The narrator of the "documentary" The Third Jihad, is scheduled to speak at a rally at 1 Police Plaza to support the department's sweeping surveillance of Muslims. "We feel the NYPD has been taking a lot of unfair hits," Dr. Zuhdi Jasser told the AP.
Rep. Peter King will also be on hand. "The threat right now is Islamist terrorism—and that's going to be coming from the Muslim community, it's just a fact," King said. "Just like the mafia came from the Italian community, and the Russian mob is coming from the Russian community." And the IRA came from the, uh, community that shouldn't have to be spied on because they're good people.
The rally started at 10:00 a.m., but check back later for our full coverage.
