Secret police in the United States
Secret police - Wikipedia Wednesday July 6 th , 2022 at 9:54 AM 1 Share United States [ edit ] In Mississippi , the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (or "Sov-Com") was a state agency given unusual authority by the governor of Mississippi from 1956 to 1977, to investigate and police private citizens in order to uphold racial segregation . This authority was used to suppress and spy on the activities of civil rights workers , along with others suspected of sentiments contrary to white supremacy. [32] Agents from the Sov-Com wiretapped and bugged citizens of Mississippi, and historians identify the agency as a secret police force. [33] [34] [35] Among other things, the Sov-Com collaborated with the Ku Klux Klan and engaged in jury tampering to harass targets. [36] [37] The agency ceased to function in 1973, but was not officially dissolved until 1977. [38] [39] In private writings in 1945, President Harry S. Truman wrote that the Federal Bureau of Inve
