The FBI's tweet honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was met with criticism and fact-checking from the community. It was revealed that the FBI engaged in surveillance of King and used manipulation tactics to influence him. Democrats John and Robert Kennedy gave the FBI permission to wiretap Dr. King's telephones. The FBI's wiretaps of Dr. Martin Luther King were approved by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The tweet received backlash, with many criticizing the FBI's involvement in MLK's life and the timing of their post on MLK Day.
Cornel West denounces Bobby Kennedy Jr for defending his family’s role in the FBI’s campaign of surveillance against Martin Luther King Jr. https://t.co/wnyWCDlLjU
Cornel West rebukes RFK Jr. for defending MLK wiretap https://t.co/fmjYKxRTp2
Please REPORT the "Community Notes" for containing erroneous information about the FBI involvement in MLK's Untimely Death! Do NOT allow the 4th Branch of Government to erase History! If you work for the FBI, you should be arresting your corrupt bosses who cover up crimes for… https://t.co/Hu8HhCCR0S https://t.co/3LknMGqOGg
Community notes slap FBI's Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative post with reminder the bureau sought his ruin https://t.co/tdRXgpsUyO https://t.co/glh5WTxa4U
Perhaps the FBI Should've Sat Out MLK Day on Social Media https://t.co/wKvleopO2u
Why were so many people posting FBI propaganda about MLK? The same people claim to be free thinkers freely speak for the enemy.
Fact checking of this Bureau tweet honouring MLK is… to die for… https://t.co/hwTLKto9Vx
FBI’s post honoring MLK flagged by X with fact-checking community note https://t.co/DUfJ0XUVPX
The FBI getting knocked out by Community Notes 💀 https://t.co/Hrwxl5rErn
Bennie Thompson slams RFK Jr.’s "dangerous rhetoric" defending wiretapping of MLK Jr. https://t.co/jVc0geDwVp https://t.co/mUnw4ORzZE
The FBI got community noted. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/3XlRbtLRsj
The FBI's wiretaps of Dr. Martin Luther King were approved by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy but remained in place long after John Kennedy was no longer President and Robert Kennedy was no longer Attorney General. https://t.co/cAwlAnjLS1
The FBI responded to the community note on its #MLKDay tweet https://t.co/bqqf3UtQza https://t.co/m1IEuStOve
Dr.Martin Luther King was murdered shortly after FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told President Lyndon Johnson that an FBI wiretap picked up King telling associates he would endorse Sen. Robert F. Kennedy for President in 1968. https://t.co/WA2vgLEMRT
FBI crushed by Community Notes. #ElonsTwitter https://t.co/zF1kswX2Ow
FBI tweeting about MLK Day will always be king cringe.
When Dr Cornel West was on ‘The Breakfast Club’ he also confirmed JFK and RFK involvement in surveilling Dr King for J. Edgar Hoovers FBI https://t.co/eNEdKsgQ12
Twitter/X community notes the FBI for their Martin Luther King Jr. post: “The FBI engaged in surveillance of King, attempted to discredit him, and used manipulation tactics to influence him to stop organizing” https://t.co/SgZZZOHuDB
The FBI makes this appalling tweet every year, but this is their first year with Community Notes. https://t.co/HpIEV11QSZ
The feds got wrecked by Community Notes over MLK Jr. https://t.co/RAvTIsOM50
The FBI got Community Nuked https://t.co/Kcuq8DhYMA
3 months after Dr. King gave his ‘I have a Dream Speech’ in 1963 Democrats John and Robert Kennedy gave the FBI permission to wiretap Dr. King telephones RFK Jr. Defends Kennedy Administration Surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay https://t.co/JvQViUnxAM