Bill O'Reilly
January 19, 2021
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a True Hero
Folks always ask me, “why don't you write a book called 'Killing King,' based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?” 
I tell them, I cannot write about Dr. King because all of his files are classified. The FBI files are classified until 2027, six years from now. 

I could write a speculative book, but why would I do that? In six years, if I'm still around, I'll take a look at it. I want to see what the information is in the FBI files. 

I have written about Dr. King fairly extensively in my book, 'Killing Kennedy.' And what emerges from that book is that he was a true hero. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a true hero. 

However, he was a flawed man, like we all are. He was a sinner in his private life, like we all are. 
Now, Dr. King was a socialist. He wanted income redistribution at a high level because he believed that African-Americans were punished for 200 years in this country and there had to be some kind of way to mitigate that punishment. 

That is a totally legitimate point of view. You can debate how. I don't think Dr. King would be applauding the dissolution of the African-American family, where more than 70 percent of babies in the black community are born out of wedlock. I don't think Dr. King would be a big fan of that. 

Also, I think he probably would approve of the kneeling during the national anthem, and I would disagree with the doctor on that. We would have a lively debate, if he were to come on the No Spin News. 
The Black experience in America is far different than the white experience. There's an old saying, “walk a mile in my shoes.” Well, I can't walk a mile in the shoes of my African-American friends. I can't do it because I don't know what they have experienced and are experiencing. 

So, when I speak to African-Americans and when I deal with them in my life, I'm respectful that they have a different experience in the United States than I do. Our slogan here is E Pluribus Unum, out of many one, and that is the goal, to have us all working together to improve our country. Obviously, that's not happening. We're more divided now than at any other time since the Civil War. But we can still come together. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a very worthy holiday, and we should all think about the plight of African-Americans and how it is much more difficult to be Black than white in this country, and that is true.
 

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