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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Windsor Police Chief Apologizes For Inappropriate Search of Muslim Woman
In Canada, Windsor, Ontario police chief Gary Smith publicly apologized to the Muslim community over the embarrassment and offense to religious beliefs caused when one of his male police officers conducted a pat down search of a Muslim woman. Yesterday's Detroit Free Press reports that the incident occurred on Oct. 31 when Canadian authorities conducted a raid to arrest two men who were part of a radical Muslim group based in Dearborn, Michigan. The leader of the Dearborn group was killed in an FBI shoot out last month. The woman involved was the wife of one of those arrested by Canadian authorities.