It’s always easiest to claim what people believe when they are no longer around to refute you.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.” — Martin Luther King Jr
If you would honor his life; then honor his beliefs – not the policies of those who make a mockery of his beliefs.
Being much more of a sinner; I sometimes imagine him coming back and not just speaking out – but “bitch-slapping” those who claim that goodness can only be achieved through doing evil.
“The time is always right to do what is right.”