John F Kennedy JFK Assassination

It was the chilling CBS Radio Broadcast heard by millions of Americans that marked one of the biggest mysteries of modern time.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States is dead. John F. Kennedy has died of the wounds received in the assassination in Dallas... We Repeat- President Kennedy is dead."(Bennett 75)

Although the assassination of President John F. Kennedy occurred forty-four years ago, the buzz surrounding his death never died down (Anders). It's the most controversial case in U.S. history. Was Lee Harvey Oswald the lone killer, or is there more to the story? If you are like most Americans, you believe it was a conspiracy that killed JFK and have heard the numerous stories of how it probably happened. The number of factual oddities present in the theory, claiming the CIA and the Mafia backed the murder, is enough to make even the biggest skeptic a believer (Anders).

It was the morning of November 22, 1963. The motorcade planned to "snake" through downtown Dallas, ending at the Dallas Trade Mart, where the President would make a speech (Bennett 10). Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry drove the first truck of the motorcade, followed by 3 motorcycles and the Presidential Limousine, which seated: two Secret Service, John and Jackie Kennedy in the back seat, and Texas Governor John Connally and wife, Nellie, riding in the front (Bennett 10). Four more motorcycles followed, along with more Secret Service, Vice President Johnson and his wife, and the press (Bennett 10). Despite fears about anti-Kennedy sentiments, there were tons of people in Downtown Dallas waiting to see the President and his wife (Bennett 12).

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After traveling down Main Street, the motorcade turned onto Houston Str...

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...wn the assassins out of the New Orleans airport to Dallas, and back. He then soon after died. On top of that, Philebar said that many UPS men "swear" they unloaded weaponry in an old warehouse- owned by Clay Shaw, a powerful New Orleans business man- where they say Ferry, Shaw, and Oswald met before the assassination. One man who had heard about all the ties between New Orleans, the Mafia, the CIA and the assassination of the President was Jim Garrison. He was a New Orleans District Attorney who began to "shed light" on the controversial issues. The government began to make him look like a fool and even tried to arrest him of bribery ( Garrison Not Guilty 1). After he was found not guilty he yelled to reporters, "They recognized the plot against a man who had been criticizing the government... I have only just begun criticizing the government." (Garrison Not Guilty 1)