Muslim Congressman(Ellison) Slams GOP’s Call For Religious Profiling After Boston

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During an appearance on Meet The Press Sunday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) repeated his call for profiling Muslims in the name of public safety, stating that although most Muslims are “outstanding people,” the threat of terrorism still stems from “the Muslim community.” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), America’s first Muslim congressman, quickly shot down that line of thinking, arguing that blanket profiling doesn’t serve the needs of law enforcement and actually undermines effective investigations by unnecessarily straining public resources.

Ellison detailed the shortcomings of King’s approach, stressing that individual behavior and actionable evidence should form the basis of terrorism investigations. He also compared King’s strategy to the similarly misguided policies that the American government adopted towards Japanese Americans during World War II.

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King also asked why law enforcement hadn’t made interrogations of the Boston bombers’ mosque a higher priority, prompting host David Gregory to ask what, exactly, investigators could have asked before the bombings had occurred. King responded by repeating that such interrogations had not occurred due to “political correctness” concerning the treatment of Muslims in America.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/04/28/1931521/muslim-congressman-slams-gop039s-call-for-religious-profiling-after-boston/

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1. how about we target mr king's religion? they are ALL suspect imo

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2. Peter King is an ass. Another pol who shouldn't be given the time of day.

I guess King has forgotten all about the good Christian Tim McVeigh. Or, all the attacks/bombings of clinics that provide abortion services - typically done by "good" Christians who are, ironically, pro-life. Of course, it's okay in their minds to kill the "baby killers" in their God's war against them. Those acts meet the legal definition of Domestic Terrorism. He also must not be paying much attention to all the warnings about the RW militant groups here in the US who want to arm up to take on the government. Most of those are filled with Christians who, in part, see their mission as a mission from their Christian God.

If you want to look for false-flag type operations I'd bet on one of those RW militant groups eventually figuring out they could stir up a whole lot of crap by doing something like the Boston bombings and make it look like it was done by Muslims. I'm sure some of them could find a way to justify killing innocent people in their fight for what they feel is right - casualties of war.

[sabbat hunter]

3. back in the day

Peter King supported the IRA and Sinn Fien, which were considered terror groups by the UK. He would have screamed bloody murder if someone suggested going in to Irish Catholic communities and question them about possible ties to the IRA/Sinn Fien.