Muslim woman critical of Gilbert police treatment

by Nathan Gonzalez
Arizona Republic
March 23, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1502/muslim-woman-critical-of-gilbert-police-treatment

Excerpt:

The bumper sticker on Lisa Gopalan's car reads "Islam means peace."

But the Muslim woman and former schoolteacher believes her religion gained her the unwanted attention of Gilbert police, who arrested her for DUI when she failed a field sobriety test.

"I was so humiliated," said Gopalan, who along with her husband was recently laid off. "I do feel I was racially profiled to an extent. The whole thing was so upsetting. I'm no criminal."

While the Chandler resident awaits a possible misdemeanor charge of DUI for being impaired to the slightest degree, police opened an investigation into her claims that she was racially profiled.

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