I interviewed Robert J. When Martin Luther King was shot, he was laying brick on a building. He said he didn't even know Memphis had as many squad cars as he saw that day. The job he was working on was shut down for 2 to 3 days due to the assassination. He went home, which was on the outside of town, to his two children and his wife. He said he didn't see a drastic change in the people he knew. He saw Memphis slowly change into what it is today. He saw murder rates go up and the amount of trash in the city go up. He did not agree with how people acted to stop King. He agreed with King but not with how people treated him.