“Manson was all about wanting to start race wars between black(other)/white”
That’s the story the prosecution came up with for a number of reasons, not the least of which was to hide the music industry’s deep involvement with drugs and crime.
The Beach Boys sing Charles Manson-—Never Learn Not to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJrrQ2apjVg
The Beach Boys changed some of the lyrics and Dennis Wilson was credited with composing the song. That really ticked Charlie off.
Wish I had a copy of Joan Didion’s “The White Album” to quote from — but I don’t. But in it Didion says something to the effect of — The 60’s ended August 8, 1969. We awoke the morning after Tate-La Bianca murders in shock and disgust at what the sex and drugs, free love, peace movement of the 60’s had brought us to.
Then we lived in terror for 4 or 5 days until the butcherers were found. It was scary — everyone in L.A was on edge.