Settlement On NYPD Surveillance Of Muslims Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Judge Rules

 

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a settlement over the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslim communities, but said it could be approved with some changes.

As WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman reported, it is now on the city to agree to tougher terms.

The ruling by U.S. Judge Charles Haight was made public Monday. It was signed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut.

Haight has presided for 40 years over the same case approving the original rules limiting police surveillance. The Handschu decree was put in place in response to surveillance used against war protesters in the 1960s and ’70s.

 

Haight was also the judge who relaxed the rules after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. 

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Source: CBS New York (via The Empire Report)