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“I don’t understand why women don’t just report it if it really happened.”
When I was 19, I reported mine. I had bruises. Hospital photos. Text messages of him apologizing the next morning. My friends drove me to the station because I could barely stop shaking. I thought evidence would make it simple. I thought truth would be enough.
Months later, I was the one on trial. His lawyer printed my Instagram photos and held them up in court. Asked why I wore crop tops. Asked why I drank that night. Asked why I didn’t scream louder. He replayed my police interview and pointed out every time I hesitated, every time I cried, every time my timeline wasn’t perfectly linear. “If it was traumatic,” he said, “why can’t she remember clearly?”
Sitting there while strangers debated my pain like it was a group project felt like being stripped again. My messages were projected on a screen. My body was described in detail. My character was picked apart like that was the real crime.
He walked out on bail. I walked out with panic attacks.
That’s why some women don’t report. Because even with bruises. Even with screenshots. Even when you do everything “right.” You still have to survive the assault twice, once in private, and once in public, just to maybe be believed.
.@jonstewart on the latest Epstein dump, the lack of accountability, and how the real sanctuary cities in America are "where money and power protect you from the consequences of sex trafficking"
Yesterday, Greg Bovino accused me of lying for posting a video showing Border Patrol agents clashing with U.S. citizens outside a Minneapolis high school.
And while I wasn’t lying, after reading Greg’s statement, reviewing the footage again, and comparing it with the school’s own account, I realized I owe everyone a correction, plus some much-needed context.
I originally said “Border Patrol agents were filmed assaulting U.S. citizens outside a Minneapolis high school.”
After considering Greg’s statement, I’d like to clarify…
“Border Patrol agents were filmed assaulting SCHOOL OFFICIALS on the property of a Minneapolis high school.”
Greg was quick to point out that agents apprehended their suspect NEAR a school…
Which is helpful, actually. Because that means they were never originally on school property.
Therefore, after the apprehension, agents didn’t leave the area. Instead, they continued to surround the school, and THEN entered the nearby high school’s property, during the school’s dismissal.
This aligns perfectly with the school’s statement:
“Armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday.”
School officials then attempted to get the agents to leave so students could exit safely.
According to one school official:
“The guy, I’m telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him… and he knocked me down.”
With all that new context, the video becomes extremely clear.
• The men speaking to the agents are school officials asking Border Patrol to leave school grounds.
• An agent shoves one staff member in the chest.
• He pushes the agent’s hand away.
• The agent runs at him and assaults him again.
• The agent continues to escalate the situation, shoving ANOTHER staff member beside him.
• Staff members attempt to de-escalate.
• Another agent charges in, grabs the original staff member, and throws him to the ground.
• More agents rush in. Chaos follows.
Greg then claims, “We saw no students.”
Which is… a fascinating assertion, considering this happened on school property during DISMISSAL, the video clearly shows students and staff watching, and then running away coughing after pepper spray was deployed by one of his agents, while a staff member yells for students to get back so they don’t get hurt.
It’s also an interesting claim because Greg, himself, is clearly visible in the video, in direct line of sight of the students and staff, as he is talking to a school official.
So, it turns out that Greg Bovino was the one lying, once again.
And if sharing the actions of Border Patrol agents is what Greg calls “villainizing” them, then the solution is simple… stop committing violence.
Correction issued.
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents are now detaining parents bringing their children home from school, then using the child as bait to try to lure others.
Yesterday, in Columbia Heights, ICE agents arrested a man while he was bringing his 4-year-old son home from school.
Instead of letting the parent arrange care, or contacting a guardian, which ICE policy requires, agents appear to take the child into a back alley and used him as bait to try to draw others out of the home.
When that didn’t work, they took the child and left.
Which violates ICE’s own policy.
Their policy is clear, children are not to be taken into custody during enforcement actions unless they themselves are being arrested, and agents are required to prioritize the child’s safety and immediate placement with a caregiver.
And considering ICE’s documented habit of moving people across state lines and fast-tracking deportations without access to legal counsel, separating a child like this puts families, and children, in real danger.
Detaining a 4-year-old with no warrant isn’t immigration enforcement.
Using a child as bait to try to lure other family members is not law enforcement.
It’s a violation of basic constitutional protections and child welfare standards.
Tom Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people.”
(Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller called Renee Good a terrorist)
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