NYPD’s anti-Muslim surveillance produced zero terrorism leads over six years

Evidence

The impact of this mentality seems to be demonstrated by Associated Press reports revealing over six years of New York City police spying on Muslims in mosques, small businesses, and universities over a wide region. The secret “Demographics Unit” responsible for this apparent abuse of civil liberties has not generated a single lead or uncovered any evidence of terrorism. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to CIA torture oversight and surveillance-state critiques; the demographically targeted futility echoes the Stasi logics in Zamyatin’s ‘We’ (total surveillance generating nothing but control). — connects to: The NSEERS profiling program produced zero terrorism convictions in its decade of operation. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 566; The NYPD surveillance program produced no criminal leads during its existence. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 578; NYPD’s radicalization model makes Muslim identity itself a predictor of terrorism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 486 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32

Broader Connections

• NYPD’s radicalization model makes Muslim identity itself a predictor of terrorism #complicates (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 486
• The NYPD surveilled Muslim communities across a one-hundred-mile radius #expands (0.80)