There were even reports of when Muslims would play soccer at Astoria Park. And they could have asked me. I would have said every day. And I think it has shown that There have too often been instances where just identity in and of itself is the basis of suspicion and the basis of surveillance. And I went to high school with someone who was pressured into becoming an informant. And so these kinds of approaches to surveillance have been ones that have truly torn at the fabrics of civic society. (35:14–35:20)
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