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Martin Luther King Was Assassinated By The US Government
James Earl Ray was convicted of the crime, supposedly another "lone nut". But Ray was a patsy. King was killed as part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the US government. They feared his ability to stir up the downtrodden masses and disturb the peace of white America. And they worried about his anti-Vietnam war stance, seeing its combination with black civil rights activism as potentially explosive. It is a matter of public record that King's phones were tapped by the government and his home bugged. This proves that the government feared him.
 Hidell  05 Apr 2008 18:26
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I sadly have to agree with this debate.
I am ashamed of the way the Big Bro has brought hits on their noblest and best.......

I am ashamed of this country's Federal Government.

Robert E. Lee was correct : States Rights, not Federalism.


MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS THE GREATEST DEBATER AND PUBLIC SPEAKER IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
Period.

Legendary speech: "I Have A Dream".
 
 Scorpion  11 Sep 2008 21:27
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Yes cause they were scared people would revolt just like...i hate to say this but the us. Government was scared of a revolution!!! Just like the french back in the 1800s i think.

Mlk!!!!!!! Will not die!!!!!
To all who hate this message should imprint on your soul:
He will not die his spirit will not die he lives on in all of us.
The end
 
 waleo  24 May 2008 06:06
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 AHMEN and Amen. PREACH IT, bro. You got it. uh huh.

MLK lives on for all who watch his speech: "I Have A Dream".
by  Scorpion
 11 Sep 2008 21:31
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It is undisputed that the US government, prior to the actual assassination, had attempted to procure King's death. Recordings of some of King's amorous activities had been made by the FBI and then posted to his home, accompanied by a note suggesting that he kill himself if he didn't want these to be made public.

Police protection was withdrawn from King an hour before the assassination took place. Black police officers and firemen later spoke of how they had been ordered away from their normal duties in the area without satisfactory explanations. Eye witnesses described the arrival of uniformed men carrying suitcases who said they were from the US army. The cases contained photographic equipment, they said. These men positioned themselves within the (now empty) fire station. From this vantage point they had a clear view of the balcony where King appeared.

Experts were unable to obtain a match between the bullet that killed King and the rifle James Earl Ray was said to have used.

Cafe owner Loyd Jowers, who owned the building underneath the place from which Ray is said to have fired, later confessed to having played a part in a conspiracy to kill King. The conspiracy involved the mafia, the Memphis police department and agencies of the federal government, he said. A wrongful death lawsuit was brought against Jowers in 1999 and the jury determined that he was guilty.
 
 Hidell  06 Apr 2008 03:56
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Am I fed up with all those crackpots who pollute the Internet with their crazy theories, such as : Elvis is not dead ! We did not reach the moon ! Hitler is alive and well ! The twin towers were shot down by the CIA ! JFK was shot by the Mafia ! Santa Claus is real ...
Please ! Keep all those crazy theories for yourself ! I don't want to read about it on the Net!
 
 Garamond  04 May 2008 13:23
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No he was not. That is a fictitious lie.
 
 celva_olva  30 Apr 2008 17:09
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 Try making an argument some time instead of just expressing an opinion.
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 30 Apr 2008 17:13
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No he wasn't , it was a man who hated black people and went up behind him and killed him!
 
 HuntinGurl  06 Apr 2008 01:11
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Many prominent leaders in the Cold War had their phones tapped and others had lengthy FBI files dedicated to their activities (including Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada), but this in no way gives credence to the argument that the American government arranged Martin Luther King's assassination.

It is worth noting that unlike in the case of JFK's assassination--which produced a whirlwind of conspiracy theories almost immediately after the president's death--few people offered theories of any real substance until around 1997, when MLK's son visited Ray in prison and came out claiming that he had been convinced of the man's innocence. Ray's lawyer, William Pepper, had published a book a couple of years earlier, in which he claimed that virtually all federal and local authorities were involved in a plot to kill MLK. The book, along with the prison visit, essentially opened up the floodgates for conspiracy theorists, ever ready to chase shadows behind every bush. Yet we need to keep in mind the fact that Pepper is hardly an unbiased source and had specific motives for writing such a book. It is well worth noting that professional historians have never bought into the theory that the US government had orchestrated MLK's killing. The main reason for this is simple: Conspiracy theorists are notoriously sloppy (to use a very charitable expression) when it comes to their sources. Pepper's book was, in part, based on a forged cablegram.
 
 mackenzie  06 Apr 2008 00:09
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 The King assassination was included in the 1970s investigation of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, so conspiracy theories about it circulated even then. What motives did Pepper have for writing the book other than the normal motives any author has for writing a book? In any case, his motives are irrelevant. Assertions can be assessed on their own merits without regard to the motives of the person making them. Professional historians still subscribe to the view that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone nut assassin of JFK even though 80% of the public now disbelieves it and anyone who makes any effort to look into the case concludes that the official story was absurd and false (as even Richard Nixon observed in one of the White House tapes). Professional historians still subscribe to the view that Pearl Harbour was a "surprise attack" even though the documentary record indubitably proves that Roosevelt pursued a deliberate strategy of provocation with regard to Japan. Professional historians worry about ridicule, about not getting tenure, about having credibility problems. They are a cowering breed, unwilling to challenge official orthodoxy.
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 06 Apr 2008 04:05
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