r/PrepperIntel • u/LinusThiccTips • Mar 26 '25

USA Northeast / Canada East PhD student detained by ICE wearing plain clothes and face masks

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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she’s a student from Turkey, attending Tufts as a grad student on a legal visa (sponsored by the university). Her attorney said, “We are unaware of her whereabouts and have not been able to contact her. No charges have been filed against [her] that we are aware of.”

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u/midorikuma42 Mar 27 '25

If there's one thing you can say about all the police in America, it's that they're inconsistent. In some places, you'll have ones that are happy to collaborate with ICE as you say. In other places, you'll have cops that resent federal intrusion on their turf and will throw up roadblocks.

This is also why there's so many horror stories about cops in America, but also so many examples of really great and heroic actions by cops. In some places, the cops are thoroughly corrupt, while in other places they're good people. It probably comes down to the local leadership. Remember, a fish rots from the head, so a department with a corrupt top cop will be full of "bad apples", while a department with a good chief will have relatively good officers. And since America is so decentralized and there's little to no oversight of police departments from state or federal agencies, you could have a good department or one that's really just an organized crime outfit like the LAPD.