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FBI Targets Blacks and Left, Not White Supremacists
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
27 Aug 2019
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The FBI has plenty of powers but chooses not to use them against violent white supremacists, said Chip Gibbons, of Defending Rights and Dissent. “If the FBI gets more domestic terrorism powers, who do you think they’re going to use them against?” Gibbons asked, and then answered: dissidents and Blacks. “If anything, the FBI’s power should be restricted.”

FBI Targets Blacks

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