WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) -- Police and federal law enforcement
were all terrified 50 years ago that someone might attack Martin
Luther King before he had a chance to deliver his iconic "I Have
A Dream" speech.  So they recruited African American police
officers from across the region to protect him. Retired Jersey
City, NJ homicide detective Calvin James was as close as anyone
could get.  "It feels like yesterday," James said today from his
home in Philadelphia.  James was literally at the right hand of
history. There in a white cap to distinguish him as security, he
was so close, a CBS producer at one point asked him to back up
and get out of the shot. "I felt someone pulling on my
leg...Martin Luther King, they just wanted him in the picture."
Commanders told Detective James to leave his gun at home. He
ignored them. "I had a weapon with me, but I had it in my ankle
holster.... I figured the way it was going, there might be
trouble."  In his mid-80s now, James had seen the brutality of
segregation first hand