THREAD: An FBI informant recorded the planning of a KKK plot to kill a Black man in Florida in 2015.
Recordings obtained by @AP provide a detailed look inside the investigation that exposed a murder plot - and the klan’s link to law enforcement.https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-2b4106de3ebcbfae85948439a7056031 …
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The guards wanted to kill a Black prison inmate because he’d bitten one of them during a fight. “One night we find him out there and I can walk right up, put him out of his misery,” said a klan leader, called the Exalted Cyclops.pic.twitter.com/GIBG0qdfnE
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The recordings capture three klansmen driving to the inmate’s home. They had syringes of insulin and were ready to kidnap and inject him and make it look like an overdose.pic.twitter.com/Tp1oluNp3s
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The murder attempt would be unsuccessful, but they planned to try again. Later, FBI agents staged a murder photo the informant could show to the klansmen and record their reactions. The photos, elicited joy and cheers.
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Florida prosecuted the three former guards. Two of them got nine years, one pleaded out and got four. Even with proof of klansmen working in a state prison, the DOC didn't find cause to investigate further. A spokeswoman told
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In April,
@AP visited the employee and volunteer parking lot at the prison where the three klansmen had worked. Vehicles were festooned with imagery associated with white supremacist groups including the Confederate Flag and Q-Anon.pic.twitter.com/OeTqz2onZj
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The FBI has for decades warned that white extremist groups’ infiltration of law enforcement is a modern national security threat. Off-duty police officers marched alongside white supremacists in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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The klan’s failed murder plot continues to haunt the target of it. Warren Williams and his family live with constant paranoia and fear that the klan will finish the job. Williams is suing Florida and the three guards. Florida has moved to have the suit thrown out.
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WATCH the video from
@AP and read@JHDearen’s story on http://APNews.com :https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-2b4106de3ebcbfae85948439a7056031 …Show this thread
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This story is nuts. I hope (though I doubt) the FBI goes after this group with the full force of the government behind it.
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This whole thing sounds like a crazy novel!
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