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I believe the title of this article originally included the word "Muslim," which has since been removed by a mod or the OP. This is unfortunate as it's highly r
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
I believe the title of this article originally included the word "Muslim," which has since been removed by a mod or the OP. This is unfortunate as it's highly relevant as evinced by these passages from the article:
During questioning, officers repeatedly brought
up his last name, Mohamed said.
[...]
Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed blamed
the incident on Islamophobia.
“He just wants to invent good things for mankind,”
said the elder Mohamed, who immigrated from Sudan.
“But because his name is Mohamed and because of
Sept. 11, I think my son got mistreated.”
Lastly, this quote from Ahmed at the very end of the article just galls me:
“[The handcuffs] made me feel like I wasn’t human,”
he said in a video interview. “It made me feel like
a criminal.”