The NYPD ran CIA-trained surveillance of Muslim communities without suspicion grounds

Evidence

In the most aggressive mass surveillance program since 9/11, the New York Police Department (NYPD) established a web of informants who compiled dossiers on thousands of Muslims, designated mosques as potential terrorist organizations, recorded religious sermons, and surveilled congregations without reasonable suspicion of illegal activity. A new Demographics Unit tasked with mapping Muslims in the Tri-State Area entailed plainclothes officers eavesdropping on political conversations in cafés where Muslims congregate. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 923 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The CIA-trained NYPD ran a human mapping surveillance program of Muslim communities; The NYPD ran a secret blanket surveillance program targeting Muslim communities — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1001; The NYPD surveilled Muslims without reasonable suspicion through a dedicated Demographics Unit — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 923

Broader Connections

• The CIA-trained NYPD ran a human mapping surveillance program of Muslim communities #corroborates (1.00)
• The NYPD surveilled Muslims without reasonable suspicion through a dedicated Demographics Unit #corroborates (0.97) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 923
• The NYPD ran a secret blanket surveillance program targeting Muslim communities #corroborates (0.95) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1001