Can you say for certain none of the ‘left wing activist’ people that has replied to a comment around an election is not a sockpuppet account or bot?
I think if you cannot find these people in the real world AND they only show up around election time AND no notable, verified people online are espousing the same stuff then its a reasonable assumption its fabricated.
The right wing in particular uses a lot of sockpuppets and has a history of invented strawmen. There are instances of republican senators playing black republicans online.
Its either an effective tactic because they’re constantly in power or its something they believe works.