CAIR Decries Tennessee Court Ruling Saying Confederate Memorabilia in Courtroom Not ‘Inherently Prejudicial’

(WASHINGTON D.C., 8/17/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried a ruling by a Tennessee appellate court that there is nothing “inherently prejudicial” about trying Black people in a courtroom adorned with Confederate memorabilia.   In the ruling, a three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals … Continue reading CAIR Decries Tennessee Court Ruling Saying Confederate Memorabilia in Courtroom Not ‘Inherently Prejudicial’