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by pavel_lishin 3542 days ago
> comparing municipal police with infamous clandestine federal investigative agencies borders on conspiracy theory

And yet: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square...

Hoover's FBI is infamous because its practices were exposed. As we begin to look more closely at police departments around the country, we begin to see that there are many that end up using terrible tactics, and the only significant difference is that they're limited to their city and county borders.