NEW YORK, N.Y. - Protesters are demonstrating near New York Police Department headquarters over the department's surveillance of Muslims.
About 150 people were protesting a day after The Associated Press released a police document that recommended surveillance on Americans based on their religion.
The document, a 2006 memo to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, recommended surveillance at Shiite mosques as a way to sweep the Northeast looking for Iranian terrorists.
In response, 33 civil rights groups urged New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate. Previous documents obtained by AP showed that police monitored entire neighbourhoods and built databases about everyday life in Muslim communities.
© The Canadian Press, 2012