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NYPD Screened Anti-Muslim Video Far More than Disclosed

HeadlineJan 24, 2012

Newly released documents show the New York City Police Department screened an anti-Muslim video to officers-in-training far more frequently than it’s previously disclosed. The NYPD drew criticism one year ago following the disclosure officers were shown the 72-minute “The Third Jihad” video in the NYPD’s required counterterrorism training courses. “The Third Jihad” is said to depict gruesome imagery coupled with the argument that Muslim leaders and organizations in the United States are part of a plot of global jihad. The NYPD has claimed the video was only shown “a couple of times” to a handful of officers. But according to the New York Times, police records show the video was in fact played “on a continuous loop” for nearly 1,500 officers and possibly more for up to one year.

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