New York City has reportedly agreed to pay out $17.5 million after a class action lawsuit, spearheaded by two Muslim women, claimed that their religious rights were violated after police forced them to remove their hijabs to take a mugshot photo after they were arrested.
Fox News Digital reported that the initial settlement, which still needs to be finalized by a district court judge, was filed on Friday in Manhattan federal court. The report mentioned that more than 3,600 people are eligible for payouts under the deal.
The two women who spearheaded the effort, Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz, filed the suit in 2018 after they were arrested for violating orders of protection. However, the two women have claimed that the reason for their arrest was bogus, per the report. The two women were arrested twice, in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Clark and Aziz claimed that they felt shame and experienced trauma after being forced to remove their hijabs…
