The harm caused by every violent death doesn’t just stop at the tragic loss of one life it goes much further. It trickles through the community, from one generation to another.
at the moment of the murder, there were 12 customers inside jim s grill. police came by and locked the door for three hours. they took names and questioned everyone before they left. not only did jowers tell police he saw nothing unusual, his customers said the same thing. that, to me, is the flaw in his testimony that you just can t get past because you then have to say all these other people are mistaken, and there s no basis to believe that they are. lloyd jowers told different stories to different people. first it was a black man who shot king. then later a memphis police captain, conveniently deceased. jowers did not testify in the civil case. his own lawyer put up little resistance and the jury never had a chance to hear the prosecution s case. a sham trial, in campbell s mind. a lot of evidence, and i put evidence in quotes, that was presented there was basically third, fourth, fifth-hand hearsay. as for anyone seeing a shooter behind jim s grill you have one indiv
at the moment of the murder, there were 12 customers inside jim s grill. police came by and locked the door for three hours. they took names and questioned everyone before they left. not only did jowers tell police he saw nothing unusual, his customers said the same thing. that, to me, is the flaw in his testimony that you just can t get past because you then have to say all these other people are mistaken, and there s no basis to believe that they are. lloyd jowers told different stories to different people. first it was a black man who shot king. then later a memphis police captain, conveniently deceased. jowers did not testify in the civil case. his own lawyer put up little resistance and the jury never had a chance to hear the