Two Muslim women say ‘false’ allegation led to dangerous situation with Seattle Police Department

The women were the targets of excessive force after a man called 911 and falsely claimed they had a gun, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

SEATTLE — What began as a dispute over a parking spot ended with guns drawn and two young Muslim women thrown to the ground by police — an incident that is now the focus of a formal investigation by the Seattle Office of Police Accountability.

According to the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the two women — both in their 20s and wearing hijabs — were the targets of excessive force after a man called

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