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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12572, member: 7"]</p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><strong>The argument:</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.redd.it/kfkitxphh6h91.png" data-url="https://i.redd.it/kfkitxphh6h91.png" class="bbImage " style="" />[URL unfurl="true"]https://i.redd.it/kfkitxphh6h91.png[/URL]</p><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/wm7312/suicide_by_cop/">(from reddit)</a></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">The rebuttal:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>Have you ever heard of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO">COINTELPRO</a>? It was a program where J. Edgar Hoover's FBI committed illegal activities against citizens of the US, spying on them, harassing them, framing them for crimes, trying to discredit them, blackmailing them, forging documents, giving false stories to the media, wrongfully imprisoning them, even using violence and finally assassinating their targets.</p><p></p><p>They even funded, armed, and controlled a violent, right-wing group to be their agitators. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Front">Sound familiar</a>?</p><p></p><p>Why did they do all this? Because the FBI deemed their targets "subversive", and therefore, dangerous. Because they disagreed with their viewpoints.</p><p>Was MLK a "subversive"? Well, he was on their list of targets.</p><p></p><p>So the next time you think the FBI is a shining beacon of justice, ask yourself why this organization would go after MLK.</p><p></p><p>Did Trump steal documents?</p><p>Or are FBI are up to their old tricks again?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12572, member: 7"] [SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][B]The argument:[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://i.redd.it/kfkitxphh6h91.png[/IMG][URL unfurl="true"]https://i.redd.it/kfkitxphh6h91.png[/URL] [URL='https://old.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/wm7312/suicide_by_cop/'](from reddit)[/URL] [B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]The rebuttal:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] Have you ever heard of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO']COINTELPRO[/URL]? It was a program where J. Edgar Hoover's FBI committed illegal activities against citizens of the US, spying on them, harassing them, framing them for crimes, trying to discredit them, blackmailing them, forging documents, giving false stories to the media, wrongfully imprisoning them, even using violence and finally assassinating their targets. They even funded, armed, and controlled a violent, right-wing group to be their agitators. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Front']Sound familiar[/URL]? Why did they do all this? Because the FBI deemed their targets "subversive", and therefore, dangerous. Because they disagreed with their viewpoints. Was MLK a "subversive"? Well, he was on their list of targets. So the next time you think the FBI is a shining beacon of justice, ask yourself why this organization would go after MLK. Did Trump steal documents? Or are FBI are up to their old tricks again? [/QUOTE]
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