drenched in PERSPIRATION, A
young lady tosses and turns on a bed that lies In the middle of a
dimly lit stage. music is HEARD, as the nightmare that agitates Her
is re-enacted on the balcony behind her. A group of black men leave
their hotel rooms on the second floor of a motel. as they head down
the open stairway, the shortest among them lights a cigarette and
LEANS ON THE RAILING TO TALK TO HIS DRIVER DOWN BELOW.
DRIVER
You better put on a
topcoat sir, it might get chilly tonight...
MAN ON THE BALCONY
O.K.
A LOUD EXPLOSION roars
through THE AIR. THE MAN ON THE BALCONY IS THROWN TO THE GROUND AS
OTHERS RUSH TO HIS AID. THEY POINT TO THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET
FROM WHERE THE SHOT WAS FIRED and THE SCENE DISSOLVES INTO THE NOW
FAMOUS photograph BY Joseph LOUW LESS THAN A MINUTE AFTER THE
SHOOTING. The young lady awakens from her nightmare gasping for
air. She calms down and tries UNSUCCESSFULLY TO go back to sleep.
The scene darkens.
BAILIFF
All rise! Docket number
10-12-58.
as the bed is removed,
lights reveal THE BI-LEVEL STAGE Resembling A MODERN
COURTROOM. THE JUDGE'S PODIUM OCCUPIES CENTER STAGE AND IS FLANKED
ON THE RIGHT BY THE WITNESS STAND. aS THE JUDGE ENTERS, THE MEMBERS
OF THE COURT AND THE AUDIENCE ATTENDING THis event STAND.
The honorable Judge
Carl Goddard presiding.
JUDGE
THE JUDGE POUNDS HIS GAVEL
AS HE GLANCES AT THE FAMED DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE COURTROOM IS
SILENt FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE witnesses HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
Please be seated.
HE RETRIEVES A SINGLE SHEET
OF PAPER FROM A SEALED OFFICIAL ENVELOPE AND READS:
We are here to
listen to evidence that has recently surfaced on a tragic event
that happened in Memphis, Tennessee over thirty-five years ago.
The family of the victim, the family of the accused and the
nation as a whole would like the circumstances surrounding this
event brought to light once and for all. Our records indicate
that the accused James Earl Ray confessed on March 10, 1969, to
the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and waived his right
to a formal trial and subsequent appeals thus avoiding the death
penalty. Three days later the defendant recanted his confession
and has claimed his innocence ever since.
GLANCES
AT HIS OPEN FILE.
One year after James
Earl Ray’s death in 1998, and on the suspicion that the man
incarcerated for thirty-five years had not acted alone, the King
family invoked article 4012-104. This rarely known statute of
the Tennessee code allowed them to bypass the Attorney General's
office and bring this new information straight to this grand
jury.
HE
TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE.
Because of this, the
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has ordered this court to
once again reopen the investigation on the assassination of
Martin Luther King Jr. Today we have assembled a grand jury
panel to determine if the conspiracy evidence is sufficient to
order a full trial and issue criminal indictments or if the
confession of the defendant will stand as an earlier government
panel in 1978 concluded. The plaintiffs have the burden of
proof thus the grand jury will hear the depositions of our six
witnesses starting with Dexter King, son of the slain civil
rights leader. Coretta Scott King wife of Martin Luther King
Jr., and from 4 of his close aides and associates during the
civil rights struggle: Congressman for the Fifth District, John
Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Rev. Andrew Young and the Rev. Jesse
Jackson. The last two were at his side when he was shot.
aS EACH WITNESS STANDS as A
PHOTOGRAPH OF THEM WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS DISPLAYED
ILLUSTRATING THEIR active PARTICIPATION WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
DEXTER KING
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of violating the
civil rights of my father Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in a
covert process that started in 1963 and led to his death in
April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee.
HARRY BELAFONTE
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of a campaign of
misinformation, infiltration, and subversive activities towards
Dr. King and the civil organizations that he founded.
rep. JOHN LEWIS
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of a systematic
cover-up of the events leading to the assassination and the
occurrences thirty-five years thereafter. Events, which include
destruction of evidence, witness tampering, intimidation and
obstruction of justice.
rev. ANDREW YOUNG
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of killing the dream
of our nation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not want his
children to live better than others; he wanted the future
generations of those brought here in bondage to this country to
live just like others who came in search of freedom. Freedom to
choose where to live, where to educate their children, where to
shop and where to eat and in the process be treated with dignity
and respect.
cORETTA SCOTT KING
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of using violence to
silence Martin as he spoke to the nation advocating change
through non-violence. This they did because he brought to light
the words in the fourth amendment of the constitution, which
declares that all men are created equal.
rev. Jesse Jackson
I accuse the
government of the United States of America of endorsing the
status quo by concealing until the year 2029 the documents that
prove their involvement in the conspiracy from its rightful
owners, the people. And though we do not ask or seek monetary
compensation for the wrongs committed by the sons and daughters
of former slave owners, we the people do request and demand full
disclosure of the events and activities of our government on and
around April 4, 1968.
Dexter King
Once the truth is
revealed, we can set the historical records straight and bring
those implicated in his death to justice for there is no statute
of limitations on murder. Only then, those who marched
alongside my father, those who rode in segregated buses, those
who were arrested for demanding equality and those who died
defending it can embrace this country as our own. Then both
generations, my father’s and mine, can then finish the struggle
for equality that was put on hold on April 4, 1968 in Memphis
Tennessee.
Judge
The rights of two
men have been mutilated for three decades. First and foremost
the civil rights of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the legal
constitutional rights of the accused James Earl Ray. Today,
members of the grand jury it is your job to rectify this.
THE JUDGE POUNDS HIS GAVEL.
Is the state ready?
District Attorney
Yes Your Honor.
STANDING WITH HIS TEAM OF
COLLEAGUES.
Judge
Is the defense
ready?
Defense Lawyer
Yes Your Honor.
Judge
We will now hear
your opening statements Dr. W. Preston Battle II.
District Attorney Dr.
Preston Battle
THE CELEBRATED AND CONFIDENT
supreme court nominee SEIZES THE FLOOR AND INITIATES HIS TOIL ON THE
COURT'S EMOTIONS.
In my hand I have
the confession rendered by James Earl Ray on March 10, 1969. It
says here "I shot Mr. King from the bathroom window of a motel
with a rifle I had purchased earlier that week". All the
evidence from that crime points directly to James Earl Ray.
That is why the courts gave the defendant James Earl Ray, the
lone gunman, the harshest punishment prescribed by the law,
ninety-nine years. This makes this grand jury investigation an
unnecessary spectacle and a waste of the taxpayer’s money.
Before prosecutors in Tennessee agreed to accept Ray's guilty
plea and forego a trial, they sought and received the King
family's personal approval. So why are we here? We are here,
just to keep the King myth alive. Unfortunately, it has nothing
to do with the actual search for the truth. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s inner circle of aides and associates have never taken the
time to familiarize themselves with the case. More importantly
neither Dexter King nor his mother Coretta Scott King ever
responded to my repeated offers that we have made in recent
months to come to Atlanta to brief the King family in detail of
the overwhelming evidence against Ray. So I have brought this
evidence here for you to see. The "new" evidence that everyone
claims to have on this case amounts to nothing more than
fabricated stories told by people motivated by the expectation
of Hollywood movie riches and, in some instances, actual
up-front cash payments. The only thing we will achieve by
re-opening this case is to once again stir up the racial
division and to milk this nation of its pity, for it was a white
man who took away any hope the black man had to succeed in this
country.
TURNS TO THE GRAND JURY.
I intend to prove,
beyond a reasonable doubt that:
1. That the
so-called dream was dead before that shot was fired in Memphis.
It died in Montgomery, Selma, and Albany, Georgia as pointless
riots broke out when the sons of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners sat down at that table of brotherhood where
they had not been invited.
SLIDE PROJECTION OF blacks
rioting IS SHOWN AS A BACKDROP.
2. That the Negroes
have failed again and again to climb to the mountaintop. That
is why they are relying on this court to hand them a government
conspiracy and cover-up so that they may have someone to blame
for their shortcomings as a people.
NEGROES RIOTING IN LOS
ANGELES SHOWN AS A BACKDROP.
3. Even though the
Negro dream was dead and they were not able to climb that
mountain, this very government you accuse, allowed the Negroes
as a people to get to the Promised Land. This is it. You are
in the Promised Land. You can ride M.A.R.T.A. from Decatur to
East Point to your heart's content.
A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF
NEGROES SITTING IN A SEGREGATED BUS IN 1968 IS SHOWN WITH A COLOR
PICTURE OF NEGROES RIDING atlanta's metro transportation system,
M.A.R.T.A., IN 2004 AS A BACKDROP.
You can sit at the
Waffle House of your choosing and be served your grits
twenty-four hours a day.
A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF
NEGROES TRYING TO SIT AT A RESTAURANT IN 1968 IS SHOWN WITH A COLOR
PICTURE OF NEGROES EATING AT WAFFLE HOUSE IN 2004 AS A BACKDROP.
In addition, in 1967
we gave you people the right to vote; though less than 30% of
Negroes registered to vote actually exercise that right.
A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF
NEGROES TRYING TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN 1968 IS SHOWN WITH A COLOR
PICTURE OF NEGROES VOTING IN 2004 AS A BACKDROP.
And in 1992, we gave
you an official holiday in January in which to barbeque.
A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF NEGROES PICKING COTTON IN EARLY 1900 IS
SHOWN WITH A COLOR PICTURE OF NEGROES AT A BARBeQue
ON MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY IN 2004 AS A
BACKDROP.
You have reached the
Promised Land. Think about it. We have been summoned here only
to relive the racial atrocities committed over three decades
ago. The white majority was only practicing the laws sanctioned
by the Supreme Court at that time, separate but equal. Those
laws were later rewritten in 1961, which ended segregation in
interstate travel, in 1965 with the Civil Rights Bill, and in
1967 with the Voting Rights Act. With this, the United States
Government gave the Negroes a blank check to do with it as they
wish.
He turns facing the center
of the court.
Allow me to state
the obvious one more time. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and
killed over thirty-five years ago on the balcony of the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. That's it. To
the King family and to the black community, I say this: I mourn
their loss, but it is time to get over it. It is time to find
another spokesman. Let it go... move on. Let this wound heal.
Thank you.
The courtroom voices their
displeasure loudly
AS THE JUDGE HAMMERS HIS GAVEL SILENCING THEM as DISTRICT ATTORNEY
RETURNS TO HIS SEAT.
Judge
Counselor Courtney
SHE
STANDS AS THE AUDIENCE IS STILL COMMENTING ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
'S ASSERTIVE statements.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY BEVERLY
COURTNEY
THE PRINCETON HONOR GRADUATE
retained BY THE KING FAMILY WALKS TOWARDS THE JURY WITH HER NOTEPAD
AND PENCIL IN HAND. THE MATURE AFRO AMERICAN LAWYER, THOUGH NOT A
TRIAL LAWYER PAR EXCELLENCE, TRIES TO suppress ANY EDGE HER NOTORIOUS
COUNTER COUNCIL HAS SEIZED WITH HIS THEATRICAL OPENING REMARKS.
You have just heard
the dramatic presentation of my counterpart District Attorney
Dr. Preston Battle II. And, I agree with the D.A.’s logic.
James Earl Ray did confess to the crime. However, what we hope
to uncover through this grand jury investigation are: the
circumstances under which he confessed; what deals were made
and what promises were broken that made him recant three days
later? I sadly admit the dream is dead. It was taken from us
on the ships as we were chained in the gallows and brought to
this foreign land. The dreams of our forefathers were replaced
with a nightmare that keeps us awake 'till this day. Yes, we
have failed to climb to the mountaintop. Only because we have
been led through the steep side of that mountain where the path
crumbles beneath our feet and the treacherous terrain we have
been allowed to take consumes all of our energy. And the
District Attorney is right. This is the Promised Land.
However, it is his Promised Land not ours. In our
Promised Land M.A.R.T.A. will be a choice we have when we chose
not to drive our Lexus, our Mercedes or our BMW.
A COLOR picture OF A MIDDLE
CLASS AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY IS displayed WITH THEIR LUXURY CAR AS
A BACKDROP.
In our
Promised Land, grits and collard greens will be on the menu at
the Peachtree Plaza, Gladys Knight's Catfish Station, Keith
Sweat's Industry Restaurant, P. Diddy’s Justin’s and any other
restaurant we as blacks own.
A COLOR PICTURE OF FAMOUS
BLACK OWNED RESTAURANTS IS SHOWN AS A BACKDROP.
In our
Promised Land we will not only have the right to vote but
we will have someone who represents our best interests to vote for.
A COLOR PICTURE OF COLIN
POWELL, JESSE JACKSON, MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL AND OTHER PROMINENT
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE SHOWN AS A BACKDROP.
Furthermore the same
law the white majority was practicing "separate but equal",
allowed Hitler to legally commit the same racial atrocities in
Germany decades earlier. And yes, we took your blank check and
redeposited it in the bank of justice and equality and that too
was returned marked "still insufficient funds" with a post-it
note on the side which read "Please do not redeposit, this
account has been closed".
TURNS
TO THE KING FAMILY.
Finally, I say this
to you and the King family. Get over it. Yes, get over it, on
top of it, around it, under it and all over it, until the
leaders of this nation give you the answers to the questions we
have been asking for thirty-five years. Let's move on to find
out what the circumstances were surrounding the death of Martin
Luther King Jr. your leader, husband and father. Let's move on
to find out what your government knew and did before he went to
Memphis and after he was sent back to Atlanta in a casket. If
we "Negroes" let it go, as the District Attorney wishes we would
do, we will never know:
1. Why the hotel
room originally assigned on April 4 to Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. was suddenly changed to room 306 on the balcony facing the
open street?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE
BALCONY AT THE LORRAINE MOTEL.
2. Why the security
task force assigned to protect Dr. King was pulled back the day
of the shooting?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE
BLACK DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO PROTECT DR. KING.
3. Why
the black detectives, police, and firemen in the area were sent
elsewhere on April 4th, 1968?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE
BLACK DETECTIVES AND FIREMEN.
4. How did a petty
thief named James Earl Ray know the whereabouts of Dr. King and
managed to shoot him from the bathroom window at an angle that
has not yet been able to be duplicated to this day? How was the
known fugitive able to travel to Canada, London, Portugal,
Brussels and back to London before he was captured three months
later?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE
BATHROOM WINDOW.
5. Why
were all the bushes that would have made this shot impossible
cut down the next day by the city of Memphis?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE BUSH
AREA BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOOTING.
6. Why
is the bullet, which was removed in pristine condition from the
body of Dr. King, lying in three pieces on the evidence table
today?
PICTURE IS SHOWN OF THE
ORIGINAL BULLET AND THE bullet that lay in evidence.
7. Why are all the
CIA, FBI and Army intelligence files on Dr. King that hold the
answers to these and other crucial questions sealed until the
year 2029 when all the witnesses, friends, family and most of us
here present will have sadly all passed away?
walKING TOWARDS THE DEFENSE
TABLE.
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, once you examine the evidence that will be
presented to you today, you will agree with me that the dream
that was snatched from this nation could not be the work of a
lone gunman. Order this court to reopen this case, conduct a
full trial as the King family and accused James Earl Ray have
requested. Let us have our day in court.
WALKING TOWARDS THE JURY.
Martin Luther King
Jr. had a dream. Your government had a plot. Martin Luther
King gave his life. Your government gave us a cover-up. It is
not just us. It’s justice that will be
served by the truth. Thank you.
AN AIR OF RELIEF SWEEPS
THROUGH THE AUDIENCE WHO NOW SEE IN THE FEMALE DEFENSE ATTORNEY A
VOICE, WHO WILL LITIGATE CONVINCINGLY, AGAINST THE UNBEATABLE
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE. THEY ARE CERTAIN THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
INTENDS TO USE THIS CASE AS ANOTHER TROPHY IN HIS UNBLEMISHED
CONVICTION GALLERY. THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, ON THE OTHER HAND,
SKETCH PORTRAITS AND TRANSCRIBE THE ATTORNEY’S OPENING REMARKS,
HOPING THAT THE TESTIMONIES AND THE NEW EVIDENCE TO FOLLOW WILL
VENTILATE THE HIDDEN CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE ASSASSINATION AND
JUSTIFY THE OVER-EMPHASIZED ATTENTION THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN TO THIS
GRAND JURY EVIDENTIARY HEARING.
Judge
After hearing the
opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense I
would like to remind the members of the grand jury that we will
need your unanimous verdict to determine whether there is
sufficient evidence to overturn James Earl Ray's confession,
issue indictments, open a full investigation and a subsequent
trial. If the defense is ready, I will allow the prosecution to
call upon its first witness.
District Attorney
HE WALKS STRAIGHT TOWARDS
THE grand JURY AND ADDRESSES them.
Thank you Your
Honor. There are three qualities, according to modern scholars,
which define the stature of a true leader:
HE TURNS HIS BACK TO THEM
SLIGHTLY RESTING ON THE RAILING.
1. What he did?
2. How he did it?
And...
3. When he did it?
ONCE AGAIN HE TURNS TO THEm
TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT each member of the grand jury.
And if we analyze
Mr. King’s biography we can see this man did all three in the
worst manner. What did he do? Mr. King incited civil
disobedience to constitutional law. How did he do this? He did
this through illegal marches, boycotts and sit-ins using school
children as human shields and; when did he do this? He did this
in the worst time possible for our country. We needed a united
country to stand together during the Vietnam crisis....
Defense Lawyer
Objection!
SHE STANDS AND ADDRESSES THE
JUDGE.
America was a
racially and economically segregated society. And the victims
of segregation were the former slaves and their descendants.
What period would the District Attorney suggest that Dr. King
stand against this segregation and injustice? Should he have
waited another hundred years perhaps? What Dr. King did was to
urge his followers to break any law that was considered
unjust...
District Attorney
The people voted
those laws in....
Defense Lawyer
What people? Our
people were not allowed to vote...
District Attorney
That was done in the
best interest of our country.
Defense Lawyer
SLAMMING HER PAD ON THE DESK.
Objection! And I
demand that the statement be stricken from the records.
Judge
POUNDING HIS GAVEL.
Sustained. Mrs.
Weeks please remove that last statement from the records and I
will ask the members of the grand jury to disregard it.
District Attorney
I apologize to the
court for my impertinent behavior.
SARCASTICALLY.
What I want you to
realize is that Mr. King was different. Different from other
men in America or from any other black man throughout history
for that matter. Different. But just that! Should we mistake
that difference and make the man a martyr?
HE FACES THE JURORS ONCE
AGAIN.
Let us take the time
to really see how different this man was. They say he is the
father of the civil rights movement. The niggers, viewed him as
some kind of...
Defense Lawyer
Objection Your
Honor.
SHE STANDS ONCE AGAIN
LETTING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOT PERMIT HIM TO
STRAY FROM THE SUBJECT MATTER IN QUESTION.
Did Dr. Battle just
say niggers? Permit me to enlighten our District Attorney on
the fact that it was the oppressors of people of African descent
who coined that irreverent word.
Judge
Sustained. The term
"niggers" is slightly derogatory when you are referring to a
people who have been released from slavery for over 100 years.
Defense Lawyer
Not only that, find
a dictionary in the English language that uses that connotation
Dr. Battle, or refer to our people by a different name.
District Attorney
Let me rephrase
that sentence, the Negroes of that time...
Defense Lawyer
Objection!
District Attorney
Then what is it for
crying out loud? Boy? Negro? Colored? Blacks? African
Americans? Brothers and sisters of color?
Defense Lawyer
Counselor, call us
what ever you wish as long as it is not meant to denigrate or
ridicule but to uplift. Words like nigger, kink, spick and
cracker were conceived by one race to tear down another. When
Martin Luther King Jr. uses the word Negro in his letter from
the Birmingham jail, he spoke of a proud people who sought
justice against an unjust law.
Judge
THE JUDGE HAMMERS HIS GAVEL
IMPATIENTLY.
Counselors please
approach the bench.
HE COVERS THE MICROPHONE FOR
PRIVACY THOUGH THE AUDIENCE IS STILL ALLOWED TO LISTEN.
Webster's Dictionary
is not on trial here. You were both warned about the
sensitivity of this particular case. This is not a divorce we
are settling here. This is the very subject over which
thousands of innocent people have lost their lives and I want it
to be treated as such. Let's leave out all the technicalities
and please, counselors, let's stick to the facts.
HE GESTURES THEM TO RETURN
TO THEIR PLACES AS HE PUTS HIS BIFOCALS BACK ON.
The prosecution may
continue.
District Attorney
History tells
us that in the 15th century Africans were "illegally" brought to
this country as slaves... We also learn in our history
books, that Abraham Lincoln in 1863 freed the Negroes from
slavery... Moreover, the 13th, 14th and
15th amendment to the constitution informs us
that the colored members of our society have the right to vote
and own property. And if we turn to subsequent
constitutional amendments, we discover that blacks were
granted in 1965 the same rights as white people.
HE WALKS TO THE GRAND JURY
AND PATIENTLY LEANS ON THE RAILING.
What conclusion can
we arrive from these findings? That the African American
citizens of this country have been granted by constitutional law
equal privileges as whites thus making all the riots, sit-ins,
boycotts and marches from 1965 through 1968 the means and ways
that Mr. King pursued his personal agenda.
Defense Lawyer
Objection Your
Honor! The fact that these laws have been written in the
constitution did not mean that we were treated as equals. We
could not attend the same schools; use the same restaurants,
toilets, buses or accommodations offered to whites for God's
sake!
District Attorney
It was God who
sanctioned segregation!
Defense Lawyer
What?
Judge
What?
District Attorney
Genesis 1:26. God
said "Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of
ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish in the
sea, the birds in the heaven, the cattle, all the wild beast and
all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth."
Defense Lawyer
Are you calling
Negroes wild beasts?
THE COURT AUDIENCE MURMURS
as the District Attorney displays images of blacks acting DISORDERLY
during the rodney king trial aftermath where four white policemen
were ACQUITTED for beating the motorist in 1992.
Judge
Counselors! Another
personal outburst from you two and I will hold you both in
contempt of court! I know District Attorney Dr. Preston Battle
II has never lost a case in his notorious professional career
but you well know your allegations must be within the context
allowed by the law.
District Attorney
WALKING TOWARDS THE JUDGE.
Your Honor, it is
hard to make a point when every breath I take I am interrupted
by "Ms. what’s-her-name" over who knows what! If I am allowed
to finish a complete sentence, I will prove beyond a doubt that
this whole conspiracy and cover up theory is nothing more than
an effort to keep Negroes, Blacks, Colored and African Americans
as victims of the white majority in this country. Mr. King was
a misguided preacher who led his followers down a path of
divisiveness and hatred. Mr. King was not interested in a civil
rights bill or the right to vote. Mr. King was only interested
in Mr. King. He did not say we have a Dream. Listen to
words from his own mouth: “I have a dream”. He never
said we have been to the mountaintop. Instead, he told
the world: “I have been to the mountaintop”, and “I
have seen the Promised Land”. That is the reason that James
Earl Ray said; "I shot him". This is the reason I am here
today.
LOOKING at THE AUDIENCE
MAKING SURE THAT HE IS CLEARLY HEARD.
I am determined to
prove with tangible evidence that James Earl Ray was the sole
assassin of Martin Luther King Jr! Not by listening to second
and third hand hearsay, not by relying on uncorroborated
testimonies or suspicions, but by mountains of evidence, which
is what the court of law requires.
WALKS TOWARD THE DEFENSE
LAWYER AND WHISPERS TO HER.
After I am finished
with your little dreamer, Ms. Catorny, He will wish he had stayed
preaching at the pulpit where he belonged, not marching down the
cotton-picking streets!
Defense Lawyer
Courtney, My name is
Beverly Courtney.
District Attorney
Whatever... Tonight
I will show Mr. King for who he really was and what he really
stood for. You said you came in search of justice.
When the verdict is just in, it won’t be just us
in this courtroom who are sorry we got into this case. Just
you!
Judge
Objection
overruled! The District Attorney may call his first witness.
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