The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Twitter account put out a post Tuesday afternoon paying tribute to Martin Luther King. Jr on the 49th anniversary of his assassination, prompting a backlash from tweeters who were quick to remind the FBI of their long history of surveillance against the historic civil rights leader and his family.
The tweet contained a picture of King and a quote from his famous speech made five days before his murder in which he declared that the “arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Today, on the anniversary of his assassination, the FBI honors the life, work, & commitment of Dr.