The FBI started as an extrajudicial hit squad to murder folk-hero bank robbers and the creator/first director was a deeply fucked-up man who used the Bureau to hunt down homosexuals because he was one and hated himself so much. It has never been a morally upright organization.
Thanks for the context. I’ve figured they’re an extension of the white supremacist, colonial fucked system (which implies a lot of shittiness all on its own), but am not very clear on the details. Do you have any sources you could recommend on the history?
The FBI started as an extrajudicial hit squad to murder folk-hero bank robbers and the creator/first director was a deeply fucked-up man who used the Bureau to hunt down homosexuals because he was one and hated himself so much. It has never been a morally upright organization.
Thanks for the context. I’ve figured they’re an extension of the white supremacist, colonial fucked system (which implies a lot of shittiness all on its own), but am not very clear on the details. Do you have any sources you could recommend on the history?