Kennedy Assassination

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Kennedy Assassination
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Dallas - November 22, 1963
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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School Book Depository
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6th floor
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Snipers perch
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(No Transcript)
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Zapruders film was the most famous evidence
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sniper perch
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4 out of 178 witnesses claimed to hear shots
coming from multiple directions
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Kennedy was rushed to Parkland
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Oswald went to Texas Theatre
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Arrested
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Oswald killed during transfer
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Case Closed?

• Oswald fired 3 shots (missed the first one)
• the assassination was filmed (Zapruder)
• U.S. government investigated the murder for years
  and concluded that Oswald acted alone
• few witnesses gave indication that more than 3
  shots were fired at Kennedy
• However. . . .

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Conspiracy Theories

• JFK was killed by a conspiracy of high government
  officials with LBJ working with the CIA, the
  mafia and anti-Castro Americans who all wanted
  revenge for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
  Another theory says that Castro killed JFK with
  Russias help. Some say Jack Ruby killed Oswald
  so that he wouldnt talk.

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Could Oswald have made those shots?
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Back and to the left?
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Autopsy

• Kennedy was hit in the back of the neck and back
  of the head
• Oliver Stone in JFK argued that a single bullet
  could not have hit JFK and Governor Connally the
  way reported

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Magic Bullet?

• Using the bullet wounds, Stone used this diagram
  to convince people that one bullet could not hit
  JFK and the governor the way reported

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JFK sat elevated above Connally

• Once their seats are properly aligned, the single
  bullet theory might be valid

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Umbrella Man?

• Some say there was a mysterious man fanning an
  umbrella right as Kennedy was shot - Oliver
  Stone said he was signaling to shoot JFK

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Lyndon B. Johnson

• Supposedly, JFK wanted to withdraw from Vietnam
  LBJ had him killed so he could continue the war

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The Mob?

• The mob supposedly wanted to murder Kennedy

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Did Castro Kill JFK?

• the CIA tried several times to kill Fidel Castro
  - Operation Mongoose considered poisoned cigars
  and poisoned diving suits

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Did the Russians kill JFK?

• the USA was a serious rival in the Cold War -
  killing JFK might provide instability in the
  military and government