By ARVIND PADMANABHAN
Discrimination
Indo-American Lawyers' Association (IALA) wrote a letter to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York to conduct a thorough inquiry into the "racial profiling incident in Hempstead, New York, and commence appropriate proceedings against all those responsible," a press release by IALA said.
The case refers to the arrest of 19 Indian-American children who were charged with criminal trespass at the instance of Herricks School District Superintendent John Bierwith for being on school premises.
The criminal charges against 13 students were dismissed by Judge Lea Ruskin of the Nassau County District Court on April 28 as "legally insufficient."
Previously, according to a press release by New York Civil Liberties Union, Nassau County chapter, six of the group, who were juveniles, had been referred to Family Court of the county, which dismissed the charges and sealed the records.