Richard Aoki was a militant activist and armed the Black Panthers,
but turned out to be an FBI informant at the very same time.
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This information was made public
after an investigation by Seth Rosenfield
revealed FOIA documents
that verify these claims by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Aoki committed suicide in 2009,
but today many questions remain,
such as to what extent did the FBI know the man was arming the Black Panthers?
Trevor Aaronson, author of “The Terror Factory”,
discusses the slippery slope between the FBI creating criminals and catching them.