NEW YORK β The city agreed Friday to pay $17.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged police officers forced two women to remove hijabs while mugshot photos were being taken, lawyers for the women said Friday. The case, filed in 2018, stemmed from the arrests of Muslim American women Jamilla Clark and Arwa […]
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New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit by two Muslim-American women who said the police violated their rights after arresting them by forcing them to remove their hijabs before being photographed. The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove […]