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Knox Co. to pay woman $71K in lawsuit over Sheriff’s Office posting mugshot of her without religious headscarf Layla Soliz sued Knox County and the sheriff after a KCSO employee posted a mugshot showing her without her religious headscarf.

March 19, 2025   

(WBIR) Knox County has agreed to pay a Muslim woman $71,500 in a partial settlement agreement after she brought a federal lawsuit against the county and its sheriff in October 2024 for publishing a mugshot of her without her religious headscarf. While […]

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Davidson County sheriff shares religious head covering policy in lawsuit against Knox County Sheriff Daron Hall laid out his department's policy about religious head coverings, saying arrestees do not have to remove them as long as they can be identified.

January 15, 2025   

(WBIR) The Davidson County sheriff provided a declaration in a federal lawsuit about his department’s policy surrounding arrestees who wear religious head coverings. Layla Soliz, who practices Islam, is suing Knox County and the sheriff because she said a sheriff’s office employee […]