Tuesday, April 15, 2014

NYPD Disbands Muslim Surveillance Program

NYPD Disbands Muslim Surveillance Program: On April 15th the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced that its Muslim surveillance unit had been disbanded.

The surveillance unit came "under fire by community activists who accused the department of abusing civil rights."

According to the Associated Press, the surveillance unit "relied on plainclothes officers to eavesdrop on people in bookstores, restaurants, and mosques."

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