ACLU Asks for Pennsylvania Probe of NYPD Muslim Monitoring: The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania called on state authorities on Thursday to investigate the surveillance of Muslim college students by the New York City police.
The ACLU petition was joined by a dozen civil rights groups, including Muslim student groups at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn's law school and Ursinus College.
The chapter asked state Attorney General Linda Kelly to investigate the extent of the surveillance of college students; her spokesman did not immediately return a message.
The demand follows Associated Press reports that the New York Police Department has monitored Muslim college students at Penn and elsewhere in the Northeast. The ACLU chapter in Connecticut also is calling on authorities to investigate spying in that state.
