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Poll: New Jersey backs Muslim surveillance
The majority of New Jersey voters support the New York Police Department’s practice of monitoring Muslims living in the region, according to a new poll.
A Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Friday found 47% of voters agreed that the monitoring was necessary to protect the country. Another 12% thought the police tactic violated civil liberties but supported the practice anyway.
In total, about a third of the 601 adults surveyed in March thought the NYPD had violated civil liberties through its surveillance program. (Haddon, The Wall Street Journal)
