Essay On Jfk Assassination

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Who killed JFK? The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on 22nd November 1963 threw shock-waves throughout the country and the world. Immediately allegations were made and opinions decided. However, conspiracy theories became increasingly popular due to the uncertain nature of the assassination, the suspicious events after the killing and the multiple conflicting eyewitness accounts. Much of the officially published evidence points towards Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone gunman who killed the president, however, many of the events which transpired after the shooting lead many to believe that Oswald was not acting alone. Events such as Jack Ruby killing Oswald just days after the assassination and witnesses placing the two together…show more content…
Ruby was involved with organised crime in Dallas, and such his murder of Oswald sparked many conspiracies regarding a mafia involvement in the assassination of JFK. Ruby had many mafia connections, ranging from him running errands for Al Capone as a child in a Mafia run slums of Chicago to his nightclub, The Carousel Club, which was a hotbed for mafia activity and reports that Ruby associated with known mafia members. The Carousel Club was also a social destination of large numbers of Dallas police officers, many of whom knew…show more content…
He is desperate to receive some attention, as he does not want to return to his former life as a nobody. He is known to have kept a ‘historical diary’ showing his tendency to believe he is more important than he really is. He wants to be remembered, he wants to be somebody. * Oswald shows his acceptance of shooting political figures with a failed attempt at the assassination of General Walker. * Meanwhile, John F. Kennedy is making powerful enemies around the country. His anti-Mafia opinions and plans are angering Carlos Marcello, and his failed attempt at an invasion of Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, lost any support he might have had from anti-Castro

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