What You’re About to See Is Not a “Tough Call”

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit michaelfanone.substack.comThis isn’t a misunderstanding. It isn’t “a hard job.” It’s what happens when an agency stops seeing people as human and starts treating pain like paperwork. We’ve been tracking this pattern for weeks — not one-off screwups, a culture. When there’s no real accountability, cruelty turns casual.* People detained with no charges and no explanations.* ID waved off. Rights ignored. Cameras out only when it helps the agency, never the citizen.* Agents moving like there will be no consequences for getting it wrong.That confidence comes from the top. When leadership signals “ends justify means,” the rank and file will test how far “means” can go.The person at the center of this videoHer name is Aliyah Rahman.She’s a U.S. citizen. She’s autistic. She has a traumatic brain injury. She uses a wheelchair.On January 13th, in Minneapolis, she was headed to a doctor’s appointment. She didn’t make it. What happened next is laid out in sworn testimony — not rumor, not a rumor-laced tweet.You’ll hear her describe a stop with no charges, threats to smash her window, a seatbelt cut, and being yanked from her car while she screamed that she was disabled. You’ll hear what she says she heard inside detention: people called “bodies.” Not names. Not patients. Bodies.You’ll also hear what happened when she asked for a wheelchair. And why she says she passed out without medical care.I’ve worn the badge. I know the difference between necessary control and humiliation-as-process. What you’re about to watch isn’t policing. It’s the costume of authority.Why this matters beyond one caseIf a citizen in medical distress can be treated like cargo and written off as a “body,” the line between public safety and state-sponsored harm has already been crossed. That line is supposed to be guarded by training, supervision, and — when those fail — outside scrutiny. That’s us.Help me keep pressure on* Become a paid subscriber to fund travel, records requests, and the legal backstop that lets us publish without a corporate leash.* Share this post with one person who still gives a damn. Sunlight only works if more people see it.* If you witnessed this incident or have documents/video from Minnesota operations this month, reply to this post and my team will follow up.I was trained to protect people, not degrade them. Hold that standard with me.Your support keeps this show growing, keeps us on the road, and keeps these stories from getting buried.🟧 Paid subscribers get 15% off your next merch order🟧 Founding Members get 20% off for lifeYou’ll get the link in your welcome email.👉 Become a paid subscriber today.GET DISCOUNTS BELOW! ENJOY!