Washigton: A 37-year-old man, who ripped off a Muslim woman’s hijab on a flight while shouting “this is America!”, has been sentenced to a year of probation, including two months of home confinement. Gill Parker Payne was also fined $1,000 for the attack, according to a statement by the US Attorney’s Office in the District of New Mexico.

“You hurt me, you disrespected me, you violated me,” the victim, Khawla Abdel-Haq, was quoted as saying in court by the Albuquerque Journal.