“A key piece of evidence is, of course, the alleged murder weapon. A rifle was found resting against a brick building which housed an “amusement company” whose owner was on the premises at the time of the shooting.

James Earl Ray’s original lawyer, who investigated the facts of the case, and is today a judge, describes the circumstances:

“The State’s theory was there was a Browning box, a Browning rifle box, that contained some items of clothing, a radio that had James Earl Ray’s Missouri state penitentiary number on it and a Remmington 760 rifle that James Earl Ray had bought in Birmingham.” -Judge Arthur Haynes Jr., the original lawyer for James Earl Ray

It happened that when the box was placed at the amusement company wall, the owner Mr.Canipe saw a man drop it there, near the entrance, and continue walking down “South Main St. on foot” — and this was TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOT WAS FIRED!”

Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Murdered by the U.S. Government?
http://crimesofthestate.blogspot.com/2008/01/was-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-murdered.html

“After hearing and reviewing the extensive testimony and evidence, which had never before been tested under oath in a court of law, it took the Memphis jury only one (1) hour to find that a conspiracy to kill Dr. King did exist. Most significantly, this conspiracy involved agents of the governments of the City of Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the United States of America. The overwhelming weight of the evidence also indicated that James Earl Ray was not the triggerman and, in fact, was an unknowing patsy… We stand by that verdict and have no doubt that the truth about this terrible event has finally been revealed.” -Statement of King Family on the Justice Department’s “Limited investigation” of the MLK Assassination, January 15, 2007

I am left, finally, with the following:

1. Your mother was fearful. To be fearful is rational when faced with the unknown.
2. You wanted to protect your family and were a child.
3. Your mother outgrew her fear, I hope, by educating herself about humanity.

One of the wonderful memories about South Africa in the seventies that I shall carry with me always is this. Living in the bush I feared no African (and he was everywhere). I did look everywhere I ran for snakes, for the fear I had of them was enormous.

One day skin colour will not matter.

Jeff

Jeff