BMA: Black Media Archive

Episode 338: "FBI Intelligence Assessment: Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers"

11.16.2017 - By The BMAPlay

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This episode is the report, "Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers" dated August 3, 2017 and compiled by the FBI Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit. The document states in its executive summary: "The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence."

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