The assassination of John F. Kennedy

Assassination of John F . Kennedy

The assassination of John F . Kennedy has piqued the curiosity of millions across America for decades . At first America banded together in one of the nation 's most tragic events ever

The president was riding in a convertible in Dallas , Texas in an entourage that included his wife and the governor of Texas . Shots rang out at about 12 :30

.m . and both the president and governor were wounded . The car sped up to the local hospital where the president was pronounced dead at 1p .m

(Goldfield , David etal , 1998

Nearly a half hour later police found a rifle that they proved was the gun that killed the president . It had the hand prints of Lee Harvey Oswald on them . Two days later before Oswald ever had a chance for his day in court or to really talk much at all , he was murdered by Jack Ruby . Ruby claimed he did this to save the First Lady the grief of having to go through a trial (David E . Scheim 1988

It is very plausible that the CIA was connected to Oswald . After the CIA had Oswald kill JFK , they made sure that Oswald was killed before anything could go to trial . This would ensure fewer facts about the case were ever brought up . Meanwhile , many embraced Ruby has a patriotic American who killed Oswald out of love for his country and love for the president 's family

However , it is not very probable that the mafia may have had much to do with the assassination . Much has to be assumed as truth to accept this theory . However it is possible that President Kennedy wanted the mafia to assassinate Castro . When the Bay of Pigs was a failure information would be leaked out about the mob since they were no longer of use to the president . We have heard about Ruby having dirty ties ' to the mafia . He thinks this theory is credible because Ruby is linked to both the mafia and Oswald . That even if the government wanted the mafia to kill Castro they would not go to such great lengths to cover up an assassination to save a bunch of criminals which makes this theory less likely compared to the CIA theory

It is believed that Oswald had enough time for only three shots and so he fired only three . The first shot completely missed the car . The second shot fired was the killed the president . The bullet struck the president in the back of head fatally . That means there was only one more bullet . It is known that Kennedy was also hit in the back of his neck . Governor Connelly was sitting in front of the president and was somehow struck on the right wrist and the left thigh . Now if there were only three shots and the president was hit with two of them both in the back of his head and his neck , it would be impossible for those shots...