(NJ.com) The South Orange-Maplewood School District teacher who was accused of pulling the hijab off a Muslim student’s head — a charge the woman has denied — won’t face criminal charges, authorities said Wednesday.
Tamar Herman, an elementary school teacher at Seth Boyden Elementary School, was alleged to have forcibly removed a girl’s hijab during class on Oct. 6, 2021. The incident was reported to local police who forwarded the information to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, which investigates bias crimes.
“The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to sustain a criminal prosecution in this case,” Acting Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said in a statement.
Stephens said the decision was based on a “full investigation and a thorough review of all available evidence and the applicable law.”
