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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Muslims Cosplaying as Cops, Enforcing Sharia Law on Public in NYC
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:58:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Apr 23, 2025 at 5:12:40 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>>> If the city politicians and police weren't cool with this, they'd have a
>>> slam-duck impersonation case against every one of these guys,
> 
>> The vehicles do resemble squad cars but the initials are different. The
>> badge is different. It's meant to intimidate but short of making
>> threats, what crime is committed?

Impersonation doesn't require an exact match. Driving a marked squad car that
is nearly identical to NYPD cars, wearing uniforms with badges, etc. all
create a reasonable impression in the mind of the average citizen that they
are law enforcement officers. Add to that their behavior-- giving people
orders as if they have legal authority-- and you have a pretty airtight case
of impersonation.

Also, the emergency lights on the vehicles would be a separate criminal
offense in California. I assume New York has a similar law.

>> The painting wasn't sold as forgery if the artist copying the master's
>> work signed it himself,
> 
>>> so the fact that they're able to do this without any pushback indicates
>>> the city is perfectly fine with Sharia patrols in New York. The frog is
>>> in the pot and the heat is slowly rising.
> 
>>> Why doesn't any of this shit ever happen around me? I would *love* to have
>>> some Islamist fake cop try to enforce his religion on me. That would be a fun
>>> day.
> 
>>> ----------------------------
> 
>>>
>>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1914886468197335040/vid/avc1/712x444/wdmNr8H_1tMSmooU.mp4?tag=16
> 
>>> Muslim Community Patrols are driving through New York neighborhoods
> 
>>> Dressed like police officers and driving cars identical to police squad cars,
>>> they are stopping to harass people for things like drinking alcohol, claiming
>>> "this is a Muslim area and alcohol is not permitted".
> 
>>> The Muslim Community Patrol & Services (MCPS) operates volunteer patrols in
>>> Brooklyn, New York, using NYPD-like Ford Taurus vehicles with red and white
>>> lights to deter crime around mosques and schools.
> 
>> I don't see this as any different than the plaintiff-appellant's
>> position just taken in Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra, that their
>> free exercise of religion includes the right to regulate the behavior of
>> others.
> 
>> What federal court decision protects me from crap like this?
> 
> The photograph was in this article published February 3, 2019. Is this
> still going on? Even though the photograph doesn't show the red and blue
> flashers, the article says the vehicles are so equipped.
> 
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/nyregion/muslim-community-patrol-brooklyn.html
> 
> There's nothing in the article about attempts to enforce an alcohol ban
> or any other ban according to Sharia Law. Where did you read about that?

It was in the video of the news report that I linked to above.