King widow moves to condo after break-ins

[rainbow4321]

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow moved from the home she bought with her late husband in 1965 after a series of burglaries, including one by a man who later confessed to killing several women in the neighborhood, her oldest son said Friday.

Coretta Scott King, 77, moved in June to a new condominium in Atlanta's upscale Buckhead neighborhood, Martin Luther King III told The Associated Press.

The younger King said the condominium was a gift from "a very dear friend," but the Chicago Defender reported this week that Mrs. King's new home was a gift from Oprah Winfrey. A warranty deed lists the buyer as Overground Railroad LLC, a company that is owned by Winfrey for real estate transactions, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The family home in southwest Atlanta's Vine City neighborhood had a couple of minor break-ins during the early 1990s, but the family decided it was time to move its matriarch after a third break-in when the suspect later admitted to killing several women in the area, King said.

[okieinpain]

1. so sad, yet people are upset with cosby.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

2. I was waiting for the anti-MLK story used every year to suggest

to the Republikkkan's racist supporters "don't worry, those blacks will still be kept in their place."

Since the BFEE (BushFamilyEvilEmpire) is actually doing some PR back-pedaling at the moment, I wonder if this is what will pass for that annual propaganda story.

The terrorizing of an old black widow.
Freedom is on the March. God Bless America.

[amazona]

3. classy gesture by oprah

Very thoughtful to step in and provide a safe haven like this.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Vidar]

4. Why shouldn't Oprah be the "dear friend"? Stupid reporter.