It’s not 31 October and men in flowing robes could be wearing suicide vests especially in swing states.
And around Cleveland don’t let your kids carry replica firearms where cops can draw their sidearms too quickly while ignoring the details of 911 calls.
Oh, yeah, and English Only...praise be Jeebus...
Officials in the UAE, responding to an incident in which an Emirati tourist was arrested in Ohio, cautioned Sunday that travelers from the Arab country should "refrain from wearing the national dress" in public places while visiting the West "to ensure their safety" and said that women should abide by bans on face veils in European countries, according to news reports from Dubai.
The tourist, Ahmed al-Menhali, was detained at gunpoint last week in Avon, Ohio, after a suspicious hotel clerk alerted relatives, who called 911. Menhali, a 41-year-old businessman, was in the United States for medical treatment and tried to book a hotel in the Cleveland suburb. He was wearing a flowing white headscarf and a full-length white robe at the time. Police accosted and handcuffed him outside the hotel entrance while he was speaking on his phone in Arabic.
A police video posted by a Cleveland TV channel showed an officer loading his rifle and running toward Menhali, while others shouted at him and held him down, according to Al Jazeera. He collapsed at one point, apparently feeling ill, and emergency workers took him to a hospital. He had previously suffered a stroke and was not armed.
Tourists in the US, always keep a cross on hand, as I’m reminded of a racist, homophobic peer in college who wore her crucifix prominently:
And for sure don’t carry one of these lighters...