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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago.
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? OCT 21, 2016
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement
In the 2006 bulletin, the FBI detailed the threat of white nationalists and skinheads infiltrating police in order to disrupt investigations against fellow members and recruit other supremacists. The bulletin was released during a period of scandal for many law enforcement agencies throughout the country, including a neo-Nazi gang formed by members of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department who harassed black and Latino communities. Similar investigations revealed officers and entire agencies with hate group ties in Illinois, Ohio and Texas.
Much of the bulletin has been redacted, but in it, the FBI identified white supremacists in law enforcement as a concern, because of their access to both restricted areas vulnerable to sabotage and elected officials or people who could be seen as potential targets for violence. The memo also warned of ghost skins, hate group members who dont overtly display their beliefs in order to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes.
At least one white supremacist group has reportedly encouraged ghost skins to seek positions in law enforcement for the capability of alerting skinhead crews of pending investigative action against them, the report read. [snip]
As the nation continues to examine the role of race in law enforcement, many like Jones question whether scrutiny of the infiltration by white supremacists will move beyond the FBIs acknowledgement a decade ago to specific action in the decades to come.
There needs to more direct enforcement, Jones said. Its one thing to issue a memo, and another to have continued action after it. There was a warning 10 years ago and nothing else since then.
Much of the bulletin has been redacted, but in it, the FBI identified white supremacists in law enforcement as a concern, because of their access to both restricted areas vulnerable to sabotage and elected officials or people who could be seen as potential targets for violence. The memo also warned of ghost skins, hate group members who dont overtly display their beliefs in order to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes.
At least one white supremacist group has reportedly encouraged ghost skins to seek positions in law enforcement for the capability of alerting skinhead crews of pending investigative action against them, the report read. [snip]
As the nation continues to examine the role of race in law enforcement, many like Jones question whether scrutiny of the infiltration by white supremacists will move beyond the FBIs acknowledgement a decade ago to specific action in the decades to come.
There needs to more direct enforcement, Jones said. Its one thing to issue a memo, and another to have continued action after it. There was a warning 10 years ago and nothing else since then.
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FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. (Original Post)
crickets
May 2020
OP
Things haven't changed that much since the early sixties, "Mississippi Burning" days.
Laffy Kat
May 2020
#2
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)1. I remember hearing this ...When America was great before
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)2. Things haven't changed that much since the early sixties, "Mississippi Burning" days.
Obviously, not much at all.
crickets
(25,980 posts)3. He's ready for his close-up, Mr. Demille.
Initech
(100,079 posts)4. Some of those who work forces / are the same that burn crosses.