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    Who Killed John F. Kennedy? In 1963, the president of the United States, was brutally murdered by being shot while in a motorcade driving down Elm Street in Dallas, Texas as he was campaigning to be re-elected. The FBI says that Lee Harvey Oswald, a U.S. Marine, fired off 3 shots at the car in which the president was riding in the back of the with his wife, the Governor of Texas, John Connally and his wife also. As the vehicle with the Kennedys and Connallys drove past the Texas School Book…

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    The Art of Killing, a documentary about the Indonesian killings of 1965-66, is a raw and terrifying film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. This bone chilling feature delves deep into the failed coup in Indonesia that resulted in the death of over a million Indonesians at the hands of a ruthless gangster in an anti-communist cull. These gangsters for the large part have escaped prosecution and are even considered local heroes by some. The documentary provides a platform in which viewers are able to…

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    supposedly four shots were taken in his direction and one killed him, it hit him in the back of the head chopping off the side if his head.He was riding with his wife, the governor of Texas, and his wife when he was shot. Lee Harvey Oswald was blamed for this horrific crime. I think Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a larger conspiracy though, I believe he took a shot or two but I don't think he took the shot that hit Kennedy’s head. Some people said they saw something silver coming out of the sixth…

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    to the White House.Then Doctor leale’s said impossible Leale explained.The bumpy ride to the white house would jostle lincoln’s head wound and instantly kill him. Leale’s team carried Lincoln through the lobby out the door and across the street to William Petersen’s…

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    chronology of the events of the assassination, including the arrest and shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy died on November 22, 1963. He was assassinated in Dallas Texas, and was in the Dealey Plaza area. Kennedy had been speaking at many different states, and wanted to win the reelection. "As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza."(jfk.library.org) The time was about 12:30 in the evening, and many people were in the crowds where he was…

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    A movie solely about JFK and the events leading up to and after his assassination would be monotonous, unsurprising, and probably rated NC-17. It would be a lot of shots of the limp body of 46 year old, a lot of shots of a blood stained 1961 Lincoln Continental, and a lot of shots of a coffin being moved from car to building to car. Viewers wouldn’t be enticed by the element of surprise at all. Almost every American knows that the 35th president didn’t finish his first term no matter their…

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    was not justified, why I Believe that his assassination was not justified is because all of the research that I have looked over has never come to Lee Harvey himself explaining any Details on the assassination but what he did it for still stays a mystery, all tho him not explaining, it all comes to how did he assassinate kennedy. Why, Lee Harvey, the assassin of kennedy not able to tell the story of why he assassinated John F. Kennedy, is because he was also assassinated, At 12:20 p.m., in…

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    Zack Armstrong 3rd “JFK Assassination Conspiracy Argumentative Essay” 12 - 2 - 14 “JFK Assassination : Grassy Knoll & LBJ” JFK Assassination : Grassy Knoll & LBJ While it seems that the majority of Americans believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for JFKs assassination, there are also some other respectable theories on the matter. Some people believe that the mafia were responsible for the attack, other believe it was the C.I.A . This essay will be talking two theories. Those…

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    JFK Film Review Oliver Stone’s “JFK,” released in 1991, follows Jim Garrison in a quest for truth. Although official reports from the Warren Commission of John F. Kennedy’s assassination claim that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, the majority of Americans believe that there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy’s murder. Stone’s “JFK” combines historical evidence with fictional action to present a fascinating film. Although “JFK” does not answer the mystery behind the Kennedy assassination, the film…

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    A Lingering Conspiracy

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    declassified CIA and FBI documents in 2017, new details and revelations give conspiracy theorists a new insight on what really occurred on November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza. The lead investigation team in 1963, the Warren Commission, concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the man who gunned down the 35th President of the United States using a Carcano 91/38 Infantry Rifle. Eyewitnesses supposedly located him on the sixth floor of the book depository building in Dallas, firing a total of three…

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