Post by Rob Caprio on Nov 8, 2018 14:51:47 GMT -5
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As noted before the "blueprint" for assassination was drawn-up on November 22, 1963, and was pulled out later on as needed. The Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) case had many of the same innocuous things going on, but I guess we can all rest assured NOTHING funny was happening because Warren Commission (WC) supporter, and author of “Case Closed", Gerald Posner said so.
The alleged murder weapon in the MLK case was a Remington .30-06 rifle, and many of you familiar with the President John F. Kennedy (JFK) assassination case may recall all the .30 caliber bullets, fragments and shells found in Dealey Plaza (DP). This was also the caliber the Dallas Police Department (DPD) said was used in the attempt on General Walker in April 1963. I say alleged murder weapon because we have the same inability to link the weapon to the crime in this case as we see in the JFK case.
At first the FBI said the weapon had not been tested to see if it had been used that day which is an oversight and could lead some to believe it was tested and came up negative. A bullet fragment was removed from MLK's spine, but this fragment was claimed to be so damaged that caliber, markings and grooves needed for comparison were unable to be seen clearly. The FBI had tested this bullet fragment, along with the alleged murder weapon, in 1968, as did the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1976, with the same result.
The fatal bullet could not be conclusively linked to the Remington .30-06 rifle allegedly purchased by James Earl Ray. The HSCA Report was even more succinct on the matter, saying that it was impossible to conclusively link the bullet to the murder weapon, or to rule it out. This would be a killer for most cases, but of course when dealing with these assassinations, nothing stops the lone nut conviction.
How did they even get the murder weapon? Unbelievable police work is how. A local police officer supposedly discovered a Remington .30-06 rifle, several unused bullets, and other effects that supposedly belonged to James Earl Ray, wrapped inside a blanket, outside Canipe's Amusement store. The owner of the store recalled someone dropping the package at his door before the time of the assassination. How convenient, huh?
Also, didn't the WC claim that Lee Harvey Oswald had his alleged rifle wrapped in a blanket too? I think so. In all these types of cases it is amazing how helpful the alleged assassins supposedly are in terms of leaving evidence for the police to find.
How about the angles, do they match-up? The HSCA Report stated that the direction and angle of the shot and wounds could not be stated conclusively. Their only firm conclusion was that Ray had been the assassin of MLK. Their tests were similarly inconclusive, and had Ray had an actual trial with ballistics evidence presented, the jury should have been instructed that the rifle could not be linked to the fatal bullet, and that this was not sufficient evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Sound familiar? This is why Ray was pressured into a plea bargain, including a guilty plea.
How about witnesses? There was much eyewitness evidence, at the time of the shooting, to suggest that the fatal shot that struck him did not come from the direction of a nearby rooming house bathroom window, near a room allegedly rented by Ray.
Once again, we see a weak case (really non-existent) in a "lone nut" assassination. The inaccuracy of the official claim was born out in a 1999 Civil Court verdict which found the U.S. Government responsible for the death of MLK. The King family had filed a lawsuit as they did not believe that Ray was responsible.
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As noted before the "blueprint" for assassination was drawn-up on November 22, 1963, and was pulled out later on as needed. The Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) case had many of the same innocuous things going on, but I guess we can all rest assured NOTHING funny was happening because Warren Commission (WC) supporter, and author of “Case Closed", Gerald Posner said so.
The alleged murder weapon in the MLK case was a Remington .30-06 rifle, and many of you familiar with the President John F. Kennedy (JFK) assassination case may recall all the .30 caliber bullets, fragments and shells found in Dealey Plaza (DP). This was also the caliber the Dallas Police Department (DPD) said was used in the attempt on General Walker in April 1963. I say alleged murder weapon because we have the same inability to link the weapon to the crime in this case as we see in the JFK case.
At first the FBI said the weapon had not been tested to see if it had been used that day which is an oversight and could lead some to believe it was tested and came up negative. A bullet fragment was removed from MLK's spine, but this fragment was claimed to be so damaged that caliber, markings and grooves needed for comparison were unable to be seen clearly. The FBI had tested this bullet fragment, along with the alleged murder weapon, in 1968, as did the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1976, with the same result.
The fatal bullet could not be conclusively linked to the Remington .30-06 rifle allegedly purchased by James Earl Ray. The HSCA Report was even more succinct on the matter, saying that it was impossible to conclusively link the bullet to the murder weapon, or to rule it out. This would be a killer for most cases, but of course when dealing with these assassinations, nothing stops the lone nut conviction.
How did they even get the murder weapon? Unbelievable police work is how. A local police officer supposedly discovered a Remington .30-06 rifle, several unused bullets, and other effects that supposedly belonged to James Earl Ray, wrapped inside a blanket, outside Canipe's Amusement store. The owner of the store recalled someone dropping the package at his door before the time of the assassination. How convenient, huh?
Also, didn't the WC claim that Lee Harvey Oswald had his alleged rifle wrapped in a blanket too? I think so. In all these types of cases it is amazing how helpful the alleged assassins supposedly are in terms of leaving evidence for the police to find.
How about the angles, do they match-up? The HSCA Report stated that the direction and angle of the shot and wounds could not be stated conclusively. Their only firm conclusion was that Ray had been the assassin of MLK. Their tests were similarly inconclusive, and had Ray had an actual trial with ballistics evidence presented, the jury should have been instructed that the rifle could not be linked to the fatal bullet, and that this was not sufficient evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Sound familiar? This is why Ray was pressured into a plea bargain, including a guilty plea.
How about witnesses? There was much eyewitness evidence, at the time of the shooting, to suggest that the fatal shot that struck him did not come from the direction of a nearby rooming house bathroom window, near a room allegedly rented by Ray.
Once again, we see a weak case (really non-existent) in a "lone nut" assassination. The inaccuracy of the official claim was born out in a 1999 Civil Court verdict which found the U.S. Government responsible for the death of MLK. The King family had filed a lawsuit as they did not believe that Ray was responsible.