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New York - Five men who were detained and deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1.26 million settlement with the U.S. government.
The men sued the government over the roundups that put them in federal detention and the abuse they say they suffered while they were there.
They were among more than 170 Arab and Muslim men jailed for immigration law violations at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
A 2003 Department of Justice report found "significant problems" with the treatment of detainees there, including physical abuse and mistreatment.
An attorney for the men said she hoped the settlement would deter the government from similar roundups in the future.
The Department of Justice did not immediately comment.
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Nov 03, 2009 at 08:42 PM Shmilfke Says:
That's it!
I am becoming Muslim and I'm gonna pray right outside the boarding hall at the airport. I'll get arrested, which I'll claim was wrongly, and then I'll sue for big $$$$$
Who's with me?
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Nov 03, 2009 at 11:34 PM Anonymous Says:
“ That's it!
I am becoming Muslim and I'm gonna pray right outside the boarding hall at the airport. I'll get arrested, which I'll claim was wrongly, and then I'll sue for big $$$$$
Who's with me? ”
Don't be a wise guy , don't we all try to make a minyan , wherever we can ? Be on the plane, in sloutsburgh , and we are (most of the time)alowed!