California – A woman of Iranian descent is suing the California Highway Patrol, alleging that an officer who stopped her for speeding accused her “people” of being responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Zahra Sedaghatpour, 38, of Fremont, alleges her civil rights were violated when Officer Jon Schatmeier, 32, berated her after she asked not to be cited for traveling 79 mph on Interstate 680 last year.
“Today is Sept. 12. Do you remember Sept. 11? Do you know what happened on Sept. 11?” Schatmeier said, according to the lawsuit filed March 29 in federal court in San Francisco. “It’s people like you who killed all of our people. This is our country! Why don’t you go back to your country?”
Schatmeier told the woman to “shut up” and refused to provide a business card when she asked for one, according to the lawsuit. When the officer asked her to sign the citation, Sedaghatpour asked whether she could read it first. [AP]
