After the March 22nd terrorist attacks in Belgium, Republican U.S. Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz said law enforcement should be empowered to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” In defending the plan, Cruz cited former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his aggressive policing efforts, including the alleged targeting of Muslim neighborhoods for surveillance. Current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton held a press conference where they criticized Cruz’s proposal as “incendiary” and “foolish.”
29% Yes |
71% No |
24% Yes |
51% No |
3% Yes, until the frequency of terrorist attacks by Muslim extremists decrease |
12% No, this decision should be based on crime rates instead of race or religion |
2% Yes, and increase surveillance on all new immigrants |
7% No, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, racist, and incendiary |
2% No, but police should increase surveillance and patrol of all high crime neighborhoods |
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@8Y6KCD42yrs2Y
Yes, and local police should increase surveillance and patrol of all neighborhoods with high crime rates regardless of race or religion.
@4PLZY2B4yrs4Y
Muslim neighborhoods? what is this nazi Germany?
@d3bates4yrs4Y
No, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, Islamophobic, and incendiary and would provide ISIS with ammunition to accuse the U.S. of a conspiracy against Islam
@4PWL4TS4yrs4Y
Their should be no Muslim neighbourhoods as they breed terrorism and intolerance as we have seen in Europe. Immigrants should be evenly distributed throughout the country and forced to integrate with the current population.
@4PRG5DS4yrs4Y
No, more attacks are commited by Christian fanatics
@4PP4LXS4yrs4Y
No, just an illusion to create fear among the people and to bring about their new world order by bringing in martial law as a facade to protect the people when they are actually stripping us of our rights...they are just using a twisted cult of a religion such as Islam to do it..
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