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NYPD accused of violating civil rights agreement in new lawsuit

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The New York Police Department’s surveillance of the local Muslim community constitutes a violation of rules governing the department’s monitoring of political activity, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court. The Associated Press reported that the suit, filed by a group of civil rights lawyers, accuses the…

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Spokesperson claims IRS has ‘halted’ audits of churches engaging in political activity

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Russell Renwicks, a manager in the IRS Mid-Atlantic region, recently said that the IRS has halted any audits of churches engaging in political activity, a violation of nonprofit tax law, according to the Associated Press. IRS spokesperson who works on large tax-exempt groups, Dean Patterson, said his colleague “misspoke,” but…

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