Once again, Black activists and organizers are demanding our society transform itself and land on the right side of history. However, the state has chosen to greet this opportunity with increased violence and surveillance, doubling down on its commitment to undermine and disrupt Black-led movements for justice by criminalizing & attacking them. When the FBI was …
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The estimated number of pages of FBI COINTELPRO files, dealing directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which remain classified.
The date we joined the ACLU in suing the FBI to obtain more information about the surveillance of Black activists.
Despite rampant police violence, more than 32 “Blue Lives Matter” bills were introduced across 14 states in 2017.
Black residents are more likely than whites to be targeted by closed circuit surveillance cameras, suspicious activity reports, license plate readers, and surveillance maps.
Half of all adults in the U.S. are in a police facial recognition database.
