For months, he spied on activists and attempted to recruit two Black men into an FBI-engineered assassination plot.

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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024

Hello! In this issue:
* We explore the first documented case of FBI infiltration in the 2020 racial justice movement.
* There’s a subculture of sexual abuse so well-known in the addiction treatment industry that it has its own nickname: the 13th step.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** Alphabet Boys Revealed
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People protest for racial justice near the Colorado State Capitol on June 6, 2020, in Denver. Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

In 2020, as racial justice demonstrations spread nationwide and the most significant Black political movement in decades grew larger, the FBI was convinced that extreme Black political activists would cross the line into domestic terrorism.

That summer, the FBI enlisted Mickey Windecker, a tattooed White man who drove a silver hearse, as a paid informant. Windecker claimed he’d heard racial justice activists speak vaguely of violent revolution in Denver. The FBI gave him a recording device and instructed him to infiltrate the city’s growing Black Lives Matter movement.

For months, Windecker spied on activists and attempted to recruit two Black men into an FBI-engineered plot to assassinate the state’s attorney general. ([link removed])

This week, in an episode that first aired last fall, we partner with the Alphabet Boys podcast ([link removed]) and journalist Trevor Aaronson to explore the first documented case of FBI infiltration in the modern racial justice movement.
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** A Quote to Remember
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“There’s only so many times you can get beaten over the head, and you just stop complaining… Somebody needs to be their advocate.”

Debbie Herzog was an insurance investigator looking into suspicious claims made by the owner of a network of addiction treatment centers. Then a former worker at the treatment center came to her with additional allegations ([link removed]) : that he was sexually abusing his clients, who already face stigma, shame, and mistrust for their substance use disorders. They teamed up and tried to bring him to justice.
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This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Rosemarie Ho. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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