His brother, Martin Luther King III, said in part:
Certainly this has been a very, very long time coming. It essentially says that the truth can in fact come through. It essentially says that if you keep working forward, sometimes for some, even in the twilight, that one day you will reach the conclusion of truth. This could not have happened without a lot of people. I too, want to thank Dr. [William] Pepper and his team, who have been working on this for almost 20 plus years. I too, must thank my brother, who basically sat us down and had the courage to encourage us to take on this issue that we knew was going to be a process of maybe, attempting to discredit this family. Some people have said that we are crazy. Some have stated that we were trying to do other things. The only thing we have ever tried to do was to seek that which is true.[/su_box]
For a much more thorough overview of what really happened to Dr. Martin Luther King and who was behind his assassination, I highly recommend setting aside 70 minutes to watch the following speech by Dr. William F. Pepper. It is one of the most interesting speeches I’ve ever heard on any subject.(A transcript of a similar lecture can be read here if you’d prefer.)
Other key resources include:
- Complete Transcript of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Conspiracy Trial, November 15 to December 8, 1999, Memphis, Tennessee. Also mirrored The King Center, with a backup copy here (left click and “save as”).
- An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King – William F. Pepper’s 2003 follow-up to Orders to Kill
- “The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis” by Jim Douglass – Article originally published in the May-June 2000 issue of Probe magazine. Contains a good summary of the evidence with hyperlinks to sections of the trial transcript.
- Evidence of Revision – Part 6 of this series is a two hour documentary about King’s assassination. It contains many enlightening interviews and loads amazing archival footage.
- VIDEO: Assassination of MLK.
- VIDEO: Dr. Pepper Interview (Infowars)
- VIDEO: Dr. William Pepper Speech: The US Government Assassinated MLK
- VIDEO: Dr. Pepper Speaks at San Diego Bookstore on MLK
- VIDEO: Abby Martin interviews Tavis Smiley: The last year of MLK’s life
Why have most people never heard about this? In the conclusion of the video at the beginning of this article, Zwicker gives us the answer:
The trial, in effect, [was] boycotted by the media. That’s why you didn’t know about it. That’s why I didn’t know about it until three months ago through James Douglass. King recognized that powerful economic interests stunt history and kill hope. It’s important to understand that these powerful forces now include the ‘mainstream’ media.
Mainstream Media Censorship & Propaganda of the trial and outcome
Here are some recent examples of how the media has attempted to tell lies by omission about this case, and often leaves key information completely “down the memory hole”:
- Just last week, CNN published a fact sheet on MLK, which includes a timeline. Even though they themselves reported on the Dexter King/James Earl Ray meeting and aired it live on TV at the time, calling it “extraordinary,” this event is completely omitted from the timeline. So is any reference to William Pepper, the 1999 trial, Lloyd Jowers being found guilty of conspiring with “governmental agencies” to murder King and frame Ray, the King family’s statements, or any of the 70+ witnesses who the jury heard at the trial. Instead they flatly state that King was “assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray,” that James Earl Ray was “King’s assassin,” and that the Justice Department says that there is “no reliable evidence to support a conspiracy behind King’s murder.”
- Searching the New York Times website with Google reveals only one reference to the name Lloyd Jowers from 2000-2013, and that article does not even mention the trial at all, let alone his conviction, or that of other local and federal government agencies.
- CBS News has repeatedly run articles naming James Earl Ray as King’s killer and making key omissions about the trial. The omissions actually seem to be getting more and more egregious as time goes on. See for example:
1. “The MLK Case: A Timeline” (2009) – Mentions Jowers, the trial, and the King family’s support for Ray, yet says that the Jury ruled that “King was the victim of a murder conspiracy,” omitting the fact that it specifically named “governmental agencies” as being among the guilty parties — agencies which were listed by name throughout the trial, with evidence presented substantiating their involvement.
2. “James Earl Ray: Timeline”, (2009) – Mentions that James Earl Ray was acquitted in 1993 by a mock jury during an HBO special, but completely fails to mention that he was found innocent by a real jury in 1999.
3. “New Photos of King’s Killer Emerge” (2011) – Dubs Ray “King’s Killer” and completely omits any mention of the trial.
4. “Retracing the hunt for MLK’s killer” (2011) – Admits that Ray pled guilty to “avoid the death penalty” and spent his entire time in prison professing his innocence, yet completely fails to mention the trial or any of the evidence supporting his claim, and instead quotes “experts” calling him a liar. - Last year, Fox News ran an entire article about Ray, “Ray doubted jury would believe an MLK conspiracy”. The article paints Ray as guilty, attempts to discredit his claims that he was duped into entering a guilty plea (which is mischaracterized as a “confession”), and attempts to discredit his claims of innocence. It is not until the very last sentence that they briefly allude to the fact that King’s own family is convinced of Ray’s innocence. No mention at all of Jowers, the trial, or any of the voluminous evidence and witness testimony pointing to a conspiracy involving the governmental agencies like the FBI & Memphis PD and Ray’s innocence.
- Wikipedia briefly mentions the trial on the MLK Assassination page (ignoring the mountain of evidence), and dedicates as many words in a whitewashing manor, “The government agencies accused could not defend themselves or respond because they were not named as defendants. Based on the evidence, the jury concluded that Jowers and “others were part of a conspiracy to kill King.” and awarded $100.00. The allegations and the finding of the Memphis jury were later rejected by the United States Department of Justice in 2000 due to lack of evidence.” Not the first cover up the DOJ has been involved with, don’t be too surprised by this announcement by the ‘Department of InJustice‘.
Sources: http://www.theendrun.com/jury-finds-mlk-killed-by-government-conspiracy-king-family-agrees
