Florida: Former FBI informant who thwarted KKK-law enforcement murder plots goes public for his own safety

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Story is about the degree to which KKK members are embedded in local law enforcement agencies, especially in Florida:


Former FBI informant who thwarted KKK-law enforcement murder plots goes public for his own safety

23 December 2021

From 2007 to 2018, Joseph Moore was an undercover informant for the FBI embedded in Florida chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, working to identify and expose law enforcement officials who moonlighted as Klansmen. After he testified against three state prison guards who had recruited him to murder a former inmate, Moore got a new name and moved with his family to a Florida subdivision, and he went public Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press, he said, in part because he believes the Klan has tracked him down and wants to harm him, his wife, and their four ...

Former FBI informant who thwarted KKK-law enforcement murder plots goes public for his own safety

 

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He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK

23 December 2021

For nearly 10 years, Joseph Moore lived a secret double life. At times the U.S. Army veteran donned a white robe and hood as a hit man for the Ku Klux Klan in North Florida. He attended clandestine meetings and participated in cross burnings. He even helped plan the murder of a Black man. However, Moore wore something else during his years in the klan – a wire for the FBI. He recorded his conversations with his fellow klansmen, sometimes even captured video, and shared what he learned with federal agents trying to crack down on white supremacists in Florida ...

He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK | AP News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — For nearly 10 years, Joseph Moore lived a secret double life. At times the U.S. Army veteran donned a white robe and hood as a hit man for the Ku Klux Klan in North Florida.

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