Merrick Garland isn’t J. Edgar Hoover and Trump isn’t Fred Hampton

The history of the FBI and the Justice Department doesn’t mean they’re always the bad guys

Caricature: Merrick Garland, Image by DonkeyHotey, Flickr, Creative Commons license 2.0 generic

I don’t need a lecture on the historical evils of the FBI or the Justice Department, of which it is a part.

Trust me.