https://theintercept.com/2023/08/01/fbi-infiltrate-activists-first-amendment/
#TheIntercept Lawsuit targets FBI Probe of Racial Justice Activists
#TrevorAaronson
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=fXMIKNFwW_s
#ColoradoSprings #Co #CSPD #Colorado #ACLU
#ChinookCenter
#ColoradoSpringsPolice sued for targeting and spying on #racialjustice #protesters #BLM #BLackLivesMatter #ACAB
#DemocracyNow
#AlphabetBoysPodcast by #TrevorAaronson
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has sued the FBI, the Colorado Springs Police Department and local officers for illegally spying on local activist Jacqueline "Jax" Armendariz Unzueta and the Chinook Center, a community organizing hub in Colorado Springs. "This was one of the worst moments of my life," says Unzueta, who describes the investigation by law enforcement as "incredibly invasive." The lawsuit accuses the agencies of "unconstitutional and invasive search and seizure of the phones, computers, devices, and private chats of people and groups whose message the Colorado Springs Police Department dislikes." This comes after revelations the FBI had infiltrated the Chinook Center by sending an undercover police detective named April Rogers to volunteer at the center in 2020, first exposed by the investigative reporter Trevor Aaronson, who writes for _The Intercept_ and created the _Alphabet Boys_ podcast. "For more than a year, she was undercover for the FBI," says Aaronson, who reports the officer, who used the name Chelsie, surveilled the Chinook Center and unsuccessfully attempted to entrap local activists in gun-running conspiracies. This was part of a broader FBI effort to infiltrate racial justice and left-wing groups in Colorado after the police killing of George Floyd. This is an extended version of the interview that aired on television. Transcript: democracynow.org Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Support independent media: https://democracynow.org/donate Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
"One of the things that's happened in the post-911 era is that the #FBI was given enormous powers with not a lot of congressional oversight and in many ways has kind of slipped back into many of the worst practices of the #Cointelpro era"
#MajorityReport interviews #TrevorAaronson of the #AlphabetBoys podcast
#MovementForBlackLives #AlphabetAgencies #BLM #SpyAgencies #snitchjacketing #PoliceInfiltration #PoliceInformants
https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=ksjBDFg8WwY
#BookTV #book #TrevorAaronson author of #TheTerrorFactoy :Inside The #FBI 's Manufactured War On Terrorism
Trevor Aaronson says that since 9/11, the FBI has built up a network of over 15,000 informants in Muslim communities around the U.S. He argues that these informants spearhead phony terror plots which are then exposed by the FBI with great fanfare to make it look like the bureau is doing a good job of keeping us safe. During this event, Mr. Aaronson is in conversation with Monika Bauerlein, co-editor of Mother Jones magazine.