A graduate student at Tufts University was arrested yesterday by a plainclothes federal agent. The agent, dressed in a hoodie, approached her, ripped her phone out of her hand, then handcuffed her. She was taken from Massachusetts to Louisiana, where it is believed that the courts will rule in favor of the federal government. She co-wrote an opinion piece in the school paper
Department of Homeland Security argues that her activities conflict with the foreign policy interests of the United States.
The first amendment of the constitution reads:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What are they going to do with her phone?