Does it matter if he was 'arrested'? They didn't and are not following proper protocol. There was no warrant for his arrest, he's being denied his right to an attorney and are refusing to tell his representation where he is even at.
> They didn't and are not following proper protocol. There was no warrant for his arrest
Again, police don’t need a warrant with probable cause.
> he's being denied his right to an attorney
Source? His attorney is quoted in the article.
> refusing to tell his representation where he is even at
Source? The article states he’s at “an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey.”
There are obvious First Amendment and free speech issues with this arrest. Those get diluted if folks start making things up about the severity of the situation.
> Again, police don’t need a warrant with probable cause.
Yes you do. You can not just barge into someones home and perform an illegal search + arrest without extreme probable cause.. And nothing they say would rise to that level of arresting someone solely on probable cause because there's no clear imminent threat of violence. They were not able to produce a warrant.
Okay then tell me: Where is he being held? Here's a quote from his attorney:
> "Currently, we do not know Mahmoud’s precise whereabouts. Initially, we were informed this morning that he had been transferred to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey," Greer added.
> "However, when his wife – a U.S. citizen who is eight months’ pregnant and was threatened with arrest as well by the ICE agents last night – tried to visit him there today, she was told he is not detained there."
I literally posted the article in my post that you responded to. Did you not read it before just jumping in to respond that you knew where he was being held?
The parallel AP article (https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khali...) says he is no longer in New Jersey and may have been moved to Louisiana. It also says (implies?) that neither his wife nor his lawyer have been in touch with him nor know where he is being kept.
> It also says (implies?) that neither his wife nor his lawyer have been in touch with him nor know where he is being kept
Thank you. This is concerning. I’ll keep an eye out for a statement from the lawyer. It may be that nobody is telling the press while the internet runs with the meme.
