NYC to pay $17.5m to settle lawsuit over forced removal of religious head coverings for mug shots
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New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their head coverings to be photographed after they were arrested.
"When they forced me to take off my hijab, I felt as if I were naked. I'm not sure if words can capture how exposed and violated I felt, I'm so proud today to have played a part in getting justice for thousands of New Yorkers." - Jamilla Clark
Read at Brooklyn Eagle
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