Repug Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against NYPD Spying AP Caused Muslims to suffer

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against NYPD Spying, Argues Associated Press Caused Muslims to Suffer

in his dismissal ruling refused to accept that surveillance that took place by the NYPD had caused any suffering to the eight Muslim plaintiffs in the case who had alleged harm.

Martini’s decision even went so far as to embrace a government argument that it was a media organization, the Associated Press (AP), which had caused the harm or suffering (if that occurred at all). The AP published stories based on confidential do ents that revealed the surveillance, not the NYPD.

In 2012, AP published reports which revealed the NYPD had built databases on Muslim-owned businesses and places of worship. A surveillance operation had produced “demographic maps” of Long Island, New York, and Newark, New Jersey. The Newark Police Department worked with the NYPD.

The NYPD’s Demographics Unit profiled ethnic locations by labeling certain areas “locations of concern.”

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/201...ims-to-suffer/

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Muslims refuse to join the 21st century so I can't find it in my heart to feel bad for them. I've tried, too.