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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NYPD sued over Muslim surveillance program

The lawsuit claims that the NYPD program hinders Muslims from practicing their religion.

"...Muslim religious leaders in New York have modified their sermons and other behavior to not draw additional police attention

In other words, they were already preaching intolerance and hatred, but now must curtail the vitriol because johnny law is watching, and that constitutes restrictions on the practice of Islam.  The lawsuit against NYPD is to stop any meaningful inquiry into Islamic doctrine or ideology.  Playing the victim always gets you extra tears, and extra protection against your claimed persecutors.

I went back and read AG Robert Kennedy's speech in 1963 on organized crime and what steps were being taken to stop it.  Monitoring churches, restaurants, social clubs and other gathering places was the first step in identifying the players.  I recommend our administration read it, and then follow its guidelines.  RFK had it right, we can do the same. 

From FOX News June 18

Civil rights groups sue NYC mayor and top cop over post-9/11 Muslim surveillance programs

Civil rights lawyers say they plan to ask a federal judge to declare the New York Police Department's spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, and to order police to stop their surveillance and destroy any records in police files.

In a lawsuit being filed Tuesday, the lawyers say the spying has hindered residents from freely practicing their religion. It is the third significant legal action filed against the NYPD Muslim surveillance program since details of the spy program were revealed in a series of Associated Press reports in 2011 and 2012.

The lawsuit says Muslim religious leaders in New York have modified their sermons and other behavior to not draw additional police attention.

The NYPD did not immediately respond to a phone call and email asking for comment.

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