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R. Kelly’s attorney compares him to Martin Luther King Jr. in closing

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disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly compared him to Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King in his closing argument at the singer’s federal racketeering trial on Thursday.

Kelly attorney Deveraux Cannick said the accused sex fiend is trying to hold the government to account by making prosecutors prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt — in the same way Dr.

King fought for rights guaranteed by the constitution.Cannick quoted from King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, telling jurors the Civil Rights icon protested in streets across America because the US government at the time was not being fair and true to all citizens. “Somewhere I read of the freedom speech.

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