re: #65 lawhawk
NYC pays $17.5 million after two women (and a further class of people who were affected) whose religious freedoms were violated by the NYPD. The women were forced to remove their hijabs, and were threatened with prosecution.
Thatâs money that could have better gone to community improvements, not to pay for the NYPD malfeasance. The NYPD and the police union didnât pay that amount. Itâs coming out of taxpayersâ pockets to cover for the NYPD malfeasance (again).
Sorry, but this is stupid. Having to remove the hijab for a mugshot shouldnât be viewed as a religious rights violation. Whatâs next? Someone starts a religion that fingerprints and DNA are sacred and thus canât be taken or used?