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Eugene

(61,899 posts) Thu Aug 11, 2016, 09:45 PM Aug 2016

Muslim Woman Says Chicago Police Officers Ripped Off Her Hijab, Suit Says

Source: ABC News

Muslim Woman Says Chicago Police Officers Ripped Off Her Hijab, Suit Says

By JULIA JACOBO - Aug 11, 2016, 7:01 PM ET

A Muslim woman says that Chicago police officers ripped off her hijab and niqab as she walked up the staircase to a train and accused her of being a "terrorist," according to a federal lawsuit and her lawyer.

Chicago resident Itemid "Angel" Al-Matar filed a federal lawsuit today against six Chicago police officers and the City of Chicago, alleging that the officers used excessive force, made a false arrest, violated religious expression and undertook malicious prosecution against her. The lawsuit was filed by both her attorney, Gregory Kulis, and the Chicago chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Kulis told ABC News that his client was on her way home on July 4, 2015 when Chicago police stopped her as she walked up the stairs to a Chicago Transit Authority station. As she was walking, Al-Matar noticed a group of officers pointing at her, according to a civil complaint. (page 2)

Al-Matar continued up the stairs and walked past the group of officers along with several other people, court documents say. She was then thrown to the ground at the stair landing, and her hijab was ripped off, documents say. The actions of the officers were "intentional, willful and with malice," according to the complaint. (p. 2 and 15)

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Muslim Woman Says Chicago Police Officers Ripped Off Her Hijab, Suit Says (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2016 OP

This fits well with the recent DU thread about the German proposal guillaumeb Aug 2016 #1

And the danger is that it fits so well what we already know must be true. Igel Aug 2016 #2

The video for this story played on television last night. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #3

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. This fits well with the recent DU thread about the German proposal

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:28 AM

Aug 2016

to ban the veil for Muslim women. Guilty because of identity.

Igel

(35,317 posts)

2. And the danger is that it fits so well what we already know must be true.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:43 AM

Aug 2016

It's one person's testimony. I assume there's more, otherwise it's just one person's testimony based on her recollection.

When there's more evidence, then it's worth priding ourselves on how right our beliefs and biases are. Otherwise, this will be (in a few weeks) another one of those rock-solid cases that will be used to justify thinking the same thing in other cases, when, in fact, there's nothing rock-solid about it. A rush to judgment is a rush to judgment, whether it's in favor of our preferred group or against.

Unless we assume that women or Muslims are just superior and their testimony is to be always preferred against men or non-Muslims. That kind of preference (but in favor of men) has been fairly common in history, and discounting non-Muslim testimony to 1/2 that of a Muslim (with a tie going to the Muslim involved) has also not been that uncommon.

guillaumeb

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3. The video for this story played on television last night.

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:45 AM

Aug 2016

The accompanying audio commentary stated that a person called 911 because they were worried that a veiled woman might be planning something.

That sounds just a bit like profiling.

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