Anybody care to speculate what this map was about? Hint: Just after Pearl Harbor
Posted on 11/14/2007 7:25:37 PM PST by NormsRevenge
A police plan to map out Muslim communities that was sharply criticized and called racial and religious profiling by civil rights groups has been at least temporarily halted, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.
"There was a clear message from the Muslim community that they were not comfortable with it. So we listened," Mary Grady, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department, told The Associated Press.
Grady said the program hadn't been dropped, but rather had been indefinitely postponed. She couldn't immediately say when it might be resumed.
Grady said the police initiative to strengthen ties with Muslim communities would go forward, and police planned to meet with Muslim leaders on Thursday.
Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing announced last week that the LAPD's counterterrorism bureau planed to identify Muslim enclaves to determine which might be likely to become isolated and susceptible to "violent, ideologically based extremism."
In a statement, Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, celebrated the decision.
"I am glad to hear (Downing) is putting the plan aside," said Al-Marayati. "All Muslim organizations are united in purpose to defend the rights of Muslim Americans while developing a positive and constructive relationship with the LAPD."
When the plan was announced, several Muslim groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sent Downing a letter expressing concern.
Downing and other city officials defended it, saying the idea was to deepen ties with Muslim communities. The plan would have had data assembled by the University of Southern California's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis.
Downing testified about the plan before a U.S. Senate committee on Oct. 30.
There are an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
Remember the AIDS pamphlet that Washington mailed to all households?
Look for a PC warning that the majority Christian groups are most likely to succumb to the urge to act violently. Remember? Heterosexuals were warned that without their proper caution AIDS would explode in the general population.
All BS then as it would be now. Like the AIDS lobby the jihadists have a powerful lobby, it appears.
When will this PC crap end?
welcome to the londonistan of melanie phillips.
It makes sense, I found one of their hats in the goodwill store a couple of weeks ago.
The Islamofachists are winning a lot of political battles here. And with the help and blessings of Wahhabist supporting Saudi Arabia politicos.
Yes! The police and city officials must remain as ignorant as possible in order to insure the steady decline of Western Civilization. Why should we be happy?
Mustn’t offend the effendis...Barf!
‘Told ya’.
Sure thing. I notioce at LAX 75% of the test bombs get through unnoticed.
In short, not a chance.
“”Not comfortable?” Nice criteria”
Ridiculous isn’t it? I dare say the general criminal element is not comfortable with police on foot walking through neighborhoods or police patrolling in cars either. Maybe those should be done away with as well. Unless they are doing something completely over the top, which in my opinion this was not, law enforcement officials should not allow themselves to be dictated to on security issues.
The Gang, Crackwhore and Carjacker communities will be in touch with your office shortly, Mizz Grady.
Police need to know where to go when the jihad starts in earnest in our own country. The error was in announcing it.
>>>>There are an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
>>Dayum. Serious #s.
Keep in mind that a number of those are Iranian exiles who came here to get away from the IslamoFascists. So, not all of that number are rapid Al-Quaeda types.
>> So, not all of that number are rapid Al-Quaeda types.
rapid = rabid
Anybody care to speculate what this map was about? Hint: Just after Pearl Harbor
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