The raid on the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster by London Metropolitan Police happened on March 27. The reasons the police gave to justify the raid seem very weak. Whether in the U.S. or London, why are law enforcement members allowed to break into places without announcing themselves or showing identification. Here, some even wear masks.
It should never happen anywhere - check The Guardian for an article yesterday about the London Metropolitan Police executing a similar raid door-bursting raid against a group of girls discussing Gaza in a room they had hired in a Quaker Meeting House (of all places). It's not just a US thing.
What is wrong with this world? Has it always been like this, even when our TV only got national and international news for 1 hour from 6-7pm?
Today we have so much information at our fingertips that it is overwhelming.
I subscribe to the Guardian so I will read the article even though I will hate it. Hate how people are treated and the loss of personal/individual rights as well as due process.
Trumps goon squad is out of touch with reality and Constitutional rights!
Long past time to end this ignorant batch of ignoble poltroons!!
I’m glad she’s back home, and I’m hopeful she sues the government! Let this be the beginning to an end of Trumps transnational criminal syndicate masquerading as a government!!
Hope in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first. Dump has unleashed hell on America and will continue with his 4th Reich plans, aka Project 2025, because he has no intention of leaving the White House while he is still breathing.
140+ Congressmen who participated in the practice coup on January 6, 2021, are still in their seats waiting for their pardons. As long as Dump holds that over their heads, they will not waver!
Good question Tami, it appears the courts are favoring we the serfs in nearly all of these cases. Rumbling’s within SCOTUS have become an issue the orange career criminal should be paying attention to, but they are a defiant group of connards!
I cannot understand why ICE agents wear masks while doing their dirty work. Are they embarrassed or simply know what they’re doing is unjust and plainly wrong?
Of course they know what they're doing is wrong. THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN OATH TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY FROM ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, DON'T THEY? Who thinks an editorial defines an enemy; it's free speech.
I am so sad at what people are enduring at the hands of this incompetent government and I really appreciate the pieces you bring into the open where we all can see them and your delightful use of smack down language.
ICE desperately needs to be dismantled and abolished, as it has devolved into nothing but a fascist Gestapo operation - dealing warrantless illegal detainments, utter abandonment of due process, cruelty and brutality behind the same sort of masks terrorists and bank robbers wear. NO reasonable person disputes that there needs to be some kind of immigration policing - but this is NOT what ICE is all about anymore - the "immigration" function is now a TERROR function and is beneath the dignity of the USA and a stain on our nation. We are NOT a nation of brutes, goons and thugs, and none should be empowered to execute the policies of the USA...
Other than being grabbed like a drug king, the other thing that really bothered me about this whole situation was the fact that the ICE agents who grabbed her were all wearing masks. If they were on the side of justice and it was a legitimate arrest, why the masks? Too ashamed to show their faces maybe? Maybe because they knew what they were doing was wrong. If you’re going to illegally steal someone from the streets, have the courage to not wear a mask.
With her in the school year, this probably created issues with her earning the Ph.D she was studying to earn. It is good that she got released and is home again.
I wish the judge had required ICE to identify and reprimand the agents and supervisors that were involved in this particular incident. They should be held personally accountable as well as professionally accountable.
So happy she is safely home. But this should NEVER have happened in America.
The raid on the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster by London Metropolitan Police happened on March 27. The reasons the police gave to justify the raid seem very weak. Whether in the U.S. or London, why are law enforcement members allowed to break into places without announcing themselves or showing identification. Here, some even wear masks.
It should never happen anywhere - check The Guardian for an article yesterday about the London Metropolitan Police executing a similar raid door-bursting raid against a group of girls discussing Gaza in a room they had hired in a Quaker Meeting House (of all places). It's not just a US thing.
What is wrong with this world? Has it always been like this, even when our TV only got national and international news for 1 hour from 6-7pm?
Today we have so much information at our fingertips that it is overwhelming.
I subscribe to the Guardian so I will read the article even though I will hate it. Hate how people are treated and the loss of personal/individual rights as well as due process.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/police-raid-london-quaker-meeting-house-very-worrying
I’m so, glad she’s been released! She is no threat to society! ❤️🙏🏽❤️
Trumps goon squad is out of touch with reality and Constitutional rights!
Long past time to end this ignorant batch of ignoble poltroons!!
I’m glad she’s back home, and I’m hopeful she sues the government! Let this be the beginning to an end of Trumps transnational criminal syndicate masquerading as a government!!
Hope in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first. Dump has unleashed hell on America and will continue with his 4th Reich plans, aka Project 2025, because he has no intention of leaving the White House while he is still breathing.
You’re absolutely correct Larry., Trump, along with his coterie of miscreants, has unleashed a war on the people of America and the world.
Interposition, should be in play immediately, followed by a well coordinated and organized revolution!!
It isn't just Trump; the Republicans are condoning everything he's doing. They are just as guilty as he is!
140+ Congressmen who participated in the practice coup on January 6, 2021, are still in their seats waiting for their pardons. As long as Dump holds that over their heads, they will not waver!
Do you think he’ll use his pro bono credits to defend her suit? Or are all those bono bucks saved for his personal judgements like E. Jean Carroll?
Good question Tami, it appears the courts are favoring we the serfs in nearly all of these cases. Rumbling’s within SCOTUS have become an issue the orange career criminal should be paying attention to, but they are a defiant group of connards!
I cannot understand why ICE agents wear masks while doing their dirty work. Are they embarrassed or simply know what they’re doing is unjust and plainly wrong?
Of course they know what they're doing is wrong. THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN OATH TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY FROM ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, DON'T THEY? Who thinks an editorial defines an enemy; it's free speech.
I am so sad at what people are enduring at the hands of this incompetent government and I really appreciate the pieces you bring into the open where we all can see them and your delightful use of smack down language.
This case is Exhibit A against any maga who claims they love free speech. Their hate speech is free, but opposition to fascism is silenced.
ICE desperately needs to be dismantled and abolished, as it has devolved into nothing but a fascist Gestapo operation - dealing warrantless illegal detainments, utter abandonment of due process, cruelty and brutality behind the same sort of masks terrorists and bank robbers wear. NO reasonable person disputes that there needs to be some kind of immigration policing - but this is NOT what ICE is all about anymore - the "immigration" function is now a TERROR function and is beneath the dignity of the USA and a stain on our nation. We are NOT a nation of brutes, goons and thugs, and none should be empowered to execute the policies of the USA...
Absolutely correct. It seems their main purpose is to terrorize.
Other than being grabbed like a drug king, the other thing that really bothered me about this whole situation was the fact that the ICE agents who grabbed her were all wearing masks. If they were on the side of justice and it was a legitimate arrest, why the masks? Too ashamed to show their faces maybe? Maybe because they knew what they were doing was wrong. If you’re going to illegally steal someone from the streets, have the courage to not wear a mask.
And show ID, and have an official vehicle. This looked like a kidnapping. I'm sure she was petrified.
How do we even know WHO they are. Maybe these are volunteers - maybe people pay for the privilege of doing this - there’s
Oops. There’s a lot of hate out there run amok
Beautifully crafted essay. I hope ICE ICE, BABIES doesn’t descend upon you and whisk you away because you repeated her words, “Palestinian genocide.”
Great piece by the way!!
With her in the school year, this probably created issues with her earning the Ph.D she was studying to earn. It is good that she got released and is home again.
I couldn’t love this more. 🇺🇸
I wish the judge had required ICE to identify and reprimand the agents and supervisors that were involved in this particular incident. They should be held personally accountable as well as professionally accountable.
Thankfully she is released. Since January 20, 2025, this has probably happened many times, and we just aren't aware. ICE is shameful.
Another victory for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!
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