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Many of us know the history of COINTELPRO (the COunter INTELligence PROgram), in which the FBI sought to undermine groups it considered enemies or threats to the government. In some cases, they undermined civil rights and black empowerment organizations. In other cases, they infiltrated white racist groups and , att times, involved themselves in the illegal activities of these groups. It is also believed that, often, they actually agitated situations until they boiled over.

This is what came to mind for me when I read about the discovery that and FBI informant staged a Februay 2006 neo-Nazi rally in a predominately-black section of Orlando, Florida.

Some are wondering if the marched was actually staged by the FBI. The concern is that they knowingly put together the march, all the while knowing the potentially explosive situation such a gathering would create.

Sounds like the very definition of the prototypical “agent provocateur” referred to by so many black power organzations I read about growing up.

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