The Truth About the FBI and MLK's Murder
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- MLK’S Assassination was Likely a Conspiracy
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Half of Americans suspect there’s a conspiracy around the assassination of MLK, a lot thinking the FBI was involved. We wanted to look into that - why the FBI was interested in MLK, what they were really doing with the intel they were illegally gathering, and what this all means for the legacy of both the FBI and of MLK.
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Dr. Brandon Terry, Associate Professor at Harvard
David Garrow, author of The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Lerone Martin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor and Associate Professor of Religious Studies
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 INTRO
4:55 THE TARGET
10:46 THE HUNT FOR COMMUNISM
15:41 TAPPING KING
17:46 WHAT THEY FOUND
21:31 BLACKMAIL
23:56 THE ASSASSINATION
26:14 THE CONSPIRACY THEORY
30:50 CONCLUSION
34:25 CREDITS
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The FBI and CIA: "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"
And anyone who has legitimate questions or logical doubts about our deeply flawed and suspicious conclusion is clearly an insane and delusional conspiracy theorist that should not be listened too since they are crazy and make up ridiculous lies. You should only listen and trust us because we are the Federal government and we would never lie to our citizens! Never! We love our citizens and are here to help them...
Independent contractor audits.
@@LilJonBigNuts you’re hilarious if you think the independent contractors aren’t paid off too.
wait until you find out why the the World Trade Centers (North, South and WTC 7) were controlled demolitioned on 9/11/2001...
More so all historians say the Gov was not involved, and all independent investigations conducted say the same thing.
Cope and dilate.
Even the FBI thinks they did it.
Lol wow! 😂
😂😂 ikr #johnnyx100 type vibes
☝🏻
they admitted as much in court
Just like today- the FBI was a democratic arm and at the time most politicians that were pro segregation were...Democrats.
Hoover was actually more powerful than the Potus. He served as the FBI director for almost 50 years. We have a huge problem with unelected bureaucrats to this day.
Yup. Watch his deep state video
FBI : Open Up
The OG of the Deep State!
@@jayclark8284deep state alright 😏
That is the one true deep state. Rest are poor man's version @@jayclark8284
I am a proud Slav from Croatia, but when I hear Mr. King speak it moves my soul. The people who did this need to be brought to justice.
Pozdrav brate 👋
Hahahaah the government does what it wants like in your country, they will never get convicted believe that…
@@danielhren8783 Pozdrav brate! Pozdravljam te.
Dude.... it was in the early 60's. Pretty much all of them are dead.
It's not so much people as much as a system that needs to be brought to justice. If you only bring individuals to justice, but not the root cause, the cycle will only repeat.
They obviously did it.
We know you didn’t watch the vid yet
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"They obviously did, and I'm not going to elaborate why."
Bro formed his opinion a minute after the video was released.
@@yassenmubarak3640the FBI literally sent a letter telling him to Kermit silly slide.
Would really like more videos about Hoover. He's probably the closest thing to a tyrant the USA has ever had and we're never taught about the way he tried to ruin the lives of his perceived enemies against the best interest of Americans. Man probably deserves his own video.
Well no, there was Andrew Jackson, but yes we do need a video.
There's also a really strong academic argument to be made about Woodrow Wilson too.
Andrew Jackson was a cannibal!
the closest thing to a tyrant the USA has ever had, until Trump came along.
@@john2g1Henry Kissinger might have something to say about that.
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
They got him to stop saying "Human rights" and started asking for "Civil Rights". Nobody wants civil rights. We want to recognized as human for starters.
Facts cuz then civil rights is added
and they generalized it to civil rights to group in other groups of people instead of focusing on the oppression of black people.
The oppression of black people at that time would and should be considered a human rights violation
Thiiiiis
I imagine by 2027, AI-generated voices will be so good that the public will struggle with whether or not the audio from the declassified recordings are real
I think once the tapes come out there should be an MLK movie, has to be made good tho by a World G class director who wants to show everything
Facts
im curious why it is only going to be released in the year 2027?
@@arthurmorgan2474that’s what the court ruled when the surveillance was exposed in the 60s.
Agreed, I feel like it’s unlikely we can trust those recordings (assuming AI has improved since then).
It’s crazy how many similarities MLK’s assassination has with JFK’s assassination, both random criminal lone gunman, who used a sniper at long range to take out the target. Both in the 1960’s. My guess is they were chosen and either threatened in some way (threatening to hurt family loved ones etc) or told that their family would be taken care of financially if they did so. RIP MLK & JFK
Except JFK was killer by anywhere from 3 to 6 shooters. Lee Harvey said himself he was a patsy.
Also crazy how the popular conspiracy theory behind both of them is that the FBI took them out.
Americas untold stories is constantly revealing the CIA did JFK 😢
Did you forget about Malcolm X & RFK ? All 4 were killed by CIA or CIA related persons.
It’s almost like 2 different 3 letter agencies were responsible for both
People will see this and say "omg this is crazy how could they do this" while they ignore the fact that these organizations still exist and are bigger than ever. These people are also pro big government and think their favorite politician isn't corrupt.
So... the typical American?
You took the words right out of my mouth, it’s insane to me that people think these organizations have somehow grown a conscious in the last 60+ years rather than more clever and deceptive in their tactics
Exactly!!!!!!!!!
It’s crazy how RFK is likely not goi my to win despite being antiestablishment and wanting to release classified CIA and FBI files. You say something like that they call you crazy yet it’s all the evidence in the world to show how corrupt and monstrous government organizations are
They may have turned into organizations infiltrated by America's enemies, including the CIA. Check out the book: DESTROYING AMERICA: The CIA’s Quest to Control the Government Paperback - by Anthony Frank
Title 2 days ago: “How the FBI Was Involved in MLK’S Murder”
Title today: “Why People Think the FBI Killed MLK”
Me: Wow 😏
FBI : Federal Agents 💬👀
It’s changed back for me.
@@charlechme too
18/04/2024 The Hague The Netherlands, title: ''The Truth About the FBI and MLK's Murder''. Why changing it so many times?
@@Suriyavannaa lot of creators do this including changing thumbnails for reach
I'm a 70 year old American white man, a Native of Iowa. In 1989 I was living in Nashville. I've been a Baha'i for 40 years. I went on bus to Memphis full of fellow Baha'is to march in the annual Martin Luther King Parade. It was a huge event, hundreds of buses and thousands of marchers. I got separated from my group and was walking around looking for them. I walked for an hour or so and suddenly heard the music of a marching band coming down an alley. I ran to the end of the alley and thrre was the parade, and hear came my group. Two Baha'is were leading the group carrying a huge banner promoting Racial Harmony. The banner holder nearest me recognized my name tag and waved to me to help carry the banner, which I did. A block later
was a Network TV Camera. Friends across America told me later that they saw me on TV! It was an honor to march in this Parade
remembering Dr. King. Years later I made a pilgrimage to Memphis and said prayers on the spot Dr. King was Murdered.
His last speech has always given me chills. Its almost like he knew someone wanted to take him out and soon. Of course he knew his life was in danger, but the way he speaks in that speech sounds like he knew he wouldn't live past the week.
EDIT: Clearly he knew his life was in danger. What I am saying is that his speech sounds like he knew he would be shot within the next day or two. Obviously he didn't, no one knows that they'll be dead within the day. I am just saying its creepy with hindsight. FFS some of ya'll are so mad about my opinions....
That is exactly what my Mom said. He knew he didn’t have long to live when he made the “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop “ speech.
The tragic thing is that we are currently going back to those dark days of division and hate. 😢
It's almost like he knew... Really? No way hose... Do you think that every politician who has ever risen through ranks has never had enemies trying to take them down? He knew from the moment he was gaining traction that there will be people coming after him. He knew it from the very beginning.
He’s nstant was talking 🙏🏾🕊
@@Hekamiah112lol what’s the point of your comment? Your hating In the comment section on video of a man that was trying to stop hate it’s ironic
Did you not watch the video? Thats because he *DID* know.
He literally received a letter that gave him just 34 *DAYS* exactly.
“I have seen the promise land. I may not get there with you” that’s a real tear jerker given what happens just a few hours later
it really does parallels with the story of Moses which he quoted
Looking & listening at that speech. I think he felt death near 😢 It was in the eyes.
I think a lot of people in the comments are missing the point of the video. This is about the fact that, whether or not they were actually directly behind the person who pulled the trigger or not, we have actual proof that a significant branch of the US government has been directly involved in harrassing and threatening the life of a peaceful US citizen based on the fact that they disagreed with that citizen's ideals. Whether they directly pulled the trigger or not they hold responsibility for, at the very least, not only not having done their duty of trying to stop it but actually encouraging it. That is a huge stain on our democratic system.
BRO, the cia anx fbi have NEVER changed.. theyve only gotten WORSE. now theyre coming after freedom loving patriots in the USA and theyre MARXIST COMMUNIST CONTROLLED
One still not rectified because it just happened again with BLM protestors. Google it. It's almost like not much has changed at all.
Thank you
But also.... they were _totally_ involved in his murder. ..as were the Memphis Police and US Army. ...and until we start accepting the fact that our government does things like this, they'll keep happening.
The "people in the comments" need to wake the F up.
*Plutocracy
As a Vietnamese people, MLK has my full of respect because of his righteous view about VietNam war. Thanks you MLK and God bless you !
❤
you forgot to mention that mlk on his letter written from birmingham jail he expressed a grave disappointment toward the white moderate.
I quote:
"I must confess that over the last few years
I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great
stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate
who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace
which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods
of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom"
of course johnny would forget. he IS the white moderate.
Exactly, he removed the context from one of his most important writings.
This is at the crux of the entire letter. The revisionist, and ahistorical take presented in this video is not only wrong, its disingenious.
Kind of shocking that he left that bit out honestly. It’s one of the most important parts of that letter.
Well if we are all being painfully honest, white America in 2023 are the white clergymen to whom Dr. King addresses this letter. Perhaps you will see this in a few generations.
It's crazy when they declassify a document but black out certain parts so you'll never know what was really going on
So then it doesn’t count it’s not really declassified
It's more complicated than that. Retired naval intelligence analyst here. When you declassify documents you still have to protect 'sources and methods'. Meaning that you can release the main information. That is the important part. But you still may not be able to release it in it's entirety because some of the sources (which may be human beings still alive) and technical methods (which may themselves be extremely classified) would be put at risk when those two things do not materially change the core information being released. Does that make sense? And in the fullness of time, even those things will be released when they are no longer at risk.
@@ailo4x4Woah ! Yeah that makes sense.. wow, could you tell how you became an intelligence analyst
@@abdu_jilani Sure! First thing is a studied everything about everything I could. As Einstein famously said, "I am not particularly smart, just endlessly curious." The most important class I ever took, EVER, was a course on Critical Thinking and Logic. It will change the way you approach any analytical problem from peace in the Middle East to which car to buy. Oh, and then I joined the Navy as an analyst after taking the tests and qualifying. ;-)
@@ailo4x4a 1st grader would be able to understand that by the way you worded it, props to you!
Anytime CZcams gives you a disclaimer there is certainly some shit to be had.
You missed a really interesting point in his final speech about being on the mountain top, but not being able to make it to the holy land, he was comparing himself to Moses, who led the Israelites from bondage and suffering out to the desert(and according to the bible) God told him that as a result of his sins he would see it, but die before they made it, and he died on Mt. Nebo in full view of the holy land. Its as if he new his life was soon to be cut short, but his movement would be successful in making progress for Black Americans, both of which he called correctly.
Crazy the lengths the CIA and FBI go to to purge the world of happiness and hope. But at least people like Chris Wray and Will Burns get to make a fuck-load of money off geopolitical instability and collective global sorrow.
Chris wray 😂😂 get a life
One of those groups actively seeks out and hires sociopaths AND psychopaths....guess which one
Their job isn't justice, it's to maintain the status quo. MLK was a disruptive element who was starting to call for more inflammatory actions. Thus, it's an easy decision for them and we lose one of the most important figures of our history.
(In case it's not clear, I'm not condoning the murder. Just explaining why they wanted to.)
Their goal is to maintain the status quo
They protect the few and their capital, it's no surprise, the elites have been playing this game for thousands and thousands of years, now they have super intelligence and drones though, so there's that, I guess.
Just thinking they wrote that letter. Tells you how disgusting the FBI and CIA is.
Was, it’s changed quite a bit since the racist 1940-70s. Litteraly everyone that was in the fbi or cia when mlk was alive is either dead or was forced to retire bc of the max age
@@swaggyswiss1630Right, but they brought up and trained everyone that works there now. I guarantee the echo's of their awrfuo forebearers echo in the buildings they work in today.
@@nomms You would be wrong. I doubt you have all the same terrible traits as your forebearers either. As Swaggy... stated above, it has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. Faaaar more oversight now.
@@ailo4x4 I absolutely am shaped by the mistakes my parents and the institutions I've been involved with throughout my life. A huge part of growing is unlearning the garbage that was put in. This is hard on an individual level, and incredibly difficult at an institutional level.
See: most police departments
@@nomms I would absolutely agree with that. However, it is actually less difficult at the national level than the local level to change. Why? Because you are under far more scrutiny. And that scrutiny is a direct consequence of the abuses from the past. Things changed in the intel word dramatically in 1981 when the Reagan administration changed who intel services could and could not collect on, and, more importantly, 'no assassinating anybody'.
Starting to get notes on your videos. You're getting closer and closer with each video!
Nothing has change to this day. FBI/CIA/JUDGES/SUPREME COURT/ and add anyone else you want to put in this list.
Dr. Kings speeches always gives me instant chills. There's never been a better public speaker since.
especially his anti-capitalist and anti-liberal “moderate”. He was based af as a socialist
The world now has Donal Trump
@@surfingbrrrdsocialist yes not a communist tho
The German is the goat, King is a close second. Can’t really think of anyone else in their tier
@@thesloableDonald Trump speaks gibberish all the time in everyone of his speeches. If you can’t see it your clearly aren’t paying attention.
Hideo Kojima taught me that J. Edgar Hoover was a well known racist.
😂😂 yea i was about to comment that too
Yep. The leader of the racists. Literally.
What do you mean? I like metal gear series but don’t get it. Please explain.
@@jakubwrona2040 mgs1 has a bit that naomi story didnt make sense because hoover was racist and wouldn't have her dad (being japanese) as an advisor. This exposed her as a spy
@@bobhanson1037 thank you for clarifying!
I am from the Uk and was 9 at the time of Kings assassination-King and his messages were very popular in the UK and King was also held in high esteem across the world. That’s why US government agencies saw him as a threat- they did everything they could to discredit him and cover it up. King was such a powerful force for good and he will live on forever.
I like that final "chip off the old block" videographic reference at the FBI headquarters... well done.
the really scary thing is all of those entities are still at work today, with even more technical tools and weapons.
And certain people have the audacity to claim Edward Snowden is a non-patriot traitor….
But don’t worry, they’re not doing anything. Because they said so!
And majority of people are still blind to it, and the ones that do now, don't take any action to expose it
wait until you find out why the the World Trade Centers (North, South and WTC 7) were controlled demolitioned on 9/11/2001...
These days I’ve begin to truly believe that our seemingly runaway-government passed the point of no return decades ago.
Everyone commenting about MLK's "disillusionment with the white moderate" in letters from the Birmingham jail is correct, but I also want to point out how incorrect Johnny is in saying that MLK was seen as being in the right during the Civil Rights Movement, around the 6 minute mark; Gallup polls clearly show that the general public had an unfavorable opinion of him. The last poll in his lifetime was 63% unfavorable. This video just doesn't reflect the historical reality of the situation.
some of those among us always try and use this to prove that "it wasn't the racists fault, king said it was the moderates and libs" which is not what he said at all. He simply voiced his dismay at "those" amongst modeates who constantly said they agreed with his ideas but couldn't back whatever methods as it says clearly. It was white moderates as a whole who helped keep the push alive for civil rights after he was gone. It wasn't all moderates because as always within such a massive group their are differing opinions but as a whole they were among his biggest supporters and he was thankful for it
These are the same liberals that thought slavery was normal, that didn't care if women didn't have rights, that thought segregation was normal, that didn't care for labor rights, that defend(ed) Israel/South Africa, etc. Throughout history, every disingenuous Liberal claims to love freedom, while defending its opposite.
A Liberal's most famous weapon is to defend injustice and oppression when exists, and then immediately switch sides when a social movement succeeds. Then, because they control THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, they underhandedly set a false narrative: "we were in the right side of history all along".
The biggest irony in history will be when Capitalism is finally defeated, and then Liberals will pretend like they were anti-Capitalist all along (forgetting that Liberalism literally is the ideological foundation of Capitalism). But that time is yet to come, and they need to trip over themselves 50 times in a row before "they get it"...
Wouldn't have anything to do with the mass Mockingbird Media manipulation now would it. Bootlicker says what? 😎
you completely misunderstood his point. White moderates were racist.@@sidfromla213
white moderates were policing what black people could do to fight for their freedom. White moderates condemned people like Malcom X and if MLK leaned too far into X's ideals they would check him too. I've read articles on MLK from moderate publications just because they weren't saying the hard r doesn't mean they weren't racist @@sidfromla213
First time watching you. This was great man. Youre as good as anyone else doing it.
This genre of video is the best on CZcams, the editing, narrators and music.
If it wasn't for Martin Luther King there would probably be no civil rights marches in Ireland, he inspired the Irish people to form NICRA who marched on Bloody Sunday.
Looks like there going to need a new protest group in Ireland to stop another invasion of unwanted visitors from the third world unfortunately, the Irish people are second class citizens in their own country right now,love the Irish ☘️
I would say Ireland was and still is a very worldly society.. They took ideas from South Africa, Cuba, Algeria, Palestine, and many other colonized societies. Mlk played a role, and Malcolm X also played a great role as well. As MLK said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ireland also had many great thinkers themselves as well, like Connelly, so to say there would be NO marches are unlikely. It’s also important to recognize the importance the violent acts that the IRA committed had in getting the Brit’s to be willing to negotiate
dont forget you guys actually fought for your rights, with blood. Something this video seems to disagree with, even tho its an ahistorical point
Credible. Reminds me of that movie , when the band member kid is practicing his saxophone. Upon being approached by a couple infants , he fires back, “ I am black and I am praaaawwd “.
@@kylepickus5712Marcus Garvey
I don't like how Johnny talked as if the only problem the FBI's actions was that the USSR connection was unsubstantiated, this insinuates that if there was a connection to the USSR that all of the actions afterwards would be justified. Also the video seemed very revisionist in the way it portrayed the civil rights movement, from the way Johnny talked about it you would think that it only succeeded because of white people's pity where at the time of his death MLK did not have the moral high ground (political climate of the time) the white population was polled to have a 66% unfavorable opinion of him. I mean for context Johnny cut out the most important part of MLK's letter where he said that the largest stumbling block to the civil rights movement was not radicals like the KKK but the white moderates who prefers injustice to the tension created in the pursuit of justice.
The topic is all about to what lead MLK assassination. Not over the principles of MLK views of the civil rights movement , nor what whites saw it then. . The latter is a backdrop to the former.
Pushing the Russia bad narrative as usual
Well yea but that white moderate is who he still appealed with. That white moderate is the group that helped get civil rights passes
Well said and good point, but remember this isn't a video about MLK it's a video about the Assassination of MLK. Mentioning that doesn't have anything to do with thr implication of his assassination directly i feel
I read it somewhat differently. I read it as a demonstration that despite a complete lack of evidence, under Hoover's leadership the Bureau decided to use illicit tactics to try and take down King anyway. It's not that the USSR connection would've justified anything, it's that the Bureau didn't care about justification. It just decided that it wanted to go after King anyway. And I think highlighting that (racist) abuse of power committed within (what should be) a publicly accountable institution devoted to protecting justice for citizens is what the video is all about. Which I also think goes to your point about the simplistic overview of the civil rights movement and MLK's role within it. It's certainly not the full story of the movement, but that's also not something it is attempting to be.
Thank you for your time and energy of finding facts and data where you can and portraying them as unbiasedly as possible.😊
Wow! What an electric episode - kudos to the team.
This video is controlled opposition, using public information that the government has released themselves to paint a picture that sanitizes the reality of what was actually going on at this time. This video is ahistorical and revisionist either bc Johnny’s research was poor or more likely, and worse, because he’s intentionally misrepresenting the facts.
1. MLK did NOT have the moral high ground before his death, multiple polls show anywhere from 63%-68% disapproval ratings on public opinion up to his death in 1968. Johnny frames this entire video as if public perception was swaying MLK’s way due to the “success” of non-violent protests when the data clearly shows that was not the case. Many other black civil rights leaders at the time were also pointing out the Dr. King’s methods did not seem to be swaying public opinion of white moderates who saw the movement as radical and a disruptive force.
2. Johnny chooses very specific quotes from Dr. King’s Birmingham Jail letter without providing the full context and in so doing completely misrepresents what he was actually saying. It was the literal thesis of the letter. Dr. King in context:
“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;’ who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a ‘more convenient season.’”
3. Johnny paints Hoover as the singular evil force behind the espionage and violation of MLK’s rights as if to use “great man theory” to say that it wasn’t the act of a corrupt government institution whose literal job it was to spy on U.S. citizens but instead just one deranged man in charge of all these innocent agents. Johnny even references that Hoover’s name is on the building and acts like it’s so strange that someone who “perverted” the FBI would be on the building. That’s because he didn’t pervert anything, he did what the FBI would call a good job. This would be like saying the Nazi party was full of a bunch of people just following orders while Hitler was perverting the sacred institution of the Nazi party. It’s completely false and a misrepresentation of history.
There’s more like the complete lack of mentioning King’s radical socialist ideology or using the sex scandal as a way to sow division for his cause rather than point out it’s irrelevance to the civil rights movement, but those are the big three.
IMPORTANT: This video may seem like it is criticizing the government, but it is actually a form of controlled opposition, and a very ahistorical take on the facts in order to present a much more sanitized and moralistic view of the day . This kind of propaganda is very dangerous because it doesn’t seem like propaganda. Johnny presents himself as a truth seeker, which is very hard to believe. If you understand the context behind some of the sources he presents for his argument here, he leaves out so many crucial details, that it’s very hard to believe that this was unintentional.
“You don't get freedom peacefully. Freedom is never safeguarded peacefully. Anybody who is depriving you of freedom isn't deserving of a peaceful approach by the ones who are deprived of their freedom." - Malcolm X
As much as I am a fan of Malcolm X, Rev King had a much bigger lasting legacy precisely because he used non - violence to get there.
That being said, Minister Malcolm was an amazing writer and speaker.
@@rustomkanishka Of course, the legacy of MLK is greater: that's the function of the media. What is the point of a media conglomerate defending and propagating a less peaceful method of fighting the status quo? The peaceful method is a concession from the oppressor, and it is never more than he is comfortable giving you. Sorry for my english
I mean, of course he did. He sanitized the movement for white comfortability AND WAS STILL KILLED FOR IT. :/ @@rustomkanishka
@@rustomkanishkafor a reason. America hates the militarized black man
@@MinoricioSerafim Thing is, violence doesnt solve shit.
My country was the only one in the Eastern Bloc that overthrew communism violently, but we ended up with a more chaotic transition than the rest, one in which second-rate party members ended up in charge, anyway, so how did it help us?
Imagine his family waking up in the family home the following days after his assassination. I know the house felt so cold and empty without Martin
His kids are alive and some are active on social media. They may have discussed how cold and empty their home was after their father was k*lled in broad daylight. I bet they felt helpless.
I'm glad someone is shedding light on history that many people simply don't know about , or know the extent of.
This video is controlled opposition, using public information that the government has released themselves to paint a picture that sanitizes the reality of what was actually going on at this time. This video is ahistorical and revisionist either bc Johnny’s research was poor or more likely, and worse, because he’s intentionally misrepresenting the facts.
1. MLK did NOT have the moral high ground before his death, multiple polls show anywhere from 63%-68% disapproval ratings on public opinion up to his death in 1968. Johnny frames this entire video as if public perception was swaying MLK’s way due to the “success” of non-violent protests when the data clearly shows that was not the case. Many other black civil rights leaders at the time were also pointing out the Dr. King’s methods did not seem to be swaying public opinion of white moderates who saw the movement as radical and a disruptive force.
2. Johnny chooses very specific quotes from Dr. King’s Birmingham Jail letter without providing the full context and in so doing completely misrepresents what he was actually saying. It was the literal thesis of the letter. Dr. King in context:
“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;’ who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a ‘more convenient season.’”
3. Johnny paints Hoover as the singular evil force behind the espionage and violation of MLK’s rights as if to use “great man theory” to say that it wasn’t the act of a corrupt government institution whose literal job it was to spy on U.S. citizens but instead just one deranged man in charge of all these innocent agents. Johnny even references that Hoover’s name is on the building and acts like it’s so strange that someone who “perverted” the FBI would be on the building. That’s because he didn’t pervert anything, he did what the FBI would call a good job. This would be like saying the Nazi party was full of a bunch of people just following orders while Hitler was perverting the sacred institution of the Nazi party. It’s completely false and a misrepresentation of history.
There’s more like the complete lack of mentioning King’s radical socialist ideology or using the sex scandal as a way to sow division for his cause rather than point out it’s irrelevance to the civil rights movement, but those are the big three.
IMPORTANT: This video may seem like it is criticizing the government, but it is actually a form of controlled opposition, and a very ahistorical take on the facts in order to present a much more sanitized and moralistic view of the day . This kind of propaganda is very dangerous because it doesn’t seem like propaganda. Johnny presents himself as a truth seeker, which is very hard to believe. If you understand the context behind some of the sources he presents for his argument here, he leaves out so many crucial details, that it’s very hard to believe that this was unintentional.
This was a really good video…well done!
Each blacked out block should have an alphanumeric code beside it - you can look those up in the declassification guide of the agency that created the document and see why specifically that section was exempted from release - it's likely that in this context its identifying information about a person who provided information or enabled surveillance or detailed information about methods used for surveillance but you can always look it up and see which exemption was applied to get a broad idea of the content removed.
what johnny does here is deflect blame from one lone racist gunman to another, solely placing the blame on Hoover. Whereas i think this evidence suggests that maybe we live in a police state whose purpose is to protect the status quo by all means necessary with impunity
Yeah the notion that Hoover "hijacked" the FBI for his evil plans instead of just using the FBI for its intended purpose is hilarious.
Reminder that the FBI in its formative years (when it was called the Bureau of Investigation, BI) spent its time attacking organized labor, radical movements and African-American protest. That's literally why it was created.
Agreed. He says that every other FBI report is purely objective but only the MLK one is skewed 😭. Leaving the window open for distrust but never enough to see whats happening in the house is the US Gov’s main goal.
Protect? From whome? Is this call you protection.
Everyone wants a hero and a villain in a story. So tempting to tell it that way when you're trying to drive engagement. A tangled mess of truth is just too unsatisfactory.
Thank you for a beautiful piece of Journalism.
So difficult to find journalism you can trust this days.
The background music is solid! Well done.
It’s important we never forget. So that others are not prosecuted for their beliefs.
Like President Donald J Trump
Except it happens every day even in 2024. Literally every day.
@@jacquelineseely5393 Well... not quite. Good try.
Do you mean the little hat 🎩 types distorting history and numbers 🤷🏻♂️
@@RYRY1002No it’s worse, because this time it’s all out in the open instead of behind the scenes
The 60’s, a decade of pure crazy
The 60s are quite compèred to now,mass immigration and war seems to be destroying us, and don’t forget the trans ideology and its going to get worse unfortunately,planned and pushed by the elites and traitorous politicians
Which is part of the great whitewash. The CRM started in the 1950s.
It’s comimg back. Look at all of the upheaval.
Everything shifted in the 60s man, societial problem were no longer swept under the rug, and people were not accepting the status quo
Literally to the moon 🌙
Terrific detailed coverage of this tragedy. Wendigoon also did a terrific breakdown with great detail-
You may never see this but thank you for hearing us out and editing the title Johnny 🤞🏾💯
Ah, we were planning a video on this topic, but you beat us to it. Nicely done. Great video as always.
If you are going to talk about different things and come out with at least a slightly different perspective,
then please still do it!
No one cares if Multiple people post vids on the same topic. CZcams is big and diverse. If you planned to do it, but now aren't because "Johnny did it already" You're using this as an excuse to not continue to do your own research and video. Just do it - ha nike.... and STFU with your excuses.
maybe you guys can mention how he wasn't completely against violence (and was peers with Malcolm X) and the way he decried the white moderate which johny seemed happy to skip over.
Here is an important quote Jonny "forgot" that you should include if you want to make a good video about it.
MLK:
"I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom"
can you do a more historically accurate version please
YESSS I'VE BEEN WAITING
Hey Johnny, I joined incogni a while ago because of you. Thanks brother. And thank you for your content.
“The media didn’t expose the FBI… it was a different media environment back then”
Oh really? 🙄 okay lol
no map in this video Johnny. Where are your maps? Love the soundtrack. Shout out to Tom Fox always great stuff!
This video doesn’t need a Map, Video talk about the assassination of Martin Luther King
There is too a map! About 26 minutes in, the path Ray around the world before being caught.
In case of no map, assume all events described took place at coordinates 0,0 - sorry those are just the rules.
Imagine trying be the first comment without watching the vid and still falling short on both ends 😢
😏😅@@mesothelioma2008
"think" --- the gov litterally lost / settled out a court case saying they acted in it lol
this isn't accurate. (or if it is please provide a source)
@@johnnyharris “this isn’t accurate. (or if it is please provide a source)” - 🤓
@@johnnyharrisit’s very accurate for a “journalist” I figured you would have found the court case and why the family didn’t settle for money
A jury even found the that there was enough evidence that the government did it. The king family didn’t want money they just wanted to show the country what happened but it was buried by the media and the government
@@johnnyharrisThere was a case in the 90s where King's family sued for a dollar (not about money) to prove the U.S government's involvement in his assassination.
They won the case, and a U.S Court declared that the FBI and other entities had a hand in King's assassination.
This hole goes deeper and deeper.
That was definitely one of your best documentaries yet.
Fantastic work.
No it was not, I urge you to watch FD Signifier on better takes of black leftist civil rights leaders. To think that communism had no use for the movement, is beyond ignorant considering how many of our civil rights leaders were Marxist. I am upset by this video. FD Signifier would have done better
@@cancelconservatism7041 FD is solid and well sourced. Great recommendation. MLK was a democratic socialist and there is no way around it. In fact if you listen to what Jesus actually advocated for in the Gospels, he really comes off as a peace loving socialist if not a full blown communist! That wasn't lost on many in the faith at the time, much to the chagrin of elite church leadership that of course wanted nothing to do with his actual teachings!
Johnny simply misses far too much of the actual history and information when it comes to MLK. It's a super complex topic: not something that can be handled in a 30 min video, specially considering he doesn't even talk to the people that actually lived it that are still alive and reachable.
Actually giving only 30 minutes to it almost ENSURES that you are misinformed on this subject. Do the work and learn for yourself who he was and just who he was turning into.
Read the entire letter from Birmingham, not just a few quotations. It really gives you incredible insight into the man and where he was at the time mentally, right before he died. In no uncertain terms he lambasts the "moderate liberal" as the real enemy and stumbling block to progress.
Thank you for your coverage!
All in all, this was an incredibly tragic loss especially for the king family but also for all of America. Well done Johnny and team for presenting this is such a beautiful yet respectful way.
237 likes no replies? Seems legit. /s
"yet"? you mean "and"?
@@honkyjesuseternal bot
@@majermike sure
By ignoring some of MLK’s mostly important words he skipped straight over and lying about MLK both being a socialist and approved by the overall population. It’s historical revisionism and whitewashing at best…
Congratulations for reaching 5 million subscribers 🎉🎉🎉Can you please make a Q&A or something like that for this occasion?
Completely misread the title at first. I dived straight in expecting a video on the FBI vs MILK.
phenomenal reporting Johnny
Interesting topic you presented...🤔 I always thought about it for over a decade
This was so well done. Thanks for providing this video. I’m going to go look around and see what else you have to offer. Side note: it’s so scary to think that our government has and still does things like this to its very own citizens. 😞
Just found your channel and will spend all night binging till I fall asleep
The production quality is like just soo good... love it man.
easy to do with all of that government / intelligence funding his op gets
Yea, so well polished that some of the words on that letter completely disappeared.
Great video Harris. I'm from Kenya but I enjoy listening to videos on American politics because they relate to a lot of politics in Africa, including assassinations. I would love to see you do more content on African politics as well, and how it relates to American politics; (not just how we were colonized) Good job though
Thank you for this video brother ❤
This video is controlled opposition, using public information that the government has released themselves to paint a picture that sanitizes the reality of what was actually going on at this time. This video is ahistorical and revisionist either bc Johnny’s research was poor or more likely, and worse, because he’s intentionally misrepresenting the facts.
1. MLK did NOT have the moral high ground before his death, multiple polls show anywhere from 63%-68% disapproval ratings on public opinion up to his death in 1968. Johnny frames this entire video as if public perception was swaying MLK’s way due to the “success” of non-violent protests when the data clearly shows that was not the case. Many other black civil rights leaders at the time were also pointing out the Dr. King’s methods did not seem to be swaying public opinion of white moderates who saw the movement as radical and a disruptive force.
2. Johnny chooses very specific quotes from Dr. King’s Birmingham Jail letter without providing the full context and in so doing completely misrepresents what he was actually saying. It was the literal thesis of the letter. Dr. King in context:
“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;’ who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a ‘more convenient season.’”
3. Johnny paints Hoover as the singular evil force behind the espionage and violation of MLK’s rights as if to use “great man theory” to say that it wasn’t the act of a corrupt government institution whose literal job it was to spy on U.S. citizens but instead just one deranged man in charge of all these innocent agents. Johnny even references that Hoover’s name is on the building and acts like it’s so strange that someone who “perverted” the FBI would be on the building. That’s because he didn’t pervert anything, he did what the FBI would call a good job. This would be like saying the Nazi party was full of a bunch of people just following orders while Hitler was perverting the sacred institution of the Nazi party. It’s completely false and a misrepresentation of history.
There’s more like the complete lack of mentioning King’s radical socialist ideology or using the sex scandal as a way to sow division for his cause rather than point out it’s irrelevance to the civil rights movement, but those are the big three.
IMPORTANT: This video may seem like it is criticizing the government, but it is actually a form of controlled opposition, and a very ahistorical take on the facts in order to present a much more sanitized and moralistic view of the day . This kind of propaganda is very dangerous because it doesn’t seem like propaganda. Johnny presents himself as a truth seeker, which is very hard to believe. If you understand the context behind some of the sources he presents for his argument here, he leaves out so many crucial details, that it’s very hard to believe that this was unintentional.
Great video as always
The portion you showed where he gave his last speech gave me chills…he knew he was going to be murdered soon. You can see it on his face. He’s holding back tears. He’s terrified. Yet his words and steadfast demeanor showed strength in the end. Phew.
I love America, but the more I learn about all we’ve done…it’s impossible to trust a single word that is uttered by our government. We are lost.
Please make a video on Malcon X too!
Naw He not gonna do that
Why?@@MOR4H3US
Yeah and Louis Farrakhan
Why? He was not a good guy
Good guy, bad tactics….okay guy, bad tactics 😅
Great video and very insightful! Quick correction, at 10:31, in the top right below John Stennis's name, it says "Senator from Mississippu," I'm guessing that's meant to be "Mississippi." Great video though!
Brilliant work Johnny
LETS GOOOOO JUST WATCHED LIKE 90 of your videos over the last 2 days and came back to a new one!!!!
Welcome!!
Isn't it fun discovering a channel and binge watching everything on their list? Unfortunately you catch up and you feel lost and lonely until the next new video... 😅
Slow down brother, slow down.
We need your braincells, dont fry them
@@johnnyharrisjohnny the Hack Harris
Keep up the Amazing work Johnny
Thank you for your objective, powerful insight- it’s a difficult venture to challenge or confirm a conspiracy and this was masterfully done
As a 22 year old International Student From India who's living in the US.
I Find it quite shocking to see how Dehumanized treatment was given to Black People in America Not so long ago, it's literally 60s we're talking about in this video.
I though this level of racism might be this much prevalent only till early 20th century before WW2 .
I Also find it shocking , the way everyone use to openly (and officially) Call Black People as "N*gros" . I mean that's such a racist slur to use for them. I have rarely seen people of whole race being officially and openly called with a racist slur that was thrown at them during the colonial period.
That last paragraph just goes to show how little you understand...
Why did you leave out so much of his letters? How can you quote him to make a point but leave out parts that go against your revisionist retelling?
Extremely disappointing.
Because he’s a propagandist
At this point he’s like Tucker Carlson but for libs
@@XxCorvette1xX 1000%
what exactly did he miss?
Nothing stopping you from writing those down here bruh
I mean, the things that he left out include speeches by King that had a bunch of Communist rhetoric. So, it would kind of defeat the point of the video
If it walks like CIA/FBI, talks like CIA/FBI, and smells like CIA/FBI, then it usually is CIA/FBI
I love the CIA
@@bingus__ Honestly i still kind of like it in regards of their methods (undercover or spy operations, trickery). I may use that as inspiration for making or writing action stories or films, but sometimes i find that to be sickening (when they actually did kill their own citizens for doing whatever they deemed dangerous but it isnt)
What is so hard to believe? This has been done for centuries and meleniums. Not just the FBI/CIA, the kings guard, the pretorian guards, the poeple who protect emperor's and sultans. People who have power and influence can and will always do what they want. Simple as that. @@ROBLOXGamingDavid
I think it was the Russians
@briankelley1875 why would they do that??
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but I couldn't find a list of sources anywhere here. Like, nothing at the end of the video, description, or even a pinned comment.
It is VERY suspect that the files keep coming up for their declassification date and the files keep getting relocked down.
You explained mlk change and message better than most highschools in America
Right like why were they so fucking vague for literally no reason 😂
O wait that’s right because then we’d realize the government is a threat to everyone in this country 😂
No he didn't he skipped main point of letter from birmingham jail
Please read the MLKs letter. It's short and will show how Harris misinterpreted MLKs message especially concerning the white moderate
Naw he skipped quite a bit and left out a lot of important parts, he just has a good voice and good editing so it seems good
I’m so glad you brought light to this… I googled looking for this a few months ago but found nothing.
Didn’t look too hard. WENDIGOON has a better video on this
@@TheNumbers97literally what i came to comment
How? This has been written about for decades lol you gotta search better
In his defense Google is actively getting worse.
Partly because of paid search results and partly because of the algorithm giving results based on what it thinks creates the most click-throughs.
In plain English the search results are getting worse for 2 reasons:
1. People/companies pay Google to get listed first
2. There are enough people searching for things other than facts that it affects what Google thinks you want to hear and see
@@TheNumbers97the Wendigoon video is way better. Crazy how he spent this whole video talking about how corrupt the FBI is and everything they did to MLK then at the end he's just like yeah there are some people who think the FBI did it but there's no evidence. I smell a psyop. If you're someone who doesn't want people thinking the FBI killed MLK having someone who comes off as distrustful of the government and those in power and will even talk about corruption and abuses of power (but only what is already publicly acknowledged information and wouldn't hurt them to have one more person talking about it) and will even go so far as to say it seems like the kind of thing the FBI would do but then turn around and say there's no evidence the FBI did it would be a great way to influence the way people think about this.
Try reading his autobiography. It's quite remarkable to hear him speak directly over time.
I watch this video on April 4th 2024, 56 years after he was assassinated. I want to thank MLK for all the work he did to change the world we live in today. You are an inspiration to all. God bless MLK.
In Bengali we have a proverb saying, "যাহা রটে তাহা কিছুটা হলেও বটে" which means WHAT SPREADS IS A BIT TRUE AT LEAST.
low-key a dangerous proverb then...what if the rumor is completely false.
@@enryumazino3939 That's why we call it a proverb, not a fact.
Kinda like, believe it or not. But it's safe to be informed.
@@enryumazino3939 that's what's dangerous. it has to have an element of truth to be believable, and because of that element of truth it's harder to completely discount
@@WeebJail ohh okay, yeah that makes sense.
@@enryumazino3939 a completely false rumour will never spread
King, fred Hampton, mark clark, and probably Malcolm x. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a hand in what happened in Philadelphia on May 13, 1985 with MOVE
Indeed.
They obviously did
Thank you so much for your journalism, it really gives me hope cause you democratized important information in videos, hopefully more people would watch it, love from NZ
Never seen anyone weild such power with their words. Rest in peace Mr.King
It’s funny how you left out one of the biggest pieces of the Birmingham letter discussing the white moderates
@@frankangelo1983 it was left out because it has no bearing in evidence of the assassination
@@frankangelo1983 what thats all about??
What’s your issue with it? It was a valid criticism, and also entirely unrelated to the topic of the video
Can you elaborate on how it relates to his assassination? I don't see the link.
The Government owes all Americans citizens an apology!!
Won't solve anything, as they will repeat the same thing again and again. The leopard never changes it spots!
Add it to the list of things, there are thousands more transgressions, from those days, till now.
We don't need an apology, we need some change and more transparency.
I remember when Clinton first came into office and began apologizing for several things on behalf of the United States.... And he was called "The Apologizer in Chief".
By the end of his presidency there were no more apologies and no more progressive policies. In fact there were several policies and laws that were not vetoed that made life regressive and worse.
I remember when Obama first came into office and began apologizing for several things on behalf of the United States.... And he was called "The Apologizer in Chief".
By the end of his presidency there were no more apologies and no more progressive policies. In fact there were several policies and laws that were not vetoed that made life regressive and worse.
Wait did I just say the same thing twice? Well... At least Old Joe ain't apologized for nothing... That's... Something. Several policies have made things better, but I'm still waiting for those vetoes and sweeping changes.
'Murica, tell me a nation you'd rather live in. It's fucked up, but so are most places when you do a deep dive.
@@StatusNulleasy. Denmark, Sweden, France, maybe Italy, any other country that doesn’t overwork their citizens with less pay, commit less atrocities worldwide, places like that
33:06 Good thing Johnny isn’t showing the Boston statue! 😂😂😂
EXCELLENT WORK ON THIS VIDEO 🔥🔥🔥
You know its a good day when Johnny uploads!
Thank you for tackling in your recent videos large American conspiracies, and why people's beliefs are justified.
The argument that "Even if the FBI didn't directly order the hit, they are guilty by lack of action to protect MLK's life" is correct. The FBI had both surveillance capabilities and the interest in MLK that they should have known about any conspiracies to end his life (they even sent that letter).
Great quality video the team did here
these new camera angles are sumn else johhny...
Honestly, not the FBI’s best work. They should’ve done it a lot sooner and forgone the blackmail part of the plan. I don’t really understand the point of threatening him with an ultimatum that would ultimately result in his death either by his own hand or by theirs. In that case, why even give him the option? Also, they didn’t take into consideration the response to his death, which, and this could be manipulated by hindsight, should’ve been obvious to them. People like him tend not to go quietly and there always needs to be a plan for dealing with the aftermath of their removal. All in all, I’d give this a 5/10.
It would be a great idea doing a video on Malcolms assassination or Fred Hampton
As a person from outside US and didn't know the story of MLK. Thank you for educating us.
MLK, 39 year old Nobel Peace Prize winner who empowered black Americans and people of color to ask for the right to some of the most basic things, like sitting where they please on a bus, vote in elections, etc. was murdered by the United States government. Hundreds of thousands of White Americans and many politicians fought him at every turn. Some of those people are still alive. The government killed, attacked or incarcerated other black leaders at the time and some of them are STILl imprisoned or rotted in there welllll past us knowing the truth. Those people’s children and grandchildren who hold the same racist beliefs are here on the internet and social media with us commenting racist things, hiding in plain sight. Awful people. The U.S. is a mess.
He did a terrible job. He left out important details
this story is pure propoganda and is provably false
@@uhohhotdoglike what?
@@jaystinthunder3689 like how he blamed white liberals and how MLK was actually a socialist
Your content is Amazing
good video johnny 🦔❄
Im more interested is that even if the evidence against his moral depravity were true - does that really change anything else he did or said?
That was the point of the lies, to derail his message.
What kills me about these kinds of comments is that people conveniently ignore that JFK was himself the grand master mcdaddy of mistresses.
Have you seen how the public reponds to celebrity scandal?
Common sense quickly goes out the door, social media is still used in the same way.