… the 70s that we know that the FBI weaponized its COINTELPRO program to spy on, to harass and to intimidate Dr. King and many other civil rights leaders and figures. In 76, the Senate Church Committee found that the FBI used Consolpro to go after civil rights groups who were fighting for integration and enfranchisement. Mr. Hamandanchi, the FBI didn't just surveil collect information, did they? Can you tell us how the FBI weaponized this information against Dr. King and other civil rights leaders? (01:00–01:09)
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Asserts that the Senate Church Committee found the FBI targeted civil rights groups in 1976.
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