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NEW YORK: The New York Police Department has subjected American citizens to surveillance and scrutiny, not because of any wrongdoing but because of their ethnicity.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press describe a secret program known as the Moroccan Initiative, which catalogued where people of Moroccan ancestry shopped, ate and prayed.
The documents show police also intended to build intelligence files on other ethnicities.
The documents underscore how New York’s heritage as a place where immigrants assimilated now clashes with a city where police see blending in as a possible priority for would-be terrorists.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press describe a secret program known as the Moroccan Initiative, which catalogued where people of Moroccan ancestry shopped, ate and prayed.
The documents show police also intended to build intelligence files on other ethnicities.
The documents underscore how New York’s heritage as a place where immigrants assimilated now clashes with a city where police see blending in as a possible priority for would-be terrorists.
