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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Muslims Cosplaying as Cops, Enforcing Sharia Law on Public in NYC
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:36:41 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>On Apr 23, 2025 at 5:12:40 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
>>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.

Thank you

How about a civil rights violation for religious discrimination against
those who aren't practicing their faith?

>>>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.

It was a clip of a news report which appeared to be CNN but then ended
abruptly. I was unable to find where it originated. I was writing a
letter to the editor (that won't be accepted) on loss of liberty via
third parties using the heckler's veto. The issue had free exercise of
religion implications as well so I would have referenced this incident
if I could have found enough details.

Sigh. It took me rewriting it over several hours to get it down from
several pages to a mere 350 words. Do you know how painful that is?