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THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK November 22, 1963 Dallas, TX
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“Authority Forgets a Dying King.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson
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1. November, 1963 1964 Election coming up Raise support for the Democratic Party JFK goes to Dallas Not well liked in the South Drove from Airport (Love Field) through Dallas to make a speech
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Dealey Plaza – Dallas, TX
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The Texas Schoolbook Depository Building Suspected where 3 shots were fired from 3 bullet casings found near window Rifle found behind boxes
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JFK Waving on Parade Route
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2. JFK IS SHOT Nov. 22, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald Arrested for shooting Dallas Police Officer JD Tippet Later charged with JFK murder Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as President on Air Force One TX Gov. John Connelly also wounded
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JFK pronounced Dead at Parkland Hospital
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JFK FUNERAL
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JFK BURIAL
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3. Oswald Assassinated 2 Days Later Oswald being transferred to another prison In Police Station Garage, Oswald shot by Jack Ruby Ruby a Dallas nightclub owner with Mob connections
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Warren Commission Appointed by LBJ to address JFK Murder Headed by US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren 10 month investigation concluded Lee Oswald was the lone assassin “Lone Gunman Theory”
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Was There A Conspiracy??? JFK at ends with CIA and FBI Southern States hostile towards JFK and his Civil Rights Policy And…
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Warren Commission Alan Dulles on Commission –JFK fired him after Bay of Pigs Records sealed until 2029
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Some Weird Things… 1. Parade Route – Awkward turn, too slow (limo slows to 9-10 mph.)
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MISC Things 1. Were Secret Service orders compromised? Limo top removed??? Windows open on Street??? 2. Shot moving away, not going towards??? 3. Shooting with Carcano Rifle (old bolt rifle) 4. Tree obstruction in the way of shots 5. JFK limo cleaned at Hospital (blood evidence) 6. Connelly’s suit immediately sent to Dry- Cleaners
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Dealey Plaza – Dallas, TX
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7. JFK’s brain goes missing for a time. 8. Documents and Photos will go missing. 9. Oswald’s Military Record (Poor Shooter???) 10. Oswald’s Russian record (intelligence) 11. Jack Ruby (Mob) Connections (Who involved???)
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Zapruder Film Single Greatest Challenge to “Lone Gunman Theory” Abraham Zapruder filmed JFK motorcade passing by Caught JFK Assassination on video tape
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JFK Waving to Crowd
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JFK Hit in Throat
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JFK Shot in the Head
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Scramble to Escape
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James Teague is Wounded
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6. Magic Bullet Theory (Warren Commission) Senator Arlen Spector FBI claims Lee Oswald fired only 3 shots One Shot wounds bystander James Teague One shot is the last fatal Head Shot One bullet must account for 7 more wounds between JFK and TX Gov. John Connelly
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Jim Garrison New Orleans District Attorney Only person ever to bring a public trial in JFK death Attempts to refute the Warren Commission
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More than One Gunman More Than 3 Shots
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The Eternal Flame
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In 1979, Richard Helms, then Director of CIA Covert operations in 1963, admitted under oath that Claw Shaw had worked for the CIA. The files of the House Selects Committee on Assassinations are sealed until the year 2029 In 1992, Congress appointed a panel to review files and determine which documents would be made available to the public.
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