Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. disagrees with William F. Pepper's claims that the government killed King. He is supported by author Gerald Posner. Posner wrote "Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." (1998), concluding that Ray killed King, acting alone, likely for the hope of collecting a racist bounty for the murder. On the other hand, conspiracy theorists bristled at "Killing the Dream", criticizing Posner for in part basing it on "a psychological evaluation of James Earl Ray, which he [Posner] is not qualified to give, and he dismisses evidence of conspiracy in King's murder as cynical attempts
Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) January 2019. Local traffic is being asked to detour onto the Eads Bridge, which is less than a 1/2 mile downstream. Thru traffic is being asked to detour onto one of the Interstate highways in the area - either Interstate 70 via the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, or Interstates 55/64 via the Poplar Street Bridge. The Missouri half of the bridge is designated as unsigned Route 799 by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) in St. Louis, Missouri, is a cantilever truss bridge