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came from the rear of the buildings which front on South Main Street. . c. MPD Surveillance Detail and Remval of Detective Redditt from Duty. ~/ From the time of Dr. King's retum to Memphis on April 3, 1968, until the tim of his assassination, he was under physical surveillance by the MPD. Upon learning of Dr. King's flight schedule, Inspector G.P. Tines of the MPD Inspectional Bureau instructed two black plainclothes officers, Detective Edward E. Redditt and Patrolmn Willie B. Richmond, to go to the airport to observe the arrival of Dr. King and to keep him under contimous surveil lance in order to see with whom he came in eontact. Aseeardine tn Tnenertenar "wae the eareusi liaenca us BLU, WN SLOPE LU sai, Wi Slilvels, because Dr. King was a controversial figure and had met with local black militants on his prior visit to Memphis. While at the airport a Mrs. Thomas Matthews pointed her finger at Redditt and told him that she was going to get him. (Report of G.P. Tines, July 17, 1968, Re: Security and Surveillance of Dr. King, App. B.) */ The removal of Redditt from duty was cited as ame of the ses for the House Select Committee to investigate the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ~26-