Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter responds to Denver GOP chairwoman’s comment

By KDVR-TV, Denver 5 days ago

DENVER — Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter responded this week to a comment made by the chairwoman of Denver's Republican Party, Kristina Cook, in a Facebook thread: "I bet Dr. King wishes he'd had a sniper on his side that day."

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The comment caught the attention of Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter. Wednesday, she tweeted, "Listen to his speech 'I've Been to the Mountaintop,' delivered the evening before he was assassinated. My father knew his time on earth was short. He stood by his non violence philosophy. He would not have wanted a gun battle on his behalf. Don't use him for this."

Listen to his speech, ‘I’ve Been To The Mountaintop,’ delivered the evening before he was assassinated.

My father knew his time on earth was short.

He stood by his nonviolent philosophy.

He would not have wanted a gun battle on his behalf.

Don’t use him for this. #MLKpic.twitter.com/qQEgm4dNzQ

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) September 5, 2019

The exchange started on Facebook, when a picture of Cook was posted in the comment section by the president of Denver's Young Democrats, Justine Sandoval. “I had just posted to clarify that was her and the conversation went from there," Sandoval said.

The picture shows Cook holding a rifle. Cook later, down the thread, posted her Dr. King comment.

“That comment was, 'I wish that doctor Martin Luther King was still with us, I think that he would help heal the division that we see,'" Cook said. "That was really what was going through my head.”

“If you know anything about Dr. King you know that he was a man of non-violence," Sandoval said. “I think it’s a discredit to Dr. King and his legacy who was a man of peace and a man of unity to say something like that.”

Cook said she has reached out to the King family and would like to discuss everything, but has not heard back.

“I can see that there are some people obviously that think it wasn’t appropriate," she said. "Honestly, I’m baffled. I think we each approach the world in a way that reflects that how we see the world inside of us. I tend to see people’s best foot forward and so I hope that people who react to me the same way."

Poster Comment:

When I lived in Chicago, I knew this white guy who was a guard at the Cook County Jail. When the news hit that King was killed, the leaves for all the guards were cancelled.

One black guard, because he had a good job was able to get a mortgage on a 4-flat. He lived on the 2nd floor. When he opened to door to go to work there was a black guy standing on the lower landing. He was ready to light a Molotov Cocktail.

The black guard said, "Whatchoo think you doing?"

The black guy said, "I'll show whitey. I'm gonna burn down this building."

The black guard pulled his pistol and killed him right where he stood.

My friend asked him, "How are you going to explain that?"

The black guard said, "When they come along and pick him up, it's just another dead nigger."

Good blacks call bad blacks niggers too. :-O