{"id":67519,"date":"2018-07-31T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=67519"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:15:00","slug":"fake-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=67519","title":{"rendered":"Fake Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/07\/28\/gop-lawmaker-wants-answers-on-fbis-alleged-southern-poverty-law-center-ties.html\">using the Southern Poverty Law Center as a source of investigative informatio<\/a>n:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a letter obtained by Fox News\u2019 \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., says the FBI has \u201cadmitted to working with the SPLC,\u201d in a development he describes as \u201csurprising and worrisome.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is surprising and worrisome, as the SPLC is known to use its platform in order to denigrate and disparage certain groups by labeling them \u2018hate groups,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>He said that groups such as the Christian Family Research Council (FRC) have been labeled a hate group, while members of \u201cAntifa\u201d &#8212; a broad collaboration of left-leaning, anti-fascist activists &#8212; have not been given such a label. He added that Floyd Corkins, who shot an FRC employee, later said he targeted the group as the SPLC had labeled it an antigay group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But don&#8217;t you dare say the FBI has been politicized. That would be treason\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Among the idiot \u2013 American community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI is using the Southern Poverty Law Center as a source of investigative information: In a letter obtained by Fox News\u2019 \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., says the FBI has \u201cadmitted to working with the SPLC,\u201d in a development he describes as \u201csurprising and worrisome.\u201d \u201cThis is surprising and worrisome, as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[382],"class_list":["post-67519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-left","tag-anti-fa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67532,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67519\/revisions\/67532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}