"Pork in the Park": Bacon at Ramadan celebration could be bias crime, NYPD says

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Uncooked pork belly bacon strips

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(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating an incident in which uncooked bacon was found at a park Sunday where Muslims gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan, considering whether it's a possible bias crime.

Organizers said bacon was found scattered on a small section of the New Dorp Beach park Sunday morning.

The New York chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations said pork is often used to offend or taunt Muslims, since Muslims are prohibited from eating pork products. CAIR said there have been similar incidents around the country.

Only a handful of organizers from the Muslim American Society on Staten Island noticed the pork in the park. About 1,500 worshippers gathered Sunday to celebrate the end of the monthlong fast of Ramadan, an organizer told the Staten Island Advance.

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by manman321 August 21, 2012 1:13 PM EDT: Nice, my comment gets censored while the hateful comments above get "approved"!; Reply to this comment


by manman321 August 21, 2012 1:12 PM EDT: All those who are saying that this is no crime at all: Better speak out when the Jews make a big deal about a swastika drawn with a piece of chalk on the wall of their synagogue. Those markings are really easy to take off with a garden hose (just like it was very easy to pick up the bacon bits). Lets talk about "freedom of speech" then. What was that? Oh they dont talk about freedom of speech that way in your televengalist church do they?; Reply to this comment


by manman321 August 21, 2012 1:09 PM EDT: All those who are saying that this is no crime at all: Better speak out when the Jews make a big deal about a swastika drawn with a piece of chalk on the wall of their synagogue. Those markings are really easy to take off with a garden hose (just like it was very easy to pick up the bacon bits). Lets talk about "freedom of speech" then. What was that? Oh they dont talk about freedom of speech that way in your televengalist church do they?; Reply to this comment


by phwtb100 August 21, 2012 8:20 AM EDT: Isn't this just grand! NYPD wasting their time to investigate litter instead of extra large cokes! MY, my, my... I'm sure the investigating officers must be Islamic. Heaven forbid any Christian would be assigned to investigate such a horrendous crime.

Humm... I wonder what would happen if I organized a NATION WIDE event for people to go to the parks for a Christian Bacon Fest next August? Think anyone would show up?; Reply to this comment


by DigoPogo August 21, 2012 6:53 AM EDT: The real crime here is the tragic waste of perfectly good bacon!; Reply to this comment


by matt6052 August 21, 2012 5:50 AM EDT: And the NYPD has the budget and manpower to investigate it.

After 9/11, we staffed up all public safety organizations. After the 2008 financial collapse we continued to fund them with the federal money that is borrowed, creating a national debt that now tops $15 trillion. Now what are we getting for our money? Investigations of bacon strewn on the beach.

Apologies to the Muslims who were offended by the bacon. Further reporting of the crime will only encourage copy-cat acts of immaturity.; Reply to this comment

by wtcmedic911 August 21, 2012 1:06 AM EDT

Getting a little thin skinned arny they?

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by Well_You_Aint_Me August 21, 2012 8:25 AM EDT: Hey, hey, hey. It's one thing to strap on an explosive laden vest to kill as many innocent civilians as you can, and quite different thing to be amongst dead pigs.


by petesis August 20, 2012 10:07 PM EDT: Hey, other than littering, since when did the government start prosecuting religious crimes? There is no law being broken here.; Reply to this comment