Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I have asked--I am going to another subject that I just happened to think of--I am asking the FBI to give me a compilation of their reports on the various problems that we have encountered in cities and in States that could involve a violation of Federal laws, and that do involve disturbances, such as riots and disturbances of the peace.

09/08/1964

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