[G.Mason]

"Today, saying anything that remotely could be construed as critical of Martin Luther King, Jr. is a certain ticket to being branded a racist or being measured for a tinfoil hat."

Just before the 67' riots in Newark, N.J., the King and his merry henchmen strode into town, stroked the fires of rebellion, and as if on cue left the city hours before the riot began.

Actually, it wasn't a riot, it was a looting rampage.

[Grendel9]

Sounds like the scenario that occuredin Cicero, too!

[ImpotentRage]

Isn't that the way it was with a great number of King's "visits?" The civil rights rallies and then after he and his entourage (sp?) left there was civil unrest - in some cases very serious "unrest."

[TommyDale]

This is another thing about King that the public seems to have forgotten -- seems that every time he came to town, riots and looting broke out. Amazingly, he claimed to be non-violent, but violence always reared its ugly head when he was present.

[auggy]

"Just before the 67' riots in Newark, N.J., the King and his merry henchmen strode into town, stroked the fires of rebellion, and as if on cue left the city hours before the riot began."

Just before the '67 riots in Evansville, IN, the King and his merry henchmen strode into town, stroked the fires of rebellion, and as if on cue left the city hours before the riot began.