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olejoedad
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JAN 15, 11:14 AM
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Raydar
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JAN 15, 11:58 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
Today is the day set aside to remember a man who had a vision of a better nation, where every citizen was afforded their God-given rights as human beings.
Here a a couple of articles in read this morning, I thought you might find them interesting.
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After getting into the JFK book I'm reading (I'll post a link if you're interested), I have little doubt about who was behind Dr. King's assassination.
Interesting viewpoints at your links. Both of them. Of course, things at Salon never change. (I think they buy Kool Aid in bulk.)
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JAN 15, 01:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
After getting into the JFK book I'm reading (I'll post a link if you're interested), I have little doubt about who was behind Dr. King's assassination.
Interesting viewpoints at your links. Both of them. Of course, things at Salon never change. (I think they buy Kool Aid in bulk.) |
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Who do you think killed them?
I half believe the FBI was directly involved... that's just me.
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BingB
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JAN 15, 02:59 PM
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I generally am very wary of conspiracy theories, but I also know some of them are true (Gulf of Tonkin, WMD in Iraq).
I am pretty certain that Ray shot King, but I bet he had some "backers". He was able to escape and travel all across the world before they caught him. If he had just been framed then he would have been caught immediately. You don't set up a fall guy and then let him get away. So he had some resources behind him to help him get away, but not big enough backers to keep him from being convicted.
And I don't see much of a motive for the US government. They loved the way King kept his followers peaceful. They had nothing to gain by killing him. Instead they risked enflaming the violent radical elements of the Civil Rights movement. Huey Newton, Louis Farrakhan, or someone like him would have been the most likely target for the US government[This message has been edited by BingB (edited 01-15-2024).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JAN 15, 05:21 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by BingB:
They loved the way King kept his followers peaceful. They had nothing to gain by killing him. |
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The FBI was no fan of Dr. MLK. I'm not saying that the FBI for sure had anything to do with it, but I am saying that I would not be surprised.
The FBI was ruthless to King. They accused him publicly of all kinds of things, like cheating on his wife, etc.
https://kinginstitute.stanf...au-investigation-fbi
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BingB
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JAN 16, 05:48 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
The FBI was no fan of Dr. MLK. I'm not saying that the FBI for sure had anything to do with it, but I am saying that I would not be surprised.
The FBI was ruthless to King. They accused him publicly of all kinds of things, like cheating on his wife, etc.
https://kinginstitute.stanf...au-investigation-fbi |
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I don't know about the FBI in particular, but in general the "establishment" preferred King's peaceful message over the violent radicals like the Black Panthers or the Nation of Islam.
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