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| ahmer |
| 05/27/02 at 21:31:53 |
take a look at this!! [url]http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/05/129413.php[/url] MUSLIMS DEMAND SUSPENSION OF CALIF. COPS WHO ARREST 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/27/02) A prominent national Islamic advocacy organization is calling for the suspension of California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers who the group says assaulted an 11-year-old Muslim girl during a anti-war, pro-Palestinian rally Saturday in San Francisco. (The girl turned 11 in February of this year. She was charged with "battery" of a police officer.) The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says photos and video shot at the protest show that police acted improperly in arresting the girl. SEE: http://www.indybay.org/ (The girl's father is available for media interviews. Contact CAIR's Northern California office at the numbers listed below.) The 11-year-old was arrested Saturday when police blocked a march across the Golden Gate Bridge, despite the fact that event organizers had a valid permit to cross the bridge. Media reports quoted witnesses who said police over-reacted to a relatively small number of protestors. One passerby told the San Francisco Chronicle: "I don't think these demonstrators presented any threat to anyone. The police are the ones who shut everything down. I would rather see all of these officers looking for terrorists in airports." Witnesses also say police manhandled journalists during the march. |
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