who mudered martin luther king ?and why?

Answer 1

James Earl Ray, because he was a white supremacist. I believe he was threatened by the empowerment he saw King's words causing in the black community. He was also just a bad guy in general, an escaped convict.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Ray

Answer 2

James Earl Ray. Who knows really why?

I think there was a connection between Dr. King's assasination, Robert Kennedy and JFK's assasinations. The 60's were very turbulent, especially in so far as civil rights, the Vietnam "War" and the peace movement/anti-Vietnam protests on college campuses went.

Answer 3

Luther's health declined in the years before his death. Throughout his years as a reformer, Luther had suffered from a variety of ailments, including constipation, hemorrhoids, heart congestion,[101] fainting spells, dizziness and roaring in the ears. From 1531–1546 Luther experienced a series of more severe health problems,[102] including ringing in the ears, and, in 1536–1537, Luther began to experience kidney and bladder stones, which caused him particular agony during the rest of his life. He also suffered from arthritis, and experienced a ruptured ear drum due to an inner ear infection. In December 1544, he suffered from severe angina and finally suffered a heart attack which led to his death in February 1546.

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Answer 4

here's a flash for you all!! the military advisor to president lyndon baines johnson was a marine officer!!his daughter related recently that her father confessed to her that he was part of a special squad of crack riflemen who were deployed with other teams to kill martin luther king;but that his team wasn't the ones who fired the shot!!he impled that they were in somesort of communication in the run-up to the actual assassination!!he told his daughter too that he had personnally and at great professional risk told lyndon johnson that we should get out of vietnam and that we can't win a war where people and fighting for the freedom of their homes and families and nation!!the marine believed that we were in an un-american stance in this situation,frankly sir!!the president's response was "i'd personnally loved to get the hell out;but dam it my friends are making too much money!!(he might be alluding to the brown and root construction company who built the largest man-made harbor in the world at cam ranh bay in vietnam,the rubber plantations of michelin tire company,the heroin trade coming straight from the plain of jars in laos to traansshipment at cam ranh bay,the texas munitions consortium that produced armament and ammunition throughout the invasion or the "black market" gold and silver dealers who were getting rich changing opium and heroin for precious metals that the growers only trusted as payment for their drugs!!airplane manufacturers and warplane makers!!31 dams were funded for the mekong river..only one ever produced any measureable electricity!!a pepsi cola bottling plant was built in laos;but the only thing it ever produced was heroin purified from the local opium poppies!!am i lying???long chien the busiest airport in the world de4alt with transport planes fillee with 4x4 crates of 100% pure heroin;street heroin was adulterated to 11-12 % purity with cutting agents!!billions were made all during the "war"which were never officially reported on long chien is on no maps!!cargoes left every 3.18 minutes;while o'hare airport's rate was 3.58 minutes between flights!!at that time!!)so these were LBJ'S FRIENDS AND POLITICAL CONCERNS AT THAT TIME!!