The New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims have undermined free worship by innocent people and should be declared unconstitutional, religious leaders and civil rights advocates said Tuesday after the filing of a federal lawsuit.Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees of equality. Full story
The U.S. Justice Department has treaded carefully into the debate over the New York Police Department's stop, question and frisk policy, telling a federal judge that it strongly endorses an independent monitor to oversee changes should she decide civil rights violations have occurred. Full story
What might police have missed in Cleveland that could have helped them find the kidnapping victims sooner? Rev. Sharpton discusses with a former U.S. Attorney and NYPD detective.
Reps. Peter King and Keith Ellison discuss the role of the Muslim community in the Middle East and the United States.
MSNBC’s Alex Witt interviews Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Editor for Newsweek and The Daily Beast and author of Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force—The NYPD. They discuss counterterror technology, securing cities from terror plots, and lessons learn
One gun manufacturer in Florida tried to use the well-known likeness of the “Soup Nazi” from Seinfeld, but the actor behind the character says not so fast. Actor Larry Thomas joins MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell
Joy Reid’s panel looks at the number of weapons found through the New York City Police Department’s “stop-and-frisk” policy as a federal class action lawsuit puts the controversial practice on trial.
Pedestrians gather behind police tape to watch New York Police Department officers work at what was originally thought, was a hostage situation in New York, June 12, 2013. According to local media, NYPD officers were engaged in a standoff for several hours while trying to serve a warrant to a suspec
A member of the media films a New York Police Department officer as he departs what was originally thought, was a hostage situation in New York, June 12, 2013. According to local media, NYPD officers were engaged in a standoff for several hours while trying to serve a warrant to a suspect in a 2010
New York Police Department officers work at what was originally thought, was a hostage situation in New York, June 12, 2013. According to local media, NYPD officers were engaged in a standoff for several hours while trying to serve a warrant to a suspect in a 2010 killing of a Pace University studen
