A Douglasville, Georgia, judge ordered a Muslim woman named Lisa Valentine to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court for refusing to remove her headgear in court. 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 told the Associated Press that she “felt stripped of my civil, my human rights.” Valentine said she was released when the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged federal authorities to investigate the incident as well as others in Georgia.
