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Quoted HuffPo: NYPD Muslim Surveillance Lampooned On Twitter With #myNYPDfile

February 22, 2012 islamoyankee
I’m slide #4.

NYPD Muslim Surveillance Lampooned On Twitter With #myNYPDfile.

Others took to Twitter, turning their frustration at the NYPD into humor

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