Black activists and lawmakers are concerned a leaked FBI report on 'Black Identity Extremists' targets black communities.
by Chandelis R. Duster and Donna Owens
As a new wave of social activism protesting police
killings of unarmed black men and women and decrying white supremacy
sweeps the country, a leaked FBI report has activists and members of
Congress demanding answers.
The 12-page assessment,
written in August and titled “Black Identity Extremists Likely
Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers,” was posted online by Foreign Policy. Citing attacks on police following the 2014 shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown
by a white officer, the assessment notes “it is very likely Black
Identity Extremist perceptions of police brutality against
African-Americans” have caused an increase in violence against law
enforcement.
In October, the Congressional Black Caucus sent a letter
to FBI director Christopher Wray seeking answers related to the
assessment given the Bureau’s “troubling history” of utilizing its broad
investigatory powers to target black citizens.
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Source: NBC News
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