Most of what you know about the Black Panthers, is a lie. It is intentional disinformation, created and circulated by the FBI, with the assistance and complicity of newspapers and local police. This disinfo was spread as part of the FBI's counter intelligence program (COINTELPRO).

This is not some unfounded conspiracy, this is documented and now admitted by the FBI.

The Black Panthers were the good guys, and the FBI were the cartoonishly evil Bond villain bad guys. Seriously.

If you've been reading along this Black history month, you might agree that these things are good:

* Reduce racism
* Systemically prevent another Tyre Nichols
* End false convictions
* Feed all school kids nutritious breakfast and lunch
* Affordable health care for all
* Access to better education for all
* Lower unemployment
* Get poor Black, white, Latinx, indigenous, and Asian workers to work together to assert their rights
* Safer infra and public transportation for all
* Stop wage theft

Regardless of your race or political philosophy, think about which of these above points you would disagree with. No, seriously. Read it again, and find one that doesn't make sense to you. It's okay if you don't agree with them all. 👍🏿

Now look at the Black Panthers' 10 point plan from 1966:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)

Seriously, see how many of these points you disagree with. And it's honestly OK if you don't agree with them all!

Notice the lack of Black supremacy or calls for pogroms.

The Black Panthers provided free breakfast for poor school kids. ♥️👍🏿 Today, the US has a Federal free breakfast program. Black people that know white US history, know where that program started.

The FBI felt so threatened by the Black Panthers' school breakfast program, that they dedicated police resources to violently destroying it.

Imagine. Trained FBI agents, instructing grown men to urinate on Black children's food.

https://www.history.com/news/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party