A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta’s west suburban outskirts.
Valentine violated a court policy that prohibits people from wearing any headgear in court, police said after they arrested her Tuesday.
Kelley Jackson, a spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, said state law doesn’t permit or prohibit head scarfs.
“It’s at the discretion of the judge and the sheriffs and is up to the security officers in the court house to enforce their decision,” she said.
Valentine, who recently moved to Georgia from New Haven, Conn., said the incident reminded her of stories she’d heard of the civil rights-era South.
“I just felt stripped of my civil, my human rights,” she said Wednesday from her home. She said she was unexpectedly released after the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations urged federal authorities to investigate the incident as well as others in Georgia.
Boo fuckin hoo. When you start raising holy hell about women in Muslim countries being beaten for not wearing them, I’ll listen to your tale of woe, ya bim.
women in Muslim countries being beaten for not wearing them
You want her to complain about the conditions for woman in Iraq and Afghanistan, dan?
It would seem to me a better use of her OUTRAGE, pars.
On a class trip, I walked into a courtroom in Detroit with a ballcap on. It took all of a quarter of a second for a bailiff to bark out “take your hat off.” It’s what’s expected in court–no hats. Can’t handle that? Too bad.
Remember the muslima in Florida who refused to take off the veil that completely covered her face for a drivers license pic? She sued. She lost.
I don’t know, dan.
I always get a chuckle when I read about the Confederacy getting up to its old tricks.
Is that what it is? My goodness, The House of Peace is an awfully big Confederacy, isn’t it?
I’ll nevah go hungry again!
Turnips!
Don’t honah kill me, Ashley! I’ll be good!
I don’ know nuffin’ ’bout stimulatin’ no clitormis!
There’s that inner sociopath Insty told us about, dan.
Let it all out.
I’m sure Jeff’s visitor count will bounce right back when he returne!
Insty didn’t tell you about it, you ninny, for one thing.
And for another thing, you shouldn’t let your seeing eye dog type for you. It pisses off the Muzzies, and everyone knows that this is their show.
Throwing shoes at the President, though . . . cool, right?
You’re so committed to human rights that you don’t give a rat’s ass about them. Fuck off. And I mean that in the kindliest way.
Funny how respecting OUR culture–like taking your bleeping hat off in a bleeping court–always takes a backseat to respecting some medieval culture that thinks men can’t handle seeing female hair without being driven mad.
You couldn’t follow the plotline if it were tattoed to your head in reverse lettering and you were given a mirror.
Had to go to the local Probate Court office two days ago. Have to leave cell phone in car along with my pocket knife. Coat, hat, briefcase, gloves all fed into scanner that deposits them on floor. Wanded front and rear because belt buckle set off metal detector. All to get some forms and be told I need to travel 150 miles to see another county’s Probate Court.
Welcome to the USA after 9/11. Brought to us by way of the fundamentalists of the “religion of peace”.
Good Allah, it is consistently and persistently the most mendoucheous troll on the internets, that parsnips/sniffles/alphtard thing. It is. Honest.
the incident reminded her of stories she’d heard of the civil rights-era South.
Because, you know, being held to the same standard as everyone else in the courthouse IS EXACTLY THE SAME as being knocked down by fire hoses and beaten with billy clubs.
Darleen – There is no end to the depths of their mendoucheousness.
Welcome to the USA after 9/11.
The courthouse I worked in at that time had no metal detectors at the doors. I worked in the DA office on the top floor and while the door into the offices was locked (buzz through) the reception desk was open windowed — no plexi, just a metal gate that rolled down and locked at closing time.
The downstairs lobby filled with police officers on the morning of 9/11 to watch everyone that came in.
Went to the city/county place last week. They made me check my key chain at the door b/c I had a “tool” on it. A freakin’ 100mm Sears adjust wrench. F*** your head gear Hussein.
“IS EXACTLY THE SAME as being knocked down by fire hoses and beaten with billy clubs”
by a Demorat
Great. Unindicted co-conspiritor orginazation CAIR comes to the rescue.
Because TEH INTOLERANCE!!!!! IT BURNS!!!!!11!!1!!11!!!
Who?
Why the hell is that Hamas front group still just an “unindicted co-conspirator”?
After Jan 20 they will probably be in charge of airline security, or at least valued consultants.
She said she was unexpectedly released after the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations urged federal authorities to investigate the incident as well as others in Georgia.
Good fuckin’ Allah. When will we quit worrying about hurting someone’s feelings? Follow the damn rules or move back to Saudi and take your beating like a woman.
LOL…Comments number one and number 5 and number 11 illustrate why alphie should be nuked.
Lisa Valentine? A good muslim name, to be sure. Fuck off, biatch. I think we have here a classic case of transference. Methinks, there’s something else going on in Lisa’s life and she’s making a mountain out of a molehill, here.
OT – JD, are you in town anytime soon? I’d love to be able to return the favor and buy you lunch. But this time no bacon cheeseburger for you! Unless, your gallbladderless self can take it by now.
Dude – Lose the gallbladder and there is nothing left for greasy fatty food to bother. At least, that is what my surgeon told me, but reality and his statement have not yet intersected.
I should be up there the first week in Jan.
LOL…Shoot me an e-mail when you can. We’ll do Blue Point this time. You can meet MY better half. She deserves combat pay. She is a GREAT wife.
I was supposed to be up there on Saturday for a Holiday Party (don’t get me started on that) but one of the muckety mucks fell on the ice and shattered his patella, and since he was paying, it got cancelled.
That is terrible. You got “kneecapped”! Was the party at Blue Point?
Johnny’s Italian place on 6th, a block or two south of the Blue Point.
The news story is written falsely.
She was incarcerated for contempt of court for cursing at the bailiff.
Now, the reason she was cursing may have been because she was turned away.
However, if she had walked away, she would not have been arrested.
Damn. I am so out of the loop. Damn kids! I have never even heard of that place. There’s a Johnny’s on Fulton (near west side). I’m thinking it must be kin to that place.
OI – I cannot believe that I know more about good eating in your town than you ;-)
She doesn’t seem like someone I would want around me. Not fun, not pleasant, and really not even safe.
Ms. Valentine, who seems a bit aggresively muslim to me, couldn’t hold her tongue when told she wouldn’t be allowed in the courtroom with her hijab; that’s why she was arrested…
Seems she had to get in the baliffs face when he informed her of the rules; just like she uses her muslim-hood to effectively get in the face of all the people around her…
She clearly doesn’t want to be treated the same as everyone else; she expects to be afforded special handling and preferential exceptions-cause she’s a muslim you know…
And this phony has the gall to talk about how the incident reminded her of stories she’d heard of the civil rights-era South..? WTF!
Suuuuuuure it is… Those folks were treated like second class citizens, beaten in public by law enforcement officers for simply protesting that same agregious treatment, and arrested for simply sitting at a lunch counter… A person who did what she did in that court house would have been in deeeeeep shinola…
She suffered in the name of civil rights about as much as the gay marriage advocate handwringers have…
Bunch of perpatratin’ poseurs….
Bob – To idgits like this one, they define civil rights as the right to do anything they want, without criticism, but you damn well better not offend her.
She sounds like Slappy Cindy McKinney.
Lordy, the O!pression!
I don’t get down to Atlanta much, but there’s a Johnny’s in Glenview that’s memorable. Some of the best gangster beef on the planet..
“just like she uses her muslim-hood to effectively get in the face of all the people around her…”
Now that is just fucking pathetic. Don’t be such a little bitch. I suppose I can say you use your pussy-hood to splatter outrage on all the people around you.
The Muslim-hood (hoodie) is a prop, th-assclown-or. As you are a prop, self-designed to drive your daddy batty while bleeding him for every red cent you can can.
The hood’s intent is to protect the (supposedly meek) wearer’s virtue from evil men who might stare and gawk, and become aroused. Her foul mouth makes the use of the hood pointless. Why bother protecting her ‘virtue’, when she stands up and curses out a bailiff, eh? Not much meekness, but plenty of pretend-ness.
assclown, you never fail to live up to your name…
Son’t you and your pals in the California “Hate prop 8” crew have some religious folks, or old women, to break bad on…
Show them just how butch you are…
43. Did you wank while you wrote this? I mean, besides typing the words which itself constitutes some self-love.
44. What the fuck are you talking about. “your pals”? How delusional are you?
The Douglasville court house is a very modern and nice place.
That chick in Orlando’s original name was like Schoenbergstein or something.
Oh, and Dan, nice Pope reference.
I’m an Americanist, but I love me some Neo-Classics!!!
Mr. Ass – Serr8d’s reply was very good. Your retort? Sounds like you’ve been drinking.
Regardless, if this chick wanted to wear her scarf where ever, when ever, then I guess she should be pissed at those 9/11 folks, now shouldn’t she?
Uh isn’t this chick supposed to be subservient to men? She should have been in a kitchen baking a batch of cookies for the baliff not harrassing him while he is trying to do his job. Also she should not be speaking to the baliff unless he speaks to her first, and then only in the presence of a family member of the opposite sex. Otherwise someone should lightly beat her with a reed cane.
She does not seem very devout to me. I hope someone calls the moral police on her so they can investigate this crime against Islam. Yelling at a man? The nerve of this woman. If she drove there herself then this she is even more guilty.
Mr Pink, I bet she didn’t even use the “womens” door. Mixing in public with men, unaccompanied by a brother. Honestly, this women is a harlot.
I think we need to dig a hole. Anyone have any stones?
I heard her on the radio this morning complaining that “she just wants to be treated like everybody else”.
The sad thing is the pinheads at the station and most people listening don’t realize how ridiculous that statement is. I mean, they even make Earnhardt fans take off their Goodwrench hats in front of the judge, you know?
If this woman wins, I think this woman also has a case.
Why is she living in the land of us bacon eating infidels anyway? I hope she didn’t allow the unclean hands of kafir to touch her while she was there.
PS nothing more annoying in this world than listening to Charlie Brown’s teacher start yelling over a loudspeaker at 530 AM every morning.
And here I thought CAIR was useless. Good work. Got someone sprung.
“When you start raising holy hell about women in Muslim countries being beaten for not wearing them, I’ll listen to your tale of woe, ya bim.”
Do we have to raise holy hell about violence against women here before doing it against muslim countries? Man the cycle of ‘I care more you should care like I care’ will never end! BREAK THE CYCLE!
Do we have to raise holy hell about violence against women here before doing it against muslim countries? Man the cycle of ‘I care more you should care like I care’ will never end! BREAK THE CYCLE!
Meya, you’re gonna have to connect the dots for me here, ’cause I have no idea what point you think you’re making.
Don’t feel bad, Carin.
Neither does she.
She had a point?
Let’s not forget that a few years ago, Brian Nichols went on a killing spree in an Atlanta courtroom. He killed a judge and several other people, then lead every metro area law enforcement agency plus the FBI on a wild chase once he left the courthouse. He was just sentenced either late last week or early this week so the memory around courtrooms is still pretty fresh, and security in the are is much more strict, as I think we can all imagine. T
I wasn’t even allowed to bring in a lighter or a book of matches the last time I pulled jury duty.
Maybe I should’ve claimed to be Zoroastrian.
Security concerns? Pish posh this is all about the white man suppressing the religion and the culture of a minority group. WTF is this I am hearing about “security concerns”? That is just more of those racist code words you guys use.
OT, but a minor bright spot: Helen Jones-Kelley, the Ohio bureaucrat who spied on Joe the Plumber, has resigned.
Meanwhile the guys that looked into O!’s passport were thrown in jail.
Let’s not forget that a few years ago, Brian Nichols went on a killing spree in an Atlanta courtroom. He killed a judge and several other people, then lead every metro area law enforcement agency plus the FBI
Well, so a few eggs get broken … we’re protecting the Constitution here people!
OT, but a minor bright spot: Helen Jones-Kelley, the Ohio bureaucrat who spied on Joe the Plumber, has resigned.
“Cabinet, here I come!”
“Mixing in public with men, unaccompanied by a brother. Honestly, this women is a harlot.”
Unless the bailiff was her husband, I believe she was committing adultery. This calls for an honor killing or some such stupid sharia response. Actions have consequences!
In related news, Muslim woman sues over “indecent” outfit at work. The job? Waitress at a bar.
Serving alcohol.
And, likely, pork.
[…] I don’t think Jones-Kelley was waterboarded; but as of yet, no comment from those magnificent bastards Karl Rove, Dick Cheney or George Bush. h/t Spies, Brigands and Pirates […]
Maybe she should have entered through the special Sharia Law entrance.
I was so thinking of Hooters. Which would be fun.
I see how it works here. Muslims and your liberal boogymen get no assumptions of acting in good faith. They are all engaged in some hypocrisy or nefarious, America-destroying badness. Bush and any number of his lackeys and supporters? All God’s children with only the best interests of America at heart when they break the law. Or lie.
What a bunch of losers.
Reductio much, assface?
suck much cock, kelly?
that is soooo smart. do you have a cite for it?
no wait, don’t tell me… you got it from Phil Graham.
wow, you are everywhere, ya little minx!
Thanks for proving that you don’t even know what the fuck reductio means, assnose. You’re out of your league here, pal. I’m sure there’s some chatroom for subretards just waiting for you.
Yes, I’m so out of my league I have goaded the entire proteinwisdom regular brigade to waste hours. Wow, I must be ashamed. Face it, you and the rest of the regulars here lack basic self awareness. Something I find very common in wingnuts.
Wow. A regular titan of industry, this one. Where’s the hard work, nitwit?
If I gain significant joy in whipping idiots into a frenzy, is it really wasted time?
don’t be stalkin’, Pablo.
I dunno. Ever done it?
Maggie, don’t be silly. Pablo is the “stalkee” … if he starts stalking someone, where does that leave me?
The whole idea make me uncomfortable.
proxy stalking.
Fear not, ladies. assclown would at least have to be somewhat interesting to qualify for stalkage. No need to worry about that happening.
Carin, stalking related… you need to see The World of Henry Orient I tried to find a clip, but there are only long ones. the whole thing is on Youtube.
It’s on Netflix. I added it to my list.
ya, we watched it a week or two ago. really enjoyed it even though it was nothing like we expected.
Assclown, see my comment at #60. It has nothing to do with boogeymen, and everything to do with a judge getting shot in his own courtroom several years back. A man on trial in Atlanta overpowered a deputy, stole her gun, and went on a killing spree. It’s about security, and an attention whore in a head scarf.
“an attention whore in a head scarf.”
So every Jew who refuses to remove his yarmulke is also an attention whore? Uh, oh. Your idiocy is showing again.
Regardless of the religion, if the person refused to remove the headgear or leave, shouted obscenities at the bailiff, and then ran to the media, that person would be an attention whore.
Hey, didn’t we have a discussion about sockpuppetry yesterday?
I’d really hate to see Darleen go off on you.
No. Just every Jew who refuses to remove his yarmulke then gets into a screaming hissy with the bailiff, gets hauled off, and cries to B’nai B’rith and multiple media outlets about it.
Big D must be the quicker, terser me.
“Whipping into a frenzy” = provoking a response to the effect that one’s arguments are mendacious ducktalk.
Congrats assclone. A winner is you.
And it hurts me more than you can ever know to have to say that. I’m going to cry in my pillow ever so hard. Ever so hard.
Judges have a lot of freedom regarding decorum in their courtroom and what dress is permitted or not. I doubt you will find many judges that will officially back this woman’s claim.
Here is a rule to remember – do not tick off the judge. Consider it a codicil to the rule of ‘Do not anger the police officer that just pulled you over’, and ‘Do not tick off that customs agent at the border’. Sympathy for your predicament will be seriously lacking, everywhere.
As the sole member of a religion that requires me to have my wiener sticking out of my fly whenever I am indoors, I find this decision very troubling. I need some accommodation, bitches.
#98 ccoffer:
I am sure the judge can provide you with accomodations…
Yes, I’m so out of my league I have goaded the entire proteinwisdom regular brigade to waste hours.
Funny, I consider myself part of the “regular brigade”, and the only time of mine you’re going to waste is the length of time it takes to click the TrollHammer link.
Must really suck to know that we all have meaningful jobs and loving families while you don’t, huh?
Buh-bye.
See you in a week, if you’re still around.
I see how it works here. Muslims and your liberal boogymen get no assumptions of acting in good faith. They are all engaged in some hypocrisy or nefarious, America-destroying badness.
I am making fun of her because she was on a tirade on the radio about not being treated like everybody else because she wasn’t given special treatment.
So every Jew who refuses to remove his yarmulke is also an attention whore?
If he makes a big scene about being singled out when he is just being treated like everyone else, yes. Same for the Amish, Sikh, NASCAR fans and UGA fratboys.
No head covering of any kind is allowed in the courtroom. If you make a fuss about being singled out when you are being treated the same as every one else, you are being an attention whore.