This salon.com article talks about the abuse that prisoners are suffering in Brooklyn. It’s frighteningly similar in style, if not degree, to Abu Ghuraib.
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Muslims will be stopped and searched more than other citizens. Read it here. Why is this good news? Because somebody is finally actually being honest about it.