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LAPD decides not to profile Muslims

by Megan Palmer

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After a week of outspoken protesting from Los Angeles’ Muslim community, the LAPD has decided to cancel their plans to chart the Muslim population of L.A. They had wanted to mark the Muslims to track where, to them, potential terrorist plots could form. The Muslim community, understandably, called this act religious profiling, and though the police’s mapping system may be off the table, Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing said that they would reach out to the community in other ways. Spokespeople for the Muslim-American community welcomed this, saying that they would be happy to participate more with the city of Los Angeles and become more involved.

Do you think the police were wrong to try and map out the Muslim population as a counter terrorist measure, or were they just doing their job?

You can read more about the LAPD’s suggest alternatives here, through the L.A. Times.


Posted in Los Angeles, News, security on November 15th, 2007

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