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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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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Seems like the problem is already pretty widespread and should be rooted out NOW.
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