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About two years ago, a slew of documents released by the government revealed a disturbing narrative being structured by the FBI about Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in America.
Many protesters were under surveillance, painted as dangerous terrorists or “black identity extremists.”
But on June 4, 2019, the FBI’s counterterrorism director, Michael C. McGarrity, admitted BLM was never a threat. It was all a lie.
This revelation was exposed during the second session of hearings titled, “Confronting White Supremacy.”
Just as disturbing? How little white supremacy is being confronted by the FBI.
In 2017 and 2018, 270 arrests were made on charges the FBI classifies as domestic terror. And, as shown in an ADL report, white supremacists committed 78 percent of extremist murders in 2018.
During the hearing, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) blatantly asked McGarrity how many extremist killings were linked to BLM or other Black groups. He disclosed the truth: zero.
Intelligence officials confessed that white supremacists are the BIGGEST domestic terror threat. Still, the FBI is doing the bare minimum.
Even when we’re the ones targeted by hate, Black people are perceived as dangerous.
When we stand against inequality, we’re portrayed as terrorists; as threats to the American system, which operates best when we’re silent and disadvantaged.
Resistance to racial injustice isn’t terrorism. We must keep resisting for true liberation to ever exist.