After viral Minneapolis arrest, Aliya Rahman files lawsuit alleging assault and false imprisonment

South Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman can’t leave her house without being reminded of what happened on Jan. 13 when several federal agents broke into her vehicle and dragged her out during Operation Metro Surge. “This is not an event that changed my worldview, but it definitely changed my day-to-day interaction with this world,” she said in an interview with Sahan Journal on Monday. Rahman’s arrest went viral after multiple bystanders posted videos of the incident showing several federal agents surrounding her vehicle on Park Avenue near East 34th Street in south Minneapolis. They swore at her, cut her seatbelt and pulled her out of the vehicle as she yelled that she was disabled, according to the videos and a lawsuit she’s filing against the federal government.

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