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

[Eugene]

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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[pennylane100]

1. There is something basically wrong with our country's law enforcement.

If this is true, and I have every reason to think that it probably is, this kind of act which seem to be occurring with an increasing frequency, are way beyond the pale. We are on our way to becoming a banana republic. These type of thugs need to start doing some serious jail time.

They act as if, no matter how vile their behavior is, there will be no consequences. I know it is not politically correct to think it, but I want them to feel pain and suffering for their crimes and if the law will not provide it, the victims may start trying to get it themselves. I do not mean by some nut taking a gun and shooting into a crowd of cops, killing or injuring the good ones as well as the bad, and there are some very good and brave police out there. But the individuals that commit these crimes must pay.

[mwrguy]

2. The anti-Muslim & anti-hijab bigotry in this country is sickening

[kestrel91316]

3. She wasn't just in a headscarf. She was wearing the full face mask

known as niqab.

I have a problem with that because it can cause legitimate security problems just like walking around in a full face mask. Banks, for instance, don't allow that sort of thing with good reason.

None of which justifies how she was treated, though.

[kestrel91316]

4. Niqab