FBI’s Release of King Assassination Files Is an Invasion of Privacy, Say King’s Children
(Left) A view of Lorraine Hotel, from second floor bathroom window in the boarding house from where James Earl Ray was alleged to have fired the fatal shot at Martin Luther King, Jr. (Right) Boarding house view of Lorraine Motel balcony. Photo/Mr. Littlehand / Wikimedia Commons.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968.
“The emphasis here is to give Americans the truth,” said Trump Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields.
In late January of this year, President Trump signed Executive Ord…