NYC Settles Lawsuits Over Muslim Surveillance by Police

ABC News:  The New York Police Department will tighten safeguards against illegal surveillance of Muslims in secret investigations of terror threats and install a civilian representative on an advisory committee that reviews the probes under the terms of a settlement of two high-profile civil rights lawsuits, lawyers said Thursday.

The announcement of a deal came after months of negotiations aimed at formally ending litigation over accusations that the nation's largest police department had cast a shadow over Muslim communities with a covert campaign of religious profiling and illegal spying.

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