And that happens all the time. Law is just as often used as a means of oppressing people as it is a means of ensuring justice. Law is a tool. There is no inherent justice and morality in law - it’s all in how it’s being applied.
King was spot on here. There is nothing in his statement that assumes literally everything Hitler ever did was legal. He’s referring to the construction of a white supremacist society through legal means - not an uncommon act at all. King’s statement is meant to convey the idea that we fetishize the law at the expense of justice at our peril, history shows us.
