Passaic, New Jersey

The United States' first-ever Turkish and Muslim police chief became the victim of a campaign of racist threats sent to him via text, local authorities said on March 2.
İbrahim 'Mike' Baycora, a first-generation Turkish-American immigrant, was appointed as the 17th police chief of the city of Paterson, New Jersey, last month.

The United States' first-ever Turkish police chief became the victim of a campaign of racist threats sent to him via text messages, according to U.S. media.

İbrahim "Mike" Baycora, a Muslim, was appointed as the 17th police chief of the city of Paterson, New Jersey in February.

The sentence for a substitute teacher who admitted having sex with underage students was further reduced after pleas to the judge by her family that the woman was sexually repressed due to her Islamic upbringing.