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“In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.” quote by Alexander Cockburn — Download Open image

“In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.”

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