NYPD Spying on Muslims

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Civil rights lawyers: NYPD spying violates rules

WASHINGTON — The New York Police Department's focus on Muslims has renewed the political surveillance of the 1960s and `70s that was banned under a landmark legal ruling, according to a new court filing by civil rights lawyers. They are seeking an injunction against further surveillance of Muslims without evidence of crimes and a new court-appointed auditor to oversee police activities.

Describing continuing surveillance of Muslims as "widespread and intense," the civil rights lawyers complained that the NYPD has monitored public places where Muslims eat, shop and worship and has kept records and notes about police observations despite any evidence of unlawful or terror-related activities. The lawyers said the NYPD's actions violate rules, known as the Handschu guidelines, that a court had imposed as part of a 1985 landmark settlement with the NYPD to a lawsuit they filed.

The spying was the subject of a series of stories by the AP that revealed the NYPD intelligence division infiltrated dozens of mosques and Muslim student groups and investigated hundreds. The NYPD is the largest police department in the nation, and Bloomberg has held up its counterterrorism tactics as a model for the rest of the country. The new court motion by the civil rights lawyers refers repeatedly to the AP's reporting and includes some internal NYPD documents the AP had obtained and published.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130204/US.NYPD.Intelligence.Lawsuit/

[^_^ 5,021]

Good.

They are spying on OWS too. And on many other groups.

NYPD does what needs to be done. Sure, they're kind of d1cks about it but hey, they're new yorkers, ####### do u expect?

Edited February 4, 2013 by ^_^

[decocker 7,198]

boo.

witch hunts are good fun but only if hunting real witches.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Why don't they start spying on folks that buy tons of ammo and weapons, oh wait those are americans, we know they can't do anything wrong.

[^_^ 5,021]

Why don't they start spying on folks that buy tons of ammo and weapons, oh wait those are americans, we know they can't do anything wrong.

NYPD watches them too.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

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NYPD watches them too.

Not closely enough, if you are black or brown, you have an 85% chance of getting stopped.

[^_^ 5,021]

Not closely enough, if you are black or brown, you have an 85% chance of getting stopped.

Black more so than brown. If you're brown but you talk and dress white, you're ok. But if you're black, you're SOL.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

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Black more so than brown. If you're brown but you talk and dress white, you're ok. But if you're black, you're SOL.

Yep, no matter how polite you act, you can't change what your complexion is.

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

Why don't they start spying on folks that buy tons of ammo and weapons, oh wait those are americans, we know they can't do anything wrong.

that would be DoD and DHS.

[Lornaevo 48]

Not closely enough, if you are black or brown, you have an 85% chance of getting stopped.

I'm brown, lived in the US for 13 years and have never been stopped by nypd.

[decocker 7,198]

I'm brown, lived in the US for 13 years and have never been stopped by nypd.

you should play the lotto often, appears luck is on your side..

Critics say that the police unfairly target black and Hispanic young men, who have made up 85 percent of those stopped.

[Lornaevo 48]

you should play the lotto often, appears luck is on your side..

Critics say that the police unfairly target black and Hispanic young men, who have made up 85 percent of those stopped.

It has nothing to do with luck. I behave myself, stay out of trouble and I've had no problems with them law.

[decocker 7,198]

It has nothing to do with luck. I behave myself, stay out of trouble and I've had no problems with them law.

statistically speaking, it is either luck or location. the numbers don't lie.