VOA标准英语2012--Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for at least the past six years has not yielded a single lead or launched any terror investigation 1. That statement, part of a decades-old civil rights case, came in a recent deposition 2 by Assistant Chief and commanding officer of the NYPD Intelligence Division, Thomas Galati.
Muslim groups have long demanded the resignation of New York Police Commissioner 3 Ray Kelly over the surveillance issue. But he enjoys the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and has defended surveillance as necessary to defend the city against terrorism. “We see ourselves as very conscious and aware of civil liberties and we know that there's always going to be...there's always going to be tension between the police department and so-called civil liberties groups," he said.
Palestinian immigrant Mousa Ahmad says he had to close a coffee shop that he owned because police surveillance frightened away his customers. He still owns a barber shop next door.
“Maybe five outside, ten police inside, you know. I told him 'what happened?' He's told me like just 'this is routine.' I said 'routine for what? This is a barbershop.' He go to the basement, he checked every single bag, every single drawer," he said.
Cyrus McGoldrick represents the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He says Galati’s deposition confirms admonitions by Muslim targets of surveillance about the dangers of trading liberty for security. “You can see for yourself that this is not about keeping us safe, that this is, unfortunately, about control, about intelligence gathering 4 for its own sake, and it has no practical purpose and is a tremendous waste of taxpayer 5 dollars," he said.
The NYPD did not respond to a VOA request for a comment about the deposition of Assistant Chief Galati.
Cyrus McGoldrick says law enforcement should look for crimes in human behavior, not religious or ethnic 6 profiles of American citizens who happen to be Muslims.
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
- This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
- The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。