Martin Luther King Assassination

Sometimes things come to my mind out of the blue, and recently the King assassination came to mind, so I made this thread. His convicted killer was a petty thief who was good at breaking out of prison, but had fired a gun only once or twice in his life. It is my understanding that the King family doesn't believe that James Earl Ray killed Dr. King, and I don't believe it either.

Years back, I was watching the Morton Downey Jr. Show, and he actually had an interview with James Earl Ray. Ray said that he confessed just to get some sleep, because he was being badgered so heavilly by the interrogators. He said that these things led up to his arrest for the assassination:
1. He very conviently met a man with a brief case, following his last prison escape.
2. He was handed the case and set up with a car and told where to go and wait for instructions.
3. He travelled around a lot, staying at different hotels, and waited on instructions as to where to go next. For him, this was a meal ticket.
4. He finally ended up in a Memphis hotel, across the street from Martin Luther King's hotel, and he had checked out and was on his way out of town when he heard about the assassination on his car radio.
5. Now, I can't remember if the man was apprehended in London or boarding a plane to London, but that was the quick and dirty according to Mr. Ray, in that interview.

Mr. Ray appeared before a judge and was sentenced on the basis of a guilty plea. Later when he requested a trial, it was denied him, because he had entered a guilty plea.

Ralph Abernathy, who took MLK's place as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said that he thought the FBI was responsible for the assassination and that Mr. Ray was innocent.

I have some reasons for thinking that the government would do such a thing, and I also find it hard to believe that someone with Mr. Ray's background would be recruited for such a high profile assassination.

Tell me what you think.


Roy

 

In the book that Ralph Abernathy had published before his death, he told of some of MLK's extramarital exploits, including how, on the day of his demise, he had intercourse with two different women and got into a fight with a third one. In Bill Clinton's time, half of Congress would rush to support a man like that, but in 1968 (or was it 69?), such actions would totally discredit any leader.

I think the feds offed him because they could no longer use him as a viable pawn, for the purpose of manipulating court and legislative action. They figured he could serve them better as a civil rights martyr. I don't think the motivation for his killing was racial hatred.

Roy

 

You know, I had not even thought of that, but both men met the same fate - assassination with possible government involvement.

Roy

 

What did Tricky Dick do to make you feel that way about him. Was it Watergate?