Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), the Congressional Black Caucus chairman, fears BIE is the new FBI version of COINTELPRO, referring to the program under J. Edgar Hoover designed to “prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify, and electrify, the militant black nationalist movement” and monitor, infiltrate and destroy civil rights organizations. The history of the federal government coming down on Black justice movements as a threat to national security and conflating Black activists with domestic terrorists is a long one. Hoover, who targeted Black leadership since Marcus Garvey, had his agency send a letter to Martin Luther King urging him to commit suicide, and called the Black Panther Party “the most dangerous threat to the internal security of the country.”
Don’t be fooled by Trump v. FBI beef…Remember who wrote the #BlackIdentityExtremist report, who framed & assassinated our most visible leaders, who infiltrated & destroyed our organizations and who is engaged in all-out war against Black freedom. The FBI. #MoreThanOneEnemy