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Kennedy Assassination

Kennedy Assassination. Cutting through Conspiracies. November 22, 1963. JFK was in Dallas trying to get support for next year ’ s election. Dallas had an unfriendly reputation towards politicians. Lee Harvey Oswald. Shown here in Oak Cliff, Texas.

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Kennedy Assassination

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  1. Kennedy Assassination Cutting through Conspiracies

  2. November 22, 1963 • JFK was in Dallas trying to get support for next year’s election. • Dallas had an unfriendly reputation towards politicians.

  3. Lee Harvey Oswald • Shown here in Oak Cliff, Texas. • Tried to defect to the Soviet Union and Cuba.

  4. School Book Depository • LHO got a job in this building. He would eventually shoot JFK from the sixth floor.

  5. 6th floor

  6. Sixth Floor of the School Book Depository

  7. Sniper’s Perch • This is Lee Harvey Oswald’s view from the 6th floor of the School Book Depository

  8. Zapruder’sfilm was the most famous evidence

  9. He was filming from here

  10. Sniper perch 1st shot 3rd shot

  11. Kennedy was rushed to Parkland

  12. Oswald fled the scene • He checked into his boarding house on 1026 Beckley. • Officer J. Tippit stops on the street to talk to Oswald. • Oswald shoots him 4 times to death

  13. Lee Harvey Oswald walked 8 blocks to Texas Theatre on Jefferson Blvd.

  14. Arrested • The Cops beat him up after Oswald resists arrest at the theatre.

  15. LBJ was sworn in at Love Field

  16. LHO was being escorted to another jail.

  17. Oswald transferred to another jail. • Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, shoots Oswald on live TV. • LHO will never go on record why he did what he did. He is now dead.

  18. LHO killed • “You killed the President, you rat!”

  19. Case Closed? • Oswald fired 3 shots (missed the first one) • The assassination was filmed (Zapruder) • The government investigated the murder for years and concluded that Oswald acted alone. • Virtually no witness at that time gave indication that more than 3 shots were fired at Kennedy. • However. . . .

  20. 80% of people today believe JFK was killed by someone else!!!!

  21. Conspiracy Theories?!? • Did Castro kill JFK? • Did the Russians kill JFK? • Mob control of Oswald and Ruby? • The Mafia, since RFK was cracking down on them as the Attorney General? • LBJ with or without the CIA? • The CIA? • Badge Man? Umbrella Man? Single Bullet Theory? Magic Bullet Theory? • Two shooters? (Picket Fence Shooter?) • Grassy Knoll? (“Back and to the left,” shot in the front?)

  22. To make matters worse. . . • Oliver Stone made a movie called JFK in 1992. • The movie is full of errors, lies and bad science. Stone’s JFK helped advance these conspiracy-theories about the assassination: • Oswald could not have shot JFK from the sixth floor in less than 6 seconds. • Kennedy was shot from the front by gunmen on the grassy knoll. • Jack Ruby killed Oswald on orders from the mafia to keep Oswald quiet about everything.

  23. Could Oswald have made those shots? • Yes! • Oswald was a sharpshooter trained by the US Marines. • He scored a 212 out of 250 on a 200 yard shooting range. • JFK’s car was only 50 yards away from the sniper’s nest and moved 10mph

  24. So, what do you think? On Monday, you will be watching the film “Beyond Conspiracy,” which details the conspiracy theories and helps understand them. It uses the actual footage from that day. After viewing the film, you will need to be able to discuss which theory you think is most likely.

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