16 Oct
All TSA Screeners are required to watch this movie before Thanksgiving 2007. It’s been produced by the United States Department of Justice Community Relations Service, and the Sikh American Legal Defense Fund. It does a great job of explaining who Sikhs are, and what to do as a TSA screener or law-enforcement officer interacting with Sikhs. It also provides a great general overview for interested citizens.
UPDATE: 2/6/2007 You can now watch this video at higher quality on the DOJ Site!
Update: 11/30/2007 SALDEF reports that over 60,000 law enforcement officials have watched this video!
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[...] In a recent press release, the Sikh Coalition enumerated the kirpan cases that it has participated in. For those who don’t know, the Kirpan is a small blade carried by Sikhs to express their duty to defend anyone weak or oppressed. No more dangerous than the multi-function swiss army knife that your IT manager carries, the Kirpan is one of the five symbols that practicing Sikhs maintain. Here’s the list of kirpan cases, followed by the original press release–another case was won in Ohio. For a law-enforcement-grade understanding of the kirpan, watch this video. [...]
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