Episode 167 - MLK: COINTELPRO Gets Its Man (Part III)

How did the FBI lure MLK to Memphis? Who was Hoover's FBI man on the ground in Memphis? How was the 1968 presidential election manipulated by LBJ and Hoover to ensure the continuation of the Vietnam War policy? How did Hoover ensure that FBI surveillance of MLK would cease before and during MLK's trip to Memphis? Who was "Raoul" and what interesting connection did he have to another high-profile event 5 year earlier? Did James Earl Ray have an alibi supported by eyewitnesses? Whom did witnesses Lloyd Jowers and Lenny Curtis name as the shooter and the spotter? Where did witnesses Lloyd Jowers, Betty Spates, Solomon Jones, Harold "Cornbread" Carter, and Earl Caldwell say the fatal shot came from? What testimony did taxi driver James McGraw corroborate and NOT corroborate? According to Lula Mae Shelby and her son Johnton, how did MLK really die? At whose hand? What connection did Dr. Bland have with the Dixie Mafia? How did the FBI, military intelligence, and the Dixie Mafia collaborate to kill MLK? What fact did the military snipers and photographers confirm, clearing James Earl Ray of the assassination? Lots of questions and answers in this episode!

The backstories of Dr. William Pepper and MLK's relationship, Dr. Pepper's involvement with the James Earl Ray case, the involvement of the FBI in the MLK case - both the decision to kill him and the setting up of a patsy - and the involvement of military intelligence in the choosing of an alias for their patsy. The government wanted the American people to believe James Earl Ray was a racist, criminal mastermind when in truth, its own psychological profile of Ray said otherwise which is why he was chosen for the role. In contrast to the JFK assassination which featured an intelligence asset as the preordained patsy, the RFK and MLK assassinations both featured unwitting dupes that couldn't easily be traced back to any government agency.

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