Antisemitism or Barbarity Dakota Style

Does anyone think that if he was Muslim that they would behave in such a disgraceful and antisemitic fashion; or do you know that a muslim would be guaranteed his 'rights' under Sharia law!

South Dakota USA:

• Reb Shalom Mordechai was taken by the US Marshals service to South Dakota State penitentiary in Sioux Falls pending transfer to Iowa. He was not allowed to make a phone call to inform his lawyers or his family
• As part of the entry process into the jail, Reb Shalom Mordechai was asked to disrobe and change into the prison uniform. He complied, but stopped short of removing his tzitzis and yarmulka
• as a religious Jew, he was required to wear these garments at all times, that it is permitted under federal law, and that he would not take them off.
• The staff immediately conferred with their superiors and confirmed that they would not allow him to wear his religious clothing. At this point, six burly, intimidating prison guards entered with riot shields. They took a video of this interaction.
• The warden at the prison then decided that he would be allowed to wear his yarmulka, but not his tzitzis. Reb Shalom Mordechai explained that although he had no interest in making trouble, he would not remove his tzitzis for religious reasons and his religion does not allow him to even walk around without tzitzis.
• The prison staff belligerently insisted that he nevertheless remove them or they would be removed by force and he would be placed in a disciplinary area alone.
• Reb Shalom Mordechai explained that he was not fighting with them, but he would not remove them himself. He was not trying to give them a hard time, but he was insisting on his religious rights. He also took the opportunity to inform them of his other religious needs, namely, the tallis and tefillin required for davening Shacharis, before which he would be unable to eat.
• They responded by yelling at him for threatening a hunger strike. “Do you know where you are?!” they shouted
• They then removed his tzitzis. He was given only a thin sheet to cover himself and they brought a wheelchair to move him, since he had said that he would not be allowed to walk without his tzitzis.
• The staff took him to the disciplinary area, where a woman asked him questions from a form, and then disregarded his answers, writing in whatever she wanted to over his objections.
• They left him to sleep with no clothes - only the thin sheet and his yarmulka and another sheet to cover himself.
• In the morning, they brought him papers to sign, which he would not do without his lawyers. The US Marshals arrived to transport him to Iowa, and they confirmed that he was allowed to wear tzitzis, which were then returned to him.
• Due to his commitment to strict kashrus, food was purchased by his family that met those standards, but the food was not allowed into the Iowa prison because it wasn’t packaged correctly. He did not eat at all from Thursday lunch until Motzoei Shabbos

Please daven for

Shalom Mordechai Halevi ben Rivkah

October 20, 2009:

FBI Raids Halal Slaughterhouse

“[…] more than 100 agents, police officers and even what one believed to be National Guard troops. ... the driveway was filled with more than 50 government vehicles. There was a helicopter flying overhead and a command center set up. On top of it were government sharpshooters with rifles at the ready.”

"Way too much overkill for immigration."

Coverage at cbs2 and VosIzNeias.

Let’s see how they treat these people , hmm, muslims.