Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

AbbreviationFBI
FounderCharles Joseph Bonaparte
Founded1908
Headquarters935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20535, United States
Membership35,000
AffiliationStatesian Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie


The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a "law enforcement" organization, created in 1908 by Charles Joseph Bonaparte in the United States. The organization's initial purpose, according to it's own statement, was to address a "new era of lawlessness" plaguing the United States, which included "violent" anarchists, striking workers, local political corruption and others. The organization was initially focused on white-collar and civil rights matters.[1]

In 1964, the FBI sent a letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. telling him to kill himself.[2] In 1969, they killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton as part of COINTELPRO.[3]

References

  1. “The country’s cities had grown enormously by 1908—there were more than 100 with populations over 50,000—and understandably, crime had grown right along with them. In these big cities, with their many overcrowded tenements filled with the poor and disillusioned and with all the ethnic tensions of an increasingly immigrant nation stirred in for good measure, tempers often flared. Clashes between striking workers and their factory bosses were turning increasingly violent.”

    FBI. "A Brief History, The Nation Calls, 1908-1923"
  2. Beverly Gage (2014-11-11). "What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals" The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. William Lee (2019-12-03). "In 1969, charismatic Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton was killed in a hail of gunfire. 50 years later, the fight against police brutality continues" Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-19.