Letter from the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Priority Records regarding NWA’s track, Fuck tha Police

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Title

Letter from the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Priority Records regarding NWA’s track, Fuck tha Police

Subject

Culture
Youth
California
Race
Racial tension
Los Angeles

Description

Typed letter addressed to the office of Priority Records in California from the Milt Ahlerich, the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The letter regards the track ‘Fuck tha Police’ by the rap group N.W.A. expresses concern for the social impact the song might have on people. Milt Ahlerich accuses the record label of releasing a track which “advocates violence” and is “discouraging and degrading” to serving police officers. The letter expresses deep disapproval for N.W.A. and Priority Records for releasing such a track.
In 1989 N.W.A. released the track ‘Fuck Tha Police’ to make a profane and shocking statement about the harsh and violent treatment of teenagers and minorities by the Los Angeles Police Department

Creator

Milt Ahlerich, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Publisher

The FBI Agent Who Hunted N.W.A - ASAWIN SUEBSAENG

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-agent-who-hunted-nwa

Date

1 August 1989

Contributor

Jake Marshall

Rights

US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation 1989

Language

English

Type

Textual - handwritten letter

Identifier

20th century California

Files

Priority Record.png

Collection

California

Citation

Milt Ahlerich, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Letter from the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Priority Records regarding NWA’s track, Fuck tha Police,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed April 29, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/293.