James Earl Ray is the man who pleaded guilty for the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior. At the time he was a wanted man, and had he been pulled over, there's a good chance he would have been arrested on an outstanding warrant. What if he never got got a chance to kill MLK?
SS: Who was supplying him with funds, has a money man been named? He went from Canada and Chicago to California before hitting Alabama. Takes money to travel. So either he had a mini crime spree on the run that doesn't get covered or he had help.
Any good podcasts that goes into more detail about the set up job? I’m familiar with the basics want something a little more in depth
The assassination of MLK jr, according to Wikipedia and other mainstream sources, is cut and dried.
A neerdowell and excon named James Earl Ray , acting completely alone, shot MLK thru a boarding house window, escaped for two weeks, was caught and tried and convicted. That’s it. Any talk of conspiracy can easily be dismissed out of hand and all conspiracy theories in this case are thin and easily disproven. Look at the wiki entry here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#Allegations_of_conspiracy
What I find so interesting about this is that they don’t actually bring up in that section the most damning evidence of a conspiracy – the mystery broadcaster.
Immediately after King was shot and as he lay dying on the concrete, a broadcast went out, on a CB band regularly used by police, calling all police vehicles claiming that the suspect in the King slaying was spotted north of town in a white mustang and civilians were giving chase! Shots fired! Immediate police back up was requested!
Police sent all available units to the north side only to discover there was no mustang in that area, there was no chase, no shots fired, and the entire broadcast was a hoax.
Meanwhile Ray was busy escaping town via the south side which was conveniently free of police presence thanks to the mystery broadcaster.
Here is a nice write up on it
https://medium.com/@mattpulver/who-killed-martin-luther-king-d28719582f57
>“The white Mustang is shooting at the blue Pontiac following him,” barked the Memphis police dispatcher on the evening of April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., barely clung to life in the St. Joseph’s emergency room after the sniper’s shot, but the suspect, believed to be leaving town in a white Mustang, had been intercepted by civilians who were now in harrowing pursuit. Squad cars were scrambled to join the high-speed chase underway. “On the way to Raleigh, north on Jackson. North on Jackson toward Raleigh, a blue Pontiac occupied by three white males,” reported the dispatcher, who, in a wild stroke of luck, was receiving news of the chase in real-time from the Pontiac itself, the driver relaying to police the precise position and path of the speeding Mustang over the squawk and static of citizens band radio.
>The chase, now with police en route, reached maddening speeds as the Mustang led the Pontiac out toward the city limits. Seventy-five miles an hour became 95 through a red light at Stage Road, and the two muscle ca
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link to wikipedia on James Earl Ray
It says at the beginning that it’s a “conspiracy” then I’m getting ready to read what the fuck is up with THAT, And it literally only says when he was born, died, and the location of each.
Is it because it’s so close to the anniversary of this historical murdering of a public figure? (Who was so much more than that) Or..idk! Maybe an update? Idk
just seems so weird a Wikipedia page for breakdown of the convicted murderer of MLK has such minimal info.
What’s so conspiring that all of the info behind it wouldn’t be on Wikipedia?
Any good videos of this “conspiracy?” I just always grew up thinking it was like Lincoln and Booth. We knew immediately who it was. Maybe terrible schooling, or listening/understanding on my part....but I read “conspiracy” and I’m like ‘oooooooh time to dive down THIS rabbit hole’ But literally no info.
What’s going on with that?! Now that’s what I call a conspiracy vol. 1968?
I wanna know solid, straightforward info, and if I can’t get it on Wikipedia....WHY?! And anyone got a good ol’ link or explanation. Please help.
Thanks, Reddit.
Edit: added more thoughts and words.
