Yasin Elsamak, 22, and Ali Elsamak, 15, both U.S. citizens, were protesting the Egyptian government’s role in blockading the Rafah crossing into Gaza, cutting off essential food aid amid Israel’s ongoing genocide, their parents said.
Egyptian officials grabbed the teenager and dragged him and his older brother, who had attempted to intervene, inside the building, according to their parents and video of the incident published on social media. Their parents alleged that inside the building, Egyptian officials continued to beat Yasin in the legs with sticks before choking him with a chain and his own keffiyeh.
New York Police Department officers arrested the brothers on suspicion of assault but did not take any of the Egyptian government officials into custody, the family said.
“I can expect it from the Egyptian security because this is a military-run country, but I wouldn’t expect it from a police force that’s supposed to protect American citizens,” Olga Elsamak said.
It’s always shocking to hear that people still believe our police are fair. At the very least, they just turned more people against them.
Haven’t they seen enought proof of the militarization of the police in the US plus the current actions of the Trump government to create a military run country?
Even better, they’ve been militarizing for decades already. Somehow some people are only now getting wind of it?
