"... and Martin Luther King was executed by a firing squad that numbered in the millions."

[kpete]

FBI agents are looking for the man who pulled the trigger and surely they will find him.

But it doesn't matter if they do or they don't. They can't catch everybody, and Martin Luther King was executed by a firing squad that numbered in the millions.

They took part, from all over the country, pouring words of hate into the ear of the assassin.

The man with the gun did what he was told. Millions of bigots, subtle and obvious, put it in his hand and assured him he was doing the right thing.


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from: The Best of Mike Royko
Editor's note: The Chicago Daily News published this column April 5, 1968, after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://michaelsherwood.com/RoykoMLK.html

[SharonAnn]

1. Stochastic terrorism! BTW, I think you meant Martin Luther King, Jr.