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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 19, 2017, 01:04:21 pm
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Nov 18, 3:10 PM EST
FBI report on black 'extremists' raises new monitoring fears
By SADIE GURMAN and RUSSELL CONTRERAS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An FBI report on the rise of black "extremists" is stirring fears of a return to practices used during the civil rights movement, when the bureau spied on activist groups without evidence they had broken any laws.
The FBI said it doesn't target specific groups, and the report is one of many its intelligence analysts produce to make law enforcement aware of what they see as emerging trends. A similar bulletin on white supremacists, for example, came out about the same time.
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