No charges filed for rant against hijab-wearing shopper

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say charges won't be filed against a woman who yelled at a hijab-wearing shopper in a grocery store, calling her a terrorist. A hijab is a type of headscarf worn by some Muslim women. The Albuquerque Journal reports that police say charges weren't filed because the Muslim woman was not physically attacked or afraid that she was going to be. The incident occurred just before Thanksgiving. Employees of the Smiths grocery stepped between the two women, took the yelling woman to the parking lot and later walked the Muslim shopper to her car. Albuquerque police spokesman Fred Duran says the shopper denies the other woman did anything other than yell slurs, which officers determined was within her right to free speech.