{"id":1525,"date":"2012-06-08T07:07:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T11:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2012-06-09T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T21:15:00","slug":"action-alert-follow-friday-thankyou-campaign-on-twitter-for-nypd-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2012\/06\/action-alert-follow-friday-thankyou-campaign-on-twitter-for-nypd-lawsuit.html","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert \u2013 Follow Friday #ThankYou Campaign on Twitter for NYPD Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1374\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2012\/02\/nypd-surveillance.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2012\/02\/nypd-surveillance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1374\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I Always Feel Like.. Somebody&#039;s Watching Me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday, Muslim Advocates launched <em>Hassan v. The City of New York<\/em>, a lawsuit seeking to prove that the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/tag\/nypd\/\">New York City Police Department\u2019s surveillance of Muslims<\/a> in New Jersey is unconstitutional. Several lawmakers have also petitioned the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into FBI violations of constitutionally-protected rights of American Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>We in the American Muslim community are grateful for those who work with us and for us to defend the civil liberties of all Americans. And we\u2019d like to show our support by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2012\/03\/action-alert-follow-our-lead-on-friday-and-say-thank-you-twitter\/\">launching another #ThankYou campaign on Twitter<\/a> today, Friday, June 8, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll join us to thank those who are fighting for our civil liberties by participating in our Twitter campaign. We\u2019ve included a list below to make it easy:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lawmakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @petestark @RepBarbaraLee for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepRonPaul @RepJJJr for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @cbrangel @janschakowsky for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5 #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @Dennis_Kucinich for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepJudyChu @keithellison for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepLynnWoolsey for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepMikeHonda for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @repbobbyscott for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @ChrisVanHollen for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepZoeLofgren for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepAndreCarson for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @RepRaulGrijalva for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5 #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @JacksonLeeTX18 for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @jaredpolis for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @MelWattNC12 for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @JaniceHahn @RepSamFarr for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile<br \/>\n#FF #ThankYou @BradLander for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims http:\/\/ow.ly\/br88X #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @JumaaneWilliams for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims http:\/\/ow.ly\/br88X #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @GGreenwald to speaking against #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/brcPW #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF @ThankYou @nytopinion for speaking against #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/brcTV #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @farhanakhera for working to end #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/br2ma #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those Working on <em>Hassan v. The City of New York<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @MSAnational @MuslimAdvocates for working to end #FBISurveillance of<br \/>\nAmerican #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/br5PG #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>#FF #ThankYou @ACLU for working to end #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http:\/\/ow.ly\/br2HI #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to share and tweak\u2014just remember that #FF &amp; #ThankYou are crucial hashtags.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your support and involvement\u2014and happy tweeting!<\/p>\n<p>Fatemeh Fakhraie (@fatemehf)<br \/>\nZeba Iqbal (@zeba369)<br \/>\nHind Makki (@hindmakki)<br \/>\nWajahat Ali (@wajahatali)<br \/>\nHussein Rashid (@islamoyankee)<br \/>\nAziz Poonawalla (@azizhp)<\/p>\n<p>(Related: my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/tag\/nypd\/\">previous posts on the NYPD surveillance<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, Muslim Advocates launched Hassan v. The City of New York, a lawsuit seeking to prove that the New York City Police Department\u2019s surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is unconstitutional. Several lawmakers have also petitioned the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into FBI violations of constitutionally-protected rights of American Muslims. 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