Muslim Woman Tackled By Cops, Publicly Strip Searched On Independence Day

This time last year, as the holy month of Ramadan was coming to an end, a fasting Muslim woman carrying a backpack full of food was tackled by Chicago police during her commute home. Then the police kicked her and strip searched her in public.

According to the victim, Itemad “Angel” Almatar, she was running to catch a train on July 4, when five officers profiled and apprehended her on a flight of steps.

“They threw me to the stairs, and grabbed my bags. They kicked me, hit me, took off my hijab,” she told CBS Chicago. They also asked her humiliating questions about why she is Muslim and why she was covering her body, before conducting an invasive strip search in front of bystanders....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/01/3795021/muslim-woman-strip-searched-in-chicago-train-station/