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Martin Luther

Snopes.com rated the claim “The U.S. government was sued and found culpable for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., but the news media refused to report it.” Mostly False.

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Captured 2026-08-15 from Snopes.com. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.