Death seems to be creeping all around, slowly crawling into the dreams of innocent minds. The sad part about death is that humans tend to be the cause of it. Humanity is cruel, especially when it comes to killing. Humans tend to have the ability to harm without any remorse or emotion. Imagine the sick and twisted mind of those that have the capability to take the life of another living person. The shooting of President John F Kennedy was one of great darkness and mass destruction to the United States people. Cold blooded killings seem to be a normal thing in this generation, constantly casting a dark, cruel shadow over humanity.
President Kennedy was taking a trip through Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. According …show more content…
After stepping out of the car, Oswald was walking through a crowd of paparazzi and citizens when he was shot. “Kennedy, Robert,” “... he was fatally shot by Dallas nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, live on American television at 11:21 a.m. CST on Sunday, November 24” (6). Mr. Ruby had claimed to have shot Mr. Oswald due to the pain he was feeling from President Kennedy’s death and to save Mrs. Kennedy from having to suffer through the trial of her husband’s case. Jack Ruby had got what he wanted. Oswald was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital but was not able to be saved. Because of his death, there could not be a trial for the Kennedy case. Lee Oswald managed to escape the consequences for his murderous …show more content…
Fear, pain, and sorrow were sweeping across every state, eventually reaching other countries. According to “The Assassination”, people were gathering together in grocery stores to watch the news together. Citizens were openly praying in the streets with one another. Blame was beginning to rest on the shoulders of Texas itself. “Kennedy, Robert,” “...carried signs at the next Sunday’s home game against the Dallas Cowboys decrying the city of Dallas as having “killed the president”’(12). Gilderlehrman.org states that Canada even paid their respect by having their Prime Minister Pearson, and all of Canada expressing sincere sympathy and sorrow for the United States’