Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Why Obama vs. Trump Is Such A Blowout Americans, by a wide margin (56 percent to 37 percent), think Barack Obama was a better president than Donald Trump has been, according to a  CNN poll of adults released this week. Americans think Hillary Clinton  would have been  a better president than Trump has been, but by a much smaller margin (47 percent to 44 percent). These numbers aren’t that surprising, but they are weird. First, Clinton and Obama have very similar public policy views . They’re both Democrats, of course, but more than that, they’re the same  type   of   Democrat : left of center but not super liberal.

Why the FBI's "Black Identity Extremist" Classification Is Dangerous The FBI defines this group as "individuals who seek, wholly or in part, through unlawful acts of force or violence, in response to perceived racism and injustice in American society."

Alleged Black extremist Identity Secretly Watched By The FBI Is Released From Jail Christopher Daniels , better known as Rakem Balogun, believed the FBI targeted him as a part of its new government classification “black identity extremists (BIE),” according to a  report  from The Guardian. The classification is defined as someone who resorts to violence or unlawful activities “in response to perceived racism and injustice in American society.”

US legislators worried by FBI term 'Black Identity Extremist ' US  legislators met to discuss the FBI's "Black Identity Extremist" (BIE) designation as a  discriminatory measure  that could be used by law enforcement to halt African American activism across the country.

Is-this-the-first-victim-of-cointelpro-2-0-jailed-black Last year, just nine days before white supremacists stormed Charlottesville, Va., the FBI released a report citing “black identity extremists” as a growing threat to law enforcement. In the report, first obtained by Foreign Policy , the FBI claimed that police attacks on black Americans could spur “premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence” against the police. Now  The Guardian has spoken  to a man believed to be the first prosecuted under the FBI’s effort to track “black identity extremists”: a man who spoke out against police brutality and became a federal target because of it.

Charges Dropped in First Case Against ‘Black Identity Extremist’ A Texas judge has dismissed the indictment against a black community activist and released him from pre-trial detention—almost six months after the FBI placed him in federal custody. Civil rights activists, along with friends and family of Christopher Daniels—known to his community as Rakem Balogun— believed  the FBI targeted Daniels because of his supposedly radical political beliefs and anti-law enforcement rhetoric. Daniels’ advocates believe he was the first person to be prosecuted under a new government classification for domestic terror threats, which the FBI calls “black identity extremists.” The FBI uses the term to describe individuals who resort to violence or unlawful activities “in response to perceived racism and injustice in American society,” according to a copy of the report  obtained  and published last year by Foreign Policy magazine.

Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance large crash and officers screaming commands, he soon realized his nightmare was real, and he and his 15-year-old son were forced outside of their Dallas home, wearing only underwear. Handcuffed and shaking in the cold wind, Balogun thought a misunderstanding must have led the  FBI  to his door on 12 December 2017. The father of three said he was shocked to later learn that agents investigating “domestic terrorism” had been monitoring him for years and were arresting him that day in part because of his Facebook posts criticizing police. “It’s tyranny at its finest,” said Balogun, 34. “I have not been doing anything illegal for them to have surveillance on me. I have not hurt anyone or threatened anyone.”