His speech to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 is known for ‘I have a Dream’. He was shot dead on 4 April 1968 at Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray took responsibility for his murder in 1969, but later withdrew his statement and claimed to be innocent by his death. However, he was completely punished and died in jail. King’s family and many others have long raised questions on whether Earl Ray was alone or it was part of a big conspiracy. In 1999, in a civil trial, the jury of Memphis concluded that King’s murder was the result of a conspiracy, which included government agencies and mafia.
What did intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard say?
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said that the American public has waited for about 60 years to see the entire investigation of Dr. King’s murder. Under the leadership of President Trump, we are ensuring complete transparency on this important and tragic event. Documents include records related to FBI monitoring, including King’s phone tapping, bugling in hotel rooms and using detectives to collect information against them. These documents are then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s King and Civil Rights Highlights a sharp eye on the movement. Claims were made in this report, King’s Acra was the Maratal Affair. Information about these affairs was made public due to the Monitoring of the FBI. However, there was no relation between his murder and his affair. In the investigation so far, there is no information about any relationship between these two.
Although King’s two living children Martin Luther King III and Bernis King said in a joint statement that they support transparency and historical accountability, but they fear that these documents may be misused to attack their father’s legacy. He said that we request those who see these files, they should do this with sympathy, restraint and respect for the grief of our family. The family believes that the FBI led by Hoover had offered aggressive and disturbing monitoring to discredit the King and weaken the civil rights movement.
Family worry
King’s niece Alveda King supported the release and said that I am grateful to President Trump and DNI Gabbard that they fulfilled their promises of transparency. My uncle was fearless in search of truth and justice and his legacy still inspires Americans.
On the other hand, Civil Rights leader Al Sharptan described the move not for transparency, but an attempt to divert attention from Trump’s criticism about Jeffrey Epstein’s files. The possibility of new information in these documents is being considered less, as many historians say that there is no major disclosure about the murder in the already available material. Some documents have become unclear due to digitization and the Wiretap recording of the FBI will be sealed till 2027. Nevertheless, these records provide an opportunity to re -examine the theory of the conspiracy around the life of the king and his murder.
This release is part of Trump’s signed executive order in January, with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. The files related to Kennedy’s killings were also directed to decide. However, the King family says that these documents should be seen in the historical context, so that there is no loss to their father’s legacy.
