Unit didn’t generate a single criminal lead throughout its existence.
By The American Bazaar Staff
NEW YORK: The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ New York chapter (CAIR-NY) has lauded the New York Police Department (NYPD) for breaking up a specialized surveillance unit in the city that had been created specifically to spy on Muslim residents.
The announcement of the NYPD disbanding the Muslim-focused surveillance team is the culmination of several efforts, made on the part of CAIR-NY, to draw attention to un-Constitutional monitoring and tracking of Muslim Americans in New York City. CAIR-NY has appealed repeatedly to the Department of Justice to investigate and put an end to the spying and undue harassment of such activity, but only now can Muslims across the Big Apple breathe a sigh of relief.
“CAIR-NY welcomes the closing of the NYPD Zone Assessment Unit,” said the organization in a statement. “This is an important first step. However, the damage of unconstitutional mass spying on people solely on the basis of their religion has already been carried out and must be addressed. We need to hear from the mayor and NYPD officials that the policy itself has been ended and that the department will no longer apply mass surveillance or other forms of biased and predatory policing to any faith-based community.”
The NYPD Zone Assessment Unit was responsible for monitoring Islamic institutions around the city, mostly mosques and other religious centers, and also kept tabs on Muslim student groups and small business either operated by or catered towards the Muslim demographic of the city.
Additionally, the Unit sent several covert informants to infiltrate these organizations and gather intelligence on their members, despite the fact that they never had any reason to suspect that these individuals may be involved in criminal wrongdoing aside from the fact that they are simply Muslim. Known as “mosque crawlers,” these informants reported on religious gatherings, and other such activities.
In disbanding the Zone Assessment Unit, the NYPD admitted that the task force never actually generated a single criminal lead throughout its existence.
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jaykaydx – anyone can get a internet connect no matter who or what you are.
They gave one to you after all. Go to mosque and pray for forgiveness to
mohammed, get on your knees and lick is feet. Then get the brothers together and plot how to kill innocent people in the name of Allah..
jaykaydx – anyone can get a internet connect no matter who or what you are.
They gave one to you after all. Go to mosque and pray for forgiveness to
mohammed, get on your knees and lick is feet. Then get the brothers together and plot how to kill innocent people in the name of Allah..
A complete waste of time and money – what’s amusing is that the REAL reason the police was monitoring mosques was to recruit operatives for their so-called ‘jihad’ against Syria! LOL – The US supplying ‘Al-CIAda’ with arms and money! What a load of baloney! Everyone knows that ‘murica is the world’s biggest terrorist anyway!
Bad move NYPD, the bombings will soon begin….
Bad move NYPD, the bombings will soon begin….
How the heck did someone as stupid as you get an internet connection?