DHS Targets Black Muslim activist: Border policing and political repression

DHS Targets Black Muslim activist: Border policing and political repression

By D. Musa Springer This statement is from Hood Communist editor and organizer D. Musa Springer, published April 17, 2025, after being targeted by DHS, detained and having their devices seized. Returning from international travel, Musa was detained and interrogated for over three hours at Tampa a

The Targeting and State Repression Against Musa Springer

On Tuesday, April 8, our comrade and member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), Musa Springer, was unlawfully detained and interrogated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Tampa airport for four hours after returning from a trip to Cuba. Musa details the circumstances of their detention and retaliatory targeting by the state in this statement. This included violations of human rights, unfounded accusations of criminal activity …