Rattle wrote: ] ] Turns out the Florida woman who is suing for the right to ] ] wear a Muslim headdress in a driver's license photograph ] ] has previously been subjected to an, um, unveiled ] ] government portrait. Following her 1997 conversion to ] ] Islam, Sultaana Freeman (formerly Sandra Keller) was ] ] arrested in Decatur, Illinois for battering a foster ] ] child. Freeman, 35, pleaded guilty in 1999 to felony ] ] aggravated battery and was sentenced to 18 months ] ] probation. As a result of the conviction, state officials ] ] removed two foster children from Freeman's care. The mug ] ] shot of the felonious Freeman (below left) was taken ] ] after her arrest in the Illinois case. Freeman returned ] ] to the dock this week--that's her testifying in the below ] ] right photo--to challenge Florida rules requiring ] ] prospective drivers to submit to unveiled photos for ] ] their licenses. Last year, Freeman sued the state after ] ] her license was revoked when she failed to allow ] ] officials to photograph her sans headdress. State ] ] officials contend that, in light of the September 11 ] ] attacks, it is crucial that all motorists now be ] ] photographed in an unadorned state. ] ] My personal theory had been that she was horribly disfigured ] under that thing.. Missing half her face.. Burn scars.. ] Michael Jackson shit.. Maybe looking just like The Joker, ] everywhere but the eyes. Maybe she could take a more American ] approach, get a balakava hood and a visor, and do the Storm ] Shadow GI Joe thing.. ] ] shrug.. Get out your yearbook! Doesn't she look -exactly- like Jen Prendeville??????????? RE: The Smoking Gun: Sultaana Freeman Unmasked! |