A Muslim-American woman in Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit against the Ocean County Sheriff Department for allegedly violating her First Amendment rights, when she was arrested earlier this month and forced to remove her hijab, the IB (International Business) Times website reports today (May 29, 2015).
Fatme Dakroub of Dearborn Heights, Michigan said the experience "was the worst experience of my life." (The hijab is a headscarf worn by many Muslim women to convey their modesty.)
Dakroub was vacationing with her children on May 17 when police stopped her car for a traffic violation. Police arrested her and forced her to remove her hijab.
The lawsuit was sent to the U.S. District Court in Western Michigan alleging the sheriff's department had violated Dakroub's First Amendment rights.
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