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NJ Muslims Angry After NYPD Surveillance Findings

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 05.25.2012

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TRENTON, N.J. -- Muslim leaders in New Jersey say they are angry but uncertain what their next step will be after the state's attorney general found t...

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Will NJ AG Go After NYPD For Spying On Muslims?

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 05.22.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Muslim leaders who attended a March meeting with the state's attorney general say they've been invited back this week for a...

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WATCH: Rep. King Says NYPD Doesn't Racially Profile Muslims

Posted 05.14.2012

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Representative Peter King (R-NY) said Monday during an appearance on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien that "there is no racial profiling" by ...

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NYPD Surveillance Revisited

James Zogby | Posted 05.05.2012

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James Zogby

Where do we draw the line that separates the rights of persons from the over-reach of law enforcement. When do we conclude that the NYPD crossed the line and violated constitutionally protected freedoms and civil rights?

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Everything Wrong With Racial Profiling

Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski | Posted 04.25.2012

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Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski

What we know for sure is that Trayvon Martin is dead. We may also learn again that the false assumptions that undergird all sorts of profiling endanger our citizens and visitors, and divide us against each other.

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A Resilient Arab American Community

James Zogby | Posted 04.21.2012

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James Zogby

Despite the challenges we have faced and continue to face, we remain, at the end of the day, a community that is proud of our heritage, and prouder still of our accomplishments in America, our home.

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Obama Adviser Praises NYPD For Spying On Muslims, College Students

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 04.20.2012

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NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser praised the New York Police Department's work Friday, saying the agency has str...

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AP Wins Pulitzer For Stories On NYPD Spying

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 04.17.2012

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NEW YORK — The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism Monday for revealing the New York Police Department's widespre...

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House Dems Slam Bloomberg Over NYPD Spying

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — Ten House Democrats, including a member of the party's leadership and lawmakers who oversee intelligence and homeland security matt...

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Spying On College Students Is Counterproductive

Alejandro J. Beutel | Posted 05.26.2012

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Alejandro J. Beutel

The NYPD's surveillance of an entire community based on their faith is a blow against democracy and an ineffective and counterproductive offense to its mandate to "protect and serve."

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NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Groups Too

Posted 05.23.2012

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By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kep...

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Andrea Stone

Peter King Says Hezbollah Agents In U.S. Pose Major Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents, not al Qaeda operatives, may pose the greatest threat on U.S. soil as tensions over Iran's suspected nu...

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NYPD: Shredding the Constitution

James Zogby | Posted 05.17.2012

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James Zogby

Arab and Muslim immigrants have become increasingly fearful of law enforcement. Trust has been broken. And trust between the community and the police is the key to any successful crime prevention strategy.

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NYPD Surveillance: What We Don't Know, And Why It Matters

Brad Lander | Posted 05.15.2012

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Brad Lander

The truth matters. That's why I am working with my colleague Jumaane Williams, the Brennan Center for Justice, and other groups on legislation to establish an NYPD Inspector General.

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POLL: NYers OK With NYPD Spying On Muslims, Don't Like Stop And Frisks

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.13.2012

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Deepti Hajela, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Most city voters think the New York Police Department has been effective in fighting terrorism, and a ...

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We Are All Muslims: A Sikh Response To Islamophobia In The NYPD And Beyond

Sonny Singh | Posted 05.12.2012

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Sonny Singh

What is it going to take for Sikhs and Muslims to join together in solidarity against the common enemies of racist harassment and violence, racial and religious profiling, and Islamophobic bigotry?

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A Crack in the FBI's Wall of Silence

Len Levitt | Posted 05.12.2012

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Len Levitt

The New Jersey FBI head who publicly criticized the NYPD's widespread spying on Newark's Muslims had the green light from FBI headquarters for a rare rebuke of NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

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Q&A: Is NYPD Muslim Spying Legal?

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.12.2012

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NEW YORK — A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college ca...

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Cops, Mayors: NYPD Risks Access With Muslim Spying

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 03.11.2012

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CHICAGO -- The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in northwest O...

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New Docs Reveal NYPD Focused Specifically On Muslims

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.09.2012

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NEW YORK — The New York Police Department collected information on businesses owned by second- and third-generation Americans specifically becau...

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Attorney General Disturbed By NYPD Spying

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting surveil...

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FBI Head: NYPD Spying Hurting Terrorism Task Force

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 05.07.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. — In a rare public criticism of the New York Police Department, the top FBI official in New Jersey said Wednesday that the departme...

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First They Spied on Muslims, and Then...

Subhash Kateel | Posted 05.06.2012

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Subhash Kateel

When we find out that the NYPD is massively spying on people within and outside its jurisdiction who have never been suspected or accused of wrongdoing, you would think that the media would ask the right questions.

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NYPD Surveillance Shows No Good Deed Goes Unpunished For American Muslims

Sahar Aziz | Posted 05.06.2012

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Sahar Aziz

So long as the police engage in systemic racial profiling and attendant criminal punishments, community outreach is futile, as well as disingenuous.

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NYPD Spying: Brilliance or Obsession?

Len Levitt | Posted 05.05.2012

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Len Levitt

Within 24 hours after Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle died from accidentally crashing his plane into a Manhattan high-rise in 2006, the NYPD was searching for a terrorism link.

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