31 January 201922 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Celebs and relatives of Martin Luther King Jr. call for new probe into his death

source: Daily Mail
published: 1 January 2019

A group of concerned US citizens are calling for new probes into the murders of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) has alleged in a statement released on Saturday that conspiracies at play in each of the four assassinations were covered up by the government.

‘On the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a group of over 60 prominent American citizens is calling upon Congress to reopen the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy,’ the statement said.

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19 December 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

George Stinney Jr: Black 14-year-old boy exonerated 70 years after he was executed

source: The Independent
published: 19 December 2014

George Stinney Jr became the youngest person to be executed in the US in the 20th century when he was sent to the electric chair in 1944, but more than 70 years after his death his conviction has been overturned.

Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen said the speed with which the state meted out justice against the boy was shocking and extremely unfair, and that his case was one of “great injustice” in her ruling exonerating Stinney Jr.

14 May 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

On the 4th anniversary of Aiyana Jones killing by Detroit police; grief in store for family

source: Voice of Detroit
published: 13 May 2014

As the fourth anniversary of the brutal slaying of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, by the Detroit police approaches May 16, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy may be planning to bring yet more unfathomable grief to her family.