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[randomness]

I have to thank the NYPD for its survey of Muslim restaurants in Newark, or as Gawker calls it, "The NYPD Zagat Guide to Newark’s Best (and Most Threatening) Muslim Restaurants". I'm sure that list will come in handy during my next Newark layover.

Newark isn't the only place outside NYC the NYPD have been carefully watching. They got to New Haven and Philadelphia, too, although they seem to have spent their time monitoring student groups (and even going whitewater rafting) rather than staking out tasty food. What good is that, I ask you?

Then again, the NYPD's been doing this sort of thing for nearly a century.

Maybe I just have to wait until they stake out more restaurants in more places. They certainly did check out a lot of places inside the city.

Comments

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

The premise behind the investigation is outrageous. The fact that it was conducted by endless snacking makes me feel just a little better.

[redbird]

Reading their write-up of places in the city reminded me that I forgot to buy baklava the last time I was on Atlantic Avenue. Also, more seriously, that they would ignore me if I went into Damascus Bakery to do so, even though my family got here more recently than the owners of that bakery. But I "look American," whatever that crap means.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*makes a note*

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

perhaps they were really just looking for hummus.

tho it's funnier if they're investigating Indians, because then the headline might read "A Good Naan is Hard to Find."

still, good to know our tax dollars are at LEAST feeding the police?

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

The subject is really creepy. Targeting an entire religion smacks of institutionalized discrimination. OTOH, we have a problem with specifically religiously-motivated terrorism. It makes sense that The Authorities have some sort of intelligence about groups that are particularly likely to break out into that sort of criminal behavior.

At the moment, my take is that it hinges on the behavior of the investigation. Did the cops do anything that was illegal while investigating? Did their investigation bring harm to the targets about whom nothing illegal was detected?

Optimally, the cops should be sniffing around considerably more people than ultimately turn out to be criminals.