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December 6, 2015
Muslim family's encounter with Gwinnett (Atl) police goes viral
Source: Atlanta Journal
A Muslim family's interaction with Gwinnett police officers on Thanksgiving weekend has gone viral.
In a Facebook post, Georgia resident Zanub Rizvi wrote that she was driving her daughter and mother-in-law to a religious gathering when she was rear-ended.
All the police officers and paramedics that responded to the accident were white males, she said.
She said it was "obvious" from their dress that they were a Muslim family, but she was "surprised" by how they treated to her.
Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/muslim-familys-encounter-gwinnett-police-goes-vira/npcwX/
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