After the March 22nd terrorist attacks in Belgium, Republican U.S. Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz said law enforcement should be empowered to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” In defending the plan, Cruz cited former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his aggressive policing efforts, including the alleged targeting of Muslim neighborhoods for surveillance. Current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton held a press conference where they criticized Cruz’s proposal as “incendiary” and “foolish.”
29% Yes |
71% No |
24% Yes |
51% No |
3% Yes, until the frequency of terrorist attacks by Muslim extremists decrease |
12% No, this decision should be based on crime rates instead of race or religion |
2% Yes, and increase surveillance on all new immigrants |
7% No, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, racist, and incendiary |
2% No, but police should increase surveillance and patrol of all high crime neighborhoods |
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@8Y6KCD42yrs2Y
Yes, and local police should increase surveillance and patrol of all neighborhoods with high crime rates regardless of race or religion.
@4PWL4TS3yrs3Y
Their should be no Muslim neighbourhoods as they breed terrorism and intolerance as we have seen in Europe. Immigrants should be evenly distributed throughout the country and forced to integrate with the current population.
@4PRG5DS3yrs3Y
No, more attacks are commited by Christian fanatics
@4PP4LXS3yrs3Y
No, just an illusion to create fear among the people and to bring about their new world order by bringing in martial law as a facade to protect the people when they are actually stripping us of our rights...they are just using a twisted cult of a religion such as Islam to do it..
@4PLZY2B3yrs3Y
Muslim neighborhoods? what is this nazi Germany?
@d3bates3yrs3Y
No, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, Islamophobic, and incendiary and would provide ISIS with ammunition to accuse the U.S. of a conspiracy against Islam
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday in favor of a Muslim man who said he had been put on the no-fly list in retaliation for refusing to become a government informant. The court rejected the government’s contention that removing the man from the list had rendered his case moot.The no-fly list, which rapidly expanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, appears to include tens of thousands of people. The criteria for inclusion on the list are opaque, making it subject to errors and abuse.Yonas Fikre, an American citizen, challenged his placement on the list, saying it had violated due process and amounted to discrimination based on race, national origin and religion.The legal proceedings are at an early stage, and Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, writing for the court, said it was required to assume that the following version of events, set out in the lawsuit, was true.
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