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Video showing NYPD harassing Muslims was staged

An online video that purportedly shows two Muslim men being ethnically profiled by the NYPD was revealed as a hoax Tuesday.

The YouTube video, starring Adam Saleh and Sheikh Akbar, showed them being harassed by a fake NYPD officer in Queens while wearing traditional Muslim garb.

After grabbing more than 170,000 views since Sunday, the pranksters admitted that the video was staged and the cop was bogus.