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    1. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      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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    2. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      FBI’s Jacksonville office wanted a confidential informant who had the talent and connections to get inside a violent klan cell, the Traditionalist American Knights of the KKK. They found him.pic.twitter.com/6QdQtLTF00

      5 replies 75 retweets 243 likes
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    3. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      The informant was an Army vet and trained sniper, and like many informants he was a risky choice. He’d had psychotic episodes and ongoing mental health issues, and was fired previously by an FBI agent for blabbing about his work on another case.

      5 replies 47 retweets 203 likes
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    4. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      But he was a skilled operator. After making contact with the klan, he signed a blood oath and was “naturalized” into the Invisible Empire of the KKK. The FBI OK’d him to begin secretly recording.

      3 replies 55 retweets 211 likes
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    5. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      He professed a background as an elite assassin, and the klan elevated him to “Grand Night Hawk” in charge of group security. That’s when three klansmen who were current and former prison guards approached him about the murder.

      5 replies 70 retweets 216 likes
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    6. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      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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    7. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      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

      4 replies 67 retweets 176 likes
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    8. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      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.

      4 replies 65 retweets 183 likes
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      The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

      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 @AP there was no indication of a wider problem.

      10:40 AM - 27 Jul 2021
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        2. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

          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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        3. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

          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.

          24 replies 434 retweets 1,030 likes
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        4. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

          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.

          10 replies 121 retweets 430 likes
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        5. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 27 Jul 2021

          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 …

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        1. GKVEGABOOKS‏ @gkvegabooks 27 Jul 2021
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          Wow

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        1. Stan Van Gundy‏Verified account @realStanVG 27 Jul 2021
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          Seems like the problem is already pretty widespread and should be rooted out NOW.

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