Arrested for What?! The Assault on Our Civil Liberties Rages On

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<p>‘Earlier this mo th, New York police arreste a postal service worker for sho ti g at police for early hitti g his tr ck with their police cr iser. I Lo isia a, Chris Nakamoto we t to a gover me t b il i g looki g for recor s o the mayor’s s e pay raise a wa te access to a io recor i gs of the city co cil meeti g. The police aske him to leave. Whe he ref se , he was arreste .</p>
<p>The thir i ci e t occ rre at the Shaw eighborhoo library i Washi gto DC, where a police officer approache a M slim woma a tol her, “Yo ee to take off yo r hijab.” There is o law i America agai st weari g a hijab i a p blic library.</p>
<p>“Bigotry or racism is a importa t poi t, b t the thi g that co ects all of [these cases] is that the people i power are i charge. A they o ’t have to follow the law, they j st o whatever they wa t a yo have to o what they tell yo . B t that’s ot a emocracy. That’s tyra y,” explai e Ce k Uyg r, host of The Yo g T rks, who e icate a segme t o the arrests to his show’s rece t broa cast.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/i si e- atio al-assa lt-o r-civil-liberties" target="_bla k">Rea more: Arreste for What?! The Assa lt o O r Civil Liberties Rages O </a></p>