CUYAHOGA FALLS: Every time Sarah Shendy sees an American flag, she pledges allegiance. She proudly wears an American flag pin next to the badge on her Copley police uniform and flies the American flag in front of her home. “Every day I wake up, I am thankful to be in a country where my safety and security isn't threatened 24/7. A country that encompasses diversity, equality and freedom of religion and speech,” Shendy said. “For me, the flag represents liberation, independence, democracy, justice and equality. I am overwhelmed when I see a flag because of what it stands for.” Shendy, like many Muslims, is feeling a need to affirm her patriotism amid the anti-Muslim...
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