Class-action settlement covers people required to take off religious attire by NYPD after Muslim women said their rights were violatedNew York City agreed to pay $17.5m to settle a lawsuit by two Muslim women who said the police violated their rights after arresting them, by forcing them to remove their hijabs before being photographed.The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove religious attire before being photographed. It was filed on Friday in Manhattan... Read this story
