9/11 and the Rise the NYPD | PART THREE: The Surveillance

WNYC News | Sep 6, 2021

“It came to the point where I was literally being followed by two cops, and I told myself it was in my head,” Mohamed Bahe recalled. “But it was always the same cars, and every time I stopped, they stopped—fully tinted, unmarked cars.”

After Bahe shared his experiences in a group chat, there was a startling confession: A member of the group was working as an informant for the NYPD.

Read the story at Gothamist.com

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