[jevoten]

> It was clear that King’s main transgression was not knowing his place.

Or maybe it was antagonizing the military-industrial complex. If there's one thing both political parties (though not their voters) and most major media companies agree on, it's the continual need to sacrifice lives and tax dollars in foreign wars that have little relevance at home, besides enriching a handful of politically connected companies.

John and his brother Robert Kennedy also opposed that war, and both were assassinated.