Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General on Backlash Discrimination Joseph Zogby (202) 514-6534 e-mail: Joseph.Zogby@usdoj.gov website: www.usdoj.gov/crt/nordwg.html Corporal Daniel Saab Community Policing Officer Dearborn Police Department (313) 943-2800 Hate Crimes Investigation Support Office of the Maine Attorney General Civil Rights Team Project Attorney General Thomas Harnett (207) 626-8800 website: www.maine.gov/ag/civilrights.html UNITED STATES: "WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY" ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was written by Amardeep Singh, U.S. Program researcher at Human Rights Watch, based on research he undertook in Washington, D.C. and five other cities across the United States. It was edited by Jamie Fellner, director of the U.S. Program, and Joe Saunders, interim program director, with legal review provided by Dinah Pokempner, general counsel. Jonathan Horowitz, program coordinator, provided significant research and production assistance. Human Rights Watch would like to thank the many public officials and community activists who provided us with information, documentation, and insights about backlash crimes and government responses to it following September 11. Human Rights Watch is grateful to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and to Atlantic Philanthropies for providing the funding that made this report possible. REPORT, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, "PRESUMPTION OF GUILT," AUGUST 2002 PRESUMPTION OF GUILT: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11 Detainees 1630 Connecticut Ave, N W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20009 TEL (202) 612-4321 FAX (202) 612-4333 2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road 15 Rue Van Campenhout |