By Dale W. Eisinger and Victoria Bekiempis
A civilian watchdog will now sit on the NYPD panel that decides on
surveillance activity under a proposed settlement with the city to
protect Muslims from unconstitutional monitoring, officials said Monday.
The watchdog would sit on the NYPD committee that meets monthly to discuss ongoing surveillance operations.
The move — part of an agreement that settles lawsuits accusing the NYPD
of violating the rights of those in Muslim communities after Sept. 11,
2001 — also allows the civilian rep to communicate concerns about
surveillance.
Those concerns include whether such operations are launched and
conducted constitutionally, said Jethro Eisenstein, one of the civil
rights lawyers who argued the case.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
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