Muslim New Yorkers describe the fear and chilling effects of ongoing NYPD surveillance

After September 11th, the New York Police Department began a campaign of surveillance against potentially "radical" Muslims in New York. In a series of articles starting in 2011, the Associated Press exposed the extent of the NYPD's ongoing infiltration of mosques or other "hot spots" with informants and plainclothes officers. While the AP said that many of the targeted areas "were flagged for allegations of criminal activity, such as alien smuggling, financing Hamas, or money laundering," and o...