I've seen this floating around, I don't doubt it, but I'd like to see a comprehensive source that explains this, or at least multiple sources.

  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Straight up murder isn’t really the Feds MO.

    What about MLK?

    • captcha [any]
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      3 years ago

      👁️

      But really there's little evidence that it was the FBI who called the hit. All we know is they were definitely spying on him and tried to blackmail him, which is my point about the FBI.

      iMO its just as, if not more so, likely that the CIA, local police, or just a random racist did it.

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I don't think there is a functional difference between the feds committing the murder or one of their assets.

        • captcha [any]
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          3 years ago

          Not who your replying to but I don't think the FBI has a history of even doing that. That's seems like a CIA thing.

          We have an abundance of examples of how the FBI operates to draw from and assassination just isn't in it. Like maybe they're just really good at covering it up but we should base our understandings on the material history we can observe. The FBI likes informants like Steve balmer likes developers. Their main tactics are to infiltrate leadership positions of revolutionary organizations and encourage lone radicals to do terrorism and then entrap them. Sprinkle some blackmail in there too.