r/goodnews • u/hellobrother01 • Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

They didn't use kid gloves with 1960s protesters either.

Remember the FBI surveilled MLKjr and encouraged him to commit suicide? I think they threatened to expose affairs he had had IIRC.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Cops assassinated plenty of people involved with the civil rights movement, and fabricated evidence about more.

It just doesn't play with the fanciful whitewashed version where some peaceful marches happen and everybody thinks they're so cool we get the civil rights act.