In the month of March 2025, there was a video that went viral on all social media platforms of a Muslim woman in a pink hijab seemingly getting ambushed by a group of masked officers or some type of authority. In the video, you can clearly hear and see that the woman is caught off guard, confused, frightened, and defenseless. One of the officers is even seen snatching the woman’s phone from her hand. She was then put in handcuffs with no given reason for her arrest and then put in an SUV and driven away.
The woman has been identified as Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University. On Tuesday March 25, 2025 in Somerville , Massachusetts he was on her way to attend a Iftar with her friends when she was stopped by what was rumored to be Homeland security.
Since the incident, Rümeysa has not made a public statement, but has taken legal action against the authorities involved and has returned to her graduate program at Tufts.
Brenda • Apr 8, 2025 at 1:44 pm
Very informative.