Man arrested for taking off woman's hijab

37-year-old Gill Parker Payne, of Gastonia, North
Carolina was on a South Airlines flight from Chicago
to Albuquerque on Dec. 11 2015 when he saw a
woman wearing a hijab sitting several rows in front
of him. Authorities say Payne approached her

and
told her to take it off, she refused saying it was a
religious headscarf, then he responded, "This is
America!" He then removed the hijab from her head.
The woman reported the incident to the Police and
Payne got arrested. He was charged with using
force or threat of force to obstruct a Muslim woman
in the free exercise of her religious beliefs.
He appeared in court on Friday and pleaded guilty to
a federal misdemeanor charge.
He didn't go to jail but was fined.
Source: AP