On Marin Luther King Jr. day, this January 17, the FBI tweeted a statement honoring the memory of the late civil rights leader.
While the police agency now praises MLK, it previously plotted to “neutralize” him, blackmailing King and calling him a “filthy, abnormal animal.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” This #MLKDay2022 and every day, the #FBI remains dedicated to service and committed to protecting our communities. pic.twitter.com/HDpq9iWXWP
— FBI (@FBI) January 17, 2022
There are mountains of evidence from the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) showing the FBI blackmailing and threatening MLK.
The FBI even wrote a letter to King revealing that it had spied on the civil right leader and threatened to expose his extra-marital affairs if he did not commit suicide.
A jury in a civil suit brought by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. found US “governmental agencies” were part of a conspiracy to murder the civil rights leader, as the New York Times reported in 1999.
And it was not just King.
A former undercover police officer, named Raymond “Ray” Wood, wrote a letter on his deathbed saying the FBI and NYPD helped to assassinate Black revolutionary Malcolm X.
“I participated in actions that in hindsight were deplorable and detrimental to the advancement of my own Black people. My actions on behalf of the New York City Police Department were done under duress and fear,” Wood said.
