(This Photo is just showing what Hijab looks like)
The D.C. Public Library is investigating after witnesses said a Muslim woman visiting the Shaw Library was asked by a library police officer to remove her headscarf or leave.
Raven said the woman refused the officer’s request to remove her hijab, and told him she wasn’t bothering anyone.
“He didn’t explicitly say that he was going to arrest her, but he did have his handcuffs in his hand in an intimidating way,” she said.
She said another witness, a man wearing a cowboy hat, also complained to staff.
“I was just shocked, and I wanted to say something. It all happened very quickly and I had my son on my lap, and I was just afraid. Which is especially shocking given my position as someone who trains people to speak out against harassment.”
The accused police officer has been removed from Shaw Library while the library investigates what happened.