Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy that included elements of his own government: This was the verdict in a civil trial that took place in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1999. Twelve jurors reached a unanimous verdict after four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses. They were only in deliberations for about an hour. Jim Douglass (a guest on the CAM podcast Episode 20) was one of the few who attended the trial. He wrote an essay about it, which Ellen reads on this episode of the podcast.
The American media was not interested in reporting on the trial and continues to tell the American public that Dr. King was killed by a lone gunman. Wikipedia still says: "King was fatally shot by James Earl Ray at 6:01 p.m., April 4, 1968"; the trial is only mentioned briefly, buried under the subtopic "allegations of conspiracy." The NPR article linked below, written in 2018, is a typical example of mainstream "journalism" that takes seriously only several government investigations but fails to mention the civil trial that took place or the verdict in that trial. NPR dutifully assures you: This case is closed; nothing to see here.
"The MLK Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis" by Jim Douglass (Spring 2000)
https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unsp...
Complete transcript of the trial:
https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/MLKA...
"King and the Cross" by Jim Douglass (2007)
https://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unsp...
CAM interview with Jim Douglass:
https://youtu.be/hD4UNcaH2Dw
Example of "coverage" by NPR that omits mention of the trial and its verdict:
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/04/598826...
"Strength to Love" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
https://www.amazon.com/Strength-Love-...
"Loving Your Enemies" sermon by MLK
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/ki...
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