Human Rights Watch Watcher’s owner on Twitter received a California Highway Patrol visit!
They visited her after the woman questioned socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
In a series of tweets, the woman described the visit.
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“I’m really shaken up right now,”
“I was just visited by two plainclothes police officers from California Highway Patrol at my home. They said they came here on behalf of the Capitol Police and accused me of threatening @AOC on Twitter yesterday. This is provably false.”
(1/X) I’m really shaken up right now. I was just visited by two plainclothes police officers from California Highway Patrol at my home. They said they came here on behalf of the Capitol Police and accused me of threatening @AOC on Twitter yesterday. This is provably false. pic.twitter.com/NGR8KViy93
— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@queeralamode) April 8, 2021
On April 1, @AOC did a livestream with Michael Miller, the head of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. She was asked about “peace between Israelis and Palestinians.”
Her response was incredibly underwhelming, to say the very least: pic.twitter.com/qHdwTy5pVO
— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@queeralamode) April 7, 2021
Below you can read her criticism.
Words AOC used:
“What”
“How”Words AOC didn’t use:
“Occupation”
“Apartheid”
“Colonization”
“Genocide”— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@queeralamode) April 7, 2021
“This is completely outrageous,”-she added. “I was visited by two police at my home over a harmless tweet about AOC. I felt scared, intimidated, and violated.”
“They knew my name and where I live,” –the manager of the account stated. “It was done on behalf of a congresswoman who advocates against police state tactics.”
“I’d really appreciate it if AOC could look into this. I recognize she probably receives a lot of threats, but I shouldn’t be harassed by police for critiquing her politics. I frankly feel very unsafe in my home right now.”
The spokesman for Rep. Ocasio-Cortes declared that Cortes refuses all the charges and that she doesn’t have any link to the chilling incident.
Ryan Grim tweeted. “A spokesperson for @AOC says they did not report this post to police and have asked for answers from Capitol Police: “No, not at all. But when we saw his tweets last night about being visited, we asked Capitol Police to look into what happened here.”
A spokesperson for @AOC says they did not report this post to police, and have asked for answers from Capitol Police: "No, not at all. But when we saw his tweets last night about being visited we asked Capitol Police to look into what happened here." https://t.co/uFtColz8AV
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 9, 2021
Grim’s tweet continued. “That police did show up at this person’s door over a post about AOC is confirmed,”
“The open question is who sent them and why. If AOC was actually responsible for it and denied it, Capitol Police would eagerly out her, so her denial has serious credibility.”
That police did show up at this person's door over a post about AOC is confirmed. The open question is who sent them and why. If AOC was actually responsible for it and denied it, Capitol Police would eagerly out her, so her denial has serious credibility.
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 9, 2021
However, the Capitol Police stated that the visits weren’t connected with a complaint from Rep. Ocasio-Cortes when they explained their visit to Grim.
Glenn Greenwald commented on this issue. “No basis to assume AOC is responsible for this without evidence, but regardless, this is a very serious incident if the Capitol Police are dispatching armed police officers to citizens’ homes in response to non-violent criticisms of a politician’s statements,”
No basis to assume AOC is responsible for this without evidence, but regardless, this is a very serious incident if the Capitol Police are dispatching armed police officers to citizens' homes in response to non-violent criticisms of a politician's statements. It's repressive. https://t.co/rVm8WJiQwA
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 9, 2021
“It’s totally unacceptable for the Capitol Police to dispatch armed officers of the state to the home of a citizen to interrogate them over tweets criticizing a politician, and since it was done in AOC’s name, she should speak out about it, too,” – Greenwald continued.
It's totally unacceptable for the Capitol Police to dispatch armed officers of the state to the home of a citizen to interrogate them over tweets criticizing a politician, and since it was done in @AOC's name, she should speak out about it, too:https://t.co/iadVlGQG9a
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 9, 2021
Also, Grimm stated: “The most likely suspect for this swatting, based on what I’ve been able to gather, is Twitter itself,”
“Twitter Media has not responded to multiple requests for comment. Did they flag this person for Capitol Police?”
The most likely suspect for this swatting, based on what I’ve been able to gather, is Twitter itself. @TwitterMedia has not responded to multiple requests for comment. Did they flag this person for Capitol Police? https://t.co/mBApdwKVmm
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 9, 2021
Rep. Ocasio-Cortes hasn’t shared a tweet since April 6. But the event is an escalation in attacks on free speech,
You must know that it is a criticism from the left. All Americans have the right to free speech.
