Shot Heard Around The World: JFK
November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas at 1:30 p.m. while traveling in an open top presidential motorcade with Texas governor John Conally (Wicker). He was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. of a fatal head wound caused by one of the bullets (Wicker). Lee Harvey Oswald, the only person ever formally accused of the assassination, fled the Texas Book Depository (which overlooked the scene of the shooting) and, while on foot, was stopped by Officer J.D. Tippit at 2:15 p.m., whom Oswald killed with a revolver he had tucked in his pants (Wicker). At 2:40 p.m. Oswald fled to the Texas (movie) Theater. In a matter of minutes, he was arrested by several police officers and ...
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was pronounced dead (Wicker). In the months to come, Ruby was to be sentenced to life in prison.
The Warren Commission, representing the early government investigation into the assassination, issued a report with 552 witnesses' testimony filling 15 volumes, and nine volumes of exhibits including pictures, documents, and reports (United StatesPresident's xxxii). The conclusion of the commission's report is 888 pages long. The seven chairman did all this in seven days (United StatesPresidents 3). Anthony Lewis, writer for the New York Times, wrote "all 7 members of the commission went over, edited, and substantially rewrote the entire work" (United StatesPresident's xxxii). The commission concluded that Oswald shot from the Texas Book Depository, that no one else shot, and that Oswald lied to police about it (United StatesPresident's 183). This is what many Americans believe. But, in fact, there is considerable evidence that this story is wrong. Even a few other government ...
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seems highly probable, therefore, that President John Kennedy was shot and killed by multiple assassins from multiple locations. These shooters were part of a larger plot, a conspiracy, with political connections that manifested themselves in the concealment of relevant materials and documents from the public and in Jack Ruby's mysterious appearance in the Dallas police house where he shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
Conspiracy: Law. An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 1969)
Many conspiracies have been theorized about since the event occurred. Looking at the ...
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