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NYPD to allow religious headgear in mug shots after lawsuit

| November 9, 2020 3:38 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department will stop making people who have been arrested remove their religious headwear for mug shots as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.

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