Woman Forced To Remove Hijab In Jail Settles For $120K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and remove her hijab for a booking photo over a traffic offense.
Fifty-seven-year-old Aida Shyef Al-Kadi, of St. Louis Park, and her attorneys on Tuesday announced the settlement approved by a federal judge last month.
Al-Kadi says her treatment at the Ramsey County jail in 2013 was "one of the most humiliating and harmful experiences" of her life. A judge had issued a warrant for Al-Kadi's arrest after she missed a court hearing over a traffic offense while taking her daughter to the hospital.
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