More profiling from Bloomberg's police department.

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October 27, 2012, 5:53 PM
NYC college president troubled by NYPD spying

NEW YORK The president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice said he is "deeply troubled" about reports that the New York Police Department sent a paid informant to spy on the school's club for Muslim students.

School President Jeremy Travis sent a letter to students and professors Thursday reacting to an Associated Press report on the 19-year-old informant, Shamiur Rahman, who said he quit working for the NYPD at the end of the summer after growing uncomfortable with the job.

Rahman said his assignments included attending lectures hosted by John Jay's Muslim Student Association, photographing people attending its events, and identifying its members and leaders.

Informant: NYPD paid me to "bait" Muslims

The college, located in Manhattan, is attended by thousands of students hoping to pursue a career in law enforcement.

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Addressing the college community, Travis said in his letter that "I trust that you would agree that, in certain limited circumstances it is appropriate for law enforcement agencies to use informants to uncover criminal activity. There is no evidence, however, that this is the case at John Jay and we have not been advised otherwise."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541735/nyc-college-president-troubled-by-nypd-spying/?tag=cbsnewsHardNewsFDArea;fdmodule

Targeting a college organization because of the religion of its members.

What could possibly be wrong with that? :shrug:

Anyway, I'm not a Muslim, so who cares.

[Enthusiast]

1. "Anyway, I'm not a Muslim, so who cares."

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me."

I have a "friend" that doesn't understand the concept of due process. Well, he probably wouldn't object to any new law or police procedure that compromised due process. He might say, "If you haven't done anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about." He might only wake up if he found himself in compromising circumstances. It seems his lack of understanding is only too common in this nation, like not "believing" in evolution. We are only barely removed from frontier justice.

That's why I appreciate the ACLU as I do. But look how the ACLU is demonized. People simply lack understanding. And it looks like TPTB want to keep us in this state of perpetual ignorance.

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2. "First they came for the Socialists" was exactly what I had in mind when I posted.