J. Edgar Hoover was just twenty-nine years old when he was appointed acting director of the FBI. At first Hoover laid low and was not the big shot he would eventually become. Hoover rose to fame by changing the face of the FBI. He started by making major changes to the FBI, a year and a half after his promotion to director.
Hoover used a case regarding an unarmed agent who was killed in the field to headway his proposition for agents to carry weapons. Agent Edwin Shanahan was gunned down by Martin Durkin. Hoover used “we’ve got to get Durkin” as a fear tactic because he believed it would be “open season on the agents” if the FBI was not allowed to carry weapons. Unfortunately for Hoover, local St. Louis law enforcement arrested Durkin, which discredited his proposal. However, J. Edgar Hoover used the Kansas City Massacre, along with other tragedies, to justify his proposition for increasing the FBI's power and eventually he got his way.
Hoover used a case regarding an unarmed agent who was killed in the field to headway his proposition for agents to carry weapons. Agent Edwin Shanahan was gunned down by Martin Durkin. Hoover used “we’ve got to get Durkin” as a fear tactic because he believed it would be “open season on the agents” if the FBI was not allowed to carry weapons. Unfortunately for Hoover, local St. Louis law enforcement arrested Durkin, which discredited his proposal. However, J. Edgar Hoover used the Kansas City Massacre, along with other tragedies, to justify his proposition for increasing the FBI's power and eventually he got his way.
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