The NYPD ran a secret blanket surveillance program targeting Muslim communities

Evidence

In 2011, the Associated Press published a series of stories that detailed how the New York City Police Department was engaged in a massive secret program of blanket surveillance monitoring the lawful and peaceful activities of Muslim communities in the tristate area. The series won the Associated Press a Pulitzer Prize and, through the herculean efforts of local activists, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, eventually led to the installation of a new inspector general to oversee the activities of the police department. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1001

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on post-9/11 surveillance (e.g., The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s themes of Muslim suspicion; also echoes Chilling Effect work). — connects to: The NYPD ran CIA-trained surveillance of Muslim communities without suspicion grounds; Anti-Muslim resistance organized across racial lines against NYPD surveillance; The CIA-trained NYPD ran a human mapping surveillance program of Muslim communities
• QUESTION: Does the inspector general installation actually curb the program’s scope? Worth chasing.