IL HR0611

Urges Governor Pritzker to express written support for the destruction of FBI surveillance tapes and transcripts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held by the National Archives and Records Administration.

References FBI surveillance of Dr. King from December 1955 through April 1968, including phone taps, bugged hotel rooms, and infiltration of his inner circle.

Cites FBI's November 21, 1964 anonymous letter encouraging Dr. King to commit suicide and the creation of COINTELPRO in August 1967 to target Dr. King and other civil rights leaders.

Calls on Governor Pritzker to work with the Illinois General Assembly to pass legislation preventing similar abuses of power and surveillance for immoral and defamatory purposes.

Directs delivery of resolution copies to Governor Pritzker, Lt. Governor Stratton, Governor Pritzker's Office of Equity, and the Illinois Attorney General.