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NYPD watching Muslim students statewide
Feb 21, 2012 12:04 am
Chris Hawley writes for the Associated Press that New York City Police Department surveillance of Muslim students was far more widespread than previously known. City police monitored Web sites from Buffalo and Albany to Syracuse and Stony Brook, and student names were recorded for reports submitted to city Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Documents obtained by the Associated Press show police placed undercover officers at Muslim student associations at colleges within the city limits, and also used a student informant in Syracuse. Muslim student organizations in Syracuse, Clarkson University and SUNY campuses in Buffalo, Albany, Stony Brook and Potsdam were monitored on a daily basis. Kelly and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said police only follow legitimate leads about suspected criminal activity. Read the full AP story.