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Fifty Years Ago, Activists Burgled the FBI and Exposed Its Undemocratic Abuses
On March 8, 1971, a group of New Left activists executed a daring burglary of an FBI field office in Pennsylvania, exposing the bureauâs COINTELPRO operations against the civil rights movement.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Photo: iPhoneDigital, CC BY 2.0/Flickr
History13/Mar/2021
On March 8, 1971, much of the nation was transfixed by the âFight of Centuryâ between Joe Fraiser and Muhammed Ali, both undefeated. Or at least thatâs what eight anti-war activists were counting on. The activists, some of whom traced their roots to the civil rights movement, recognised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a political police that posed an existential threat to the movement.
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Watchdog Group Demands Change to Laws Governing the Baker Acting of Children
When a child is Baker Acted, they are usually taken from school by law enforcement and transported to one of the more than 100 psychiatric facilities designated to receive involuntary admissions.
The Baker Act has been a formidable survivor of reformation and according to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, changes to protect children are needed.
Invoking the Baker Act is a profoundly serious human rights matter. The individual that is entrusted with this power needs to be aware of the ramifications of the Baker Act, especially with children.”
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Sometimes, a citizen has to break an existing law in order to expose a prevailing injustice or the government’s own crimes.
Those who violated the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act faced huge fines and prison time if they were caught helping Black slaves escape from bondage in the American antebellum South. In World War I, the Wilson administration used the Espionage Act to prosecute both individuals and newspapers for speaking out against U.S. involvement in the conflict. In the late 1940s and into the mid‐1950s, those who refused to appear before or answer questions from the Congressional “witch hunt” committees of the day The House Un‐American Activities Committee and its Senate counterpart, the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee could face contempt charges and related jail time.
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