New York City Trying To Suppress Landmark Report On Islamic Radicalization

From the New York Post:

In the wake of the San Bernardino massacre, a landmark study on how American Muslims become radicalized is at risk of . . . being suppressed. 

That study has been available on the NYPD’s Web site since 2007, but the city may be about to scrub it to settle three lawsuits over supposed civil-rights violations by the department’s anti-terror work. 

Team de Blasio has until Friday to file legal papers indicating how it wants to proceed on one case, but lawyers have reached a deal “in principle” on two others — though details aren’t yet public. 

You couldn’t ask for worse timing. As a poll last week showed, terrorism today is a top issue for more Americans than at any time since 9/11 — with nine out 10 fearing an attack by someone living here. 

So why — at a time of increased focus on homegrown radicalization — would the city intentionally suppress information about the radicalization process? 

The plaintiffs in the lawsuits — including three Muslim leaders and two mosques — claim the NYPD’s “Muslim mapping” initiative was illegal. In that program, the NYPD sent agents into public areas of Muslim communities as part of its counterterror efforts.

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