Biff_Poindexter
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The killing of two Black Panthers, the secrets of the FBI — and our nation’s long fight for police reform
Newly released documents shed disturbing light on the FBI’s involvement in a 1969 police raid that resulted in the deaths of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.
chicago.suntimes.com
"Newly uncovered FBI records are a poignant reminder of just how long African Americans and others have been demanding fair treatment from the law; the records serve as a stark reminder why lasting police reform can no longer be delayed. The new records reveal that complicity in the raid ran higher up the ladder at the FBI than previously confirmed, though even now the full truth remains a secret. The released records are full of blacked-out redactions. The police on that winter morning in 1969 fired a barrage of more than 90 bullets into the apartment. They claimed they had been fired on themselves; but police photos of the supposed bullet holes showed nothing more than nail heads. An investigation into the raid revealed that it was an FBI-coordinated assassination as part of an illegal covert program called COINTELPRO."
Among black folks during that time; the fact that the FBI would be involved in assassinations of civil rights activists was not just a conspiracy theory; it was a reality...so for some documents to come out 50 years later to confirm what was already known is no shock...and even after 50 years later; they are STILL trying to redact and cover up the FBI's complicity is telling....
When folks want to cry Deep State this and Deep State that, COINTELPRO is what they should be outraged over -- not some goofy shit about Jewish space lasers, fake school shootings or shape shifting lizard people....it's almost as if the "actual" Deep State would make up and propagate these bullshit conspiracies to deflect from the ACTUAL nefarious shit government agencies like the FBI and CIA has been doing for decades.