The NYPD surveilled ordinary Muslim community spaces designated as radicalization incubators.

Evidence

The report also points to “Radicalization Incubators” that set Muslim men on a path to radicalization. These are places such as mosques, cafĂ©s, student associations, nongovernmental organizations, and bookstores. We now know that these are exactly the places that the NYPD sent spies and “mosque-crawlers” to monitor Muslims. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to
, 575

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the Runnymede Report’s ‘closed views’ of Islamophobia named later in this same chapter (loc 585). — connects to: The NYPD radicalization theory equated growing piety with growing terrorist risk. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to
, 574; The NYPD surveillance program produced no criminal leads during its existence. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to
, 578; The NYPD surveilled Muslim communities across a one-hundred-mile radius (+2 more)

Broader Connections