Rep. Peter King: Police Should Monitor Entire Muslim Community

‘We are not talking about search and seizure, we’re not talking about wiretapping; we are talking about surveillance in public, in open, in going to clubs and communities’

KELLY: “So what is the status of surveillance of the mosque now in this city? Are we still surveilling mosques?”
KING: My understanding is, and I hope that the police are surveying anywhere they have to. Wherever they think there's a possible threat, wherever they think they can be terrorism emanating from, that's where they should be surveilling.” 
KELLY: “So, that's one way of doing to try to find, you know.” 
KING: Not just mosques. You know, the community. Organizations, clubs.” 
KELLY: “OK. That's the other thing. What they are saying in the Philadelphia case, is that this guy, according to the local mosques, they're all saying, he is not ours, he did not come to our mosques. Now, I don't know whether that is true or not. His mother said he was observant. I mean, what are the cops supposed to do? What are the counterterrorism officials supposed to do to catch a guy like this?
KING: “Again, to have as much surveillance as possible. Infiltrate into the community. Get informants. The same thing I did going into the mafia, going after the westies, going after gangs in China town. You go where the threat is emanating from. And the Islamist threat comes from the Muslim community – “
KELLY: “That's the pro. And then you have the ACLU jumping up and down saying you are violating their civil liberties, you're targeting and you're profiling. “ 
KING: “And they're not. What you do is where the crime is coming from. If you are looking for a member of the Ku Klux Klan, you're not going to be questioning blacks. The fact is, you use common sense. And you're not targeting a religion. You are targeting the community where the threat is going to be coming from. And as far as I'm concerned, the NYPD never violated constitutional rights. We are not talking about search and seizure, we're not talking about wiretapping; we are talking about surveillance in public, in open, in going to clubs and communities.” 

 

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