The US government saw and treated him as a domestic terrorist and Russian/communist agent. The NY TImes and mainstream media famously attacked him and he was ha

The US government saw and treated him as a domestic terrorist and Russian/communist agent. The NY TImes and mainstream media famously attacked him and he was hated by 75% of Americans. The NSA illegally spied on him and other alleged domestic terrorists: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillance-anti-vietnam-muhammad-ali-mlk https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillan... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-king-had-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-he-died-180968664/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-kin... He famously called the US government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/21/king-obama-drones-militarism-sanctions-iran https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/21/king-o... https://theintercept.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-mlk-day-2018/ https://theintercept.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-ml... https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-fbi-j-edgar-hoover-communism https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-fbi-j-edg... https://www.vox.com/2016/1/18/10777146/mlk-day-martin-luther-king https://www.vox.com/2016/1/18/10777146/mlk-day-martin-luther...