On Aug. 20, the legacy of Nikkei activist and educator Richard Aoki, the former field marshal of the Black Panther Party, was suddenly thrown into question when the Center for Investigative Reporting released a news article and video asserting that Aoki was an FBI informant, starting before the formation of the Panthers and during its most […]
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Where’s the evidence Aoki was (an) FBI informant?
Seth Rosenfeld’s dramatic announcement that Richard Aoki was an FBI informant provoked an enormous response from Chronicle readers. Could it be true? Or was this a “snitch-jacketing,†a classic FBI tactic used to cast suspicion on a legitimate activist by spreading rumors and manufacturing evidence? As a scholar, I insist on seeing evidence before concluding […]