Michael Downing is Deputy Chief in charge of the LAPD’s Counter Terrorism Bureau. In Washington last month, he told a congressional committee, there is “a vicious, amorphous and unfamiliar adversary on our land.” He said the LAPD hopes to identify communities that “may be susceptible to violent, ideologically-based extremism.” Since then, news reports have talked about “Muslim mapping,” which has been denounced by the ACLU and others as “racial profiling.”
LAPD On Defensive Over "Muslim Mapping" Project
Credits
Guests:
- Mike Downing - Deputy Chief at the Los Angeles Police Department and Commanding Officer of the Counter Terrorism Bureau
- Bill Boyarsky - LA Observed, Truthdig and Jewish Journal
- Usman Madha - Community Liaison for the King Fahd Mosque
- Salam Al-Marayati - Muslim Public Affairs Council - @mpac_national