THE ASSASSINATION

OF JFK

November 22, 1963Dallas, TX

“Authority Forgets a Dying King.”

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

1. November, 1963• 1964 Election

coming up• Raise support for

the Democratic Party

• JFK goes to Dallas• Not well liked in the

South• Drove from Airport

(Love Field) through Dallas to make a speech

Dealey Plaza – Dallas, TX

The Texas Schoolbook Depository Building

• Suspected where 3 shots were fired from

• 3 bullet casings found near window

• Rifle found behind boxes

JFK Waving on Parade Route

2. JFK IS SHOT• Nov. 22, 1963• Lee Harvey Oswald

Arrested for shooting Dallas Police Officer JD Tippet

• Later charged with JFK murder

• Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as President on Air Force One

• TX Gov. John Connelly also wounded

JFK pronounced Dead at Parkland Hospital

JFK FUNERAL

JFK BURIAL

3. Oswald Assassinated 2 Days Later

• Oswald being transferred to another prison

• In Police Station Garage, Oswald shot by Jack Ruby

• Ruby a Dallas nightclub owner with Mob connections

Warren Commission

• Appointed by LBJ to address JFK Murder

• Headed by US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren

• 10 month investigation concluded Lee Oswald was the lone assassin

• “Lone Gunman Theory”

Was There A Conspiracy???

• JFK at ends with CIA and FBI

• Southern States hostile towards JFK and his Civil Rights Policy

• And…

Warren Commission

• Alan Dulles on Commission– JFK fired him after Bay

of Pigs

• Records sealed until 2029

Some Weird Things…

• 1. Parade Route – Awkward turn, too slow (limo slows to 9-10 mph.)

MISC Things• 1. Were Secret Service orders compromised?

• Limo top removed??? Windows open on Street???

• 2. Shot moving away, not going towards???

• 3. Shooting with Carcano Rifle (old bolt rifle)

• 4. Tree obstruction in the way of shots

• 5. JFK limo cleaned at Hospital (blood evidence)

• 6. Connelly’s suit immediately sent to Dry-Cleaners

Dealey Plaza – Dallas, TX

• 7. JFK’s brain goes missing for a time.

• 8. Documents and Photos will go missing.

• 9. Oswald’s Military Record (Poor Shooter???)

• 10. Oswald’s Russian record (intelligence)

• 11. Jack Ruby (Mob) Connections (Who involved???)

Zapruder Film

• Single Greatest Challenge to “Lone Gunman Theory”

• Abraham Zapruder filmed JFK motorcade passing by

• Caught JFK Assassination on video tape

JFK Waving to Crowd

JFK Hit in Throat

JFK Shot in the Head

Scramble to Escape

James Teague is Wounded

6. Magic Bullet Theory(Warren Commission)Senator Arlen Spector

• FBI claims Lee Oswald fired only 3 shots

• One Shot wounds bystander James Teague

• One shot is the last fatal Head Shot

• One bullet must account for 7 more wounds between JFK and TX Gov. John Connelly

Jim Garrison

• New Orleans District Attorney

• Only person ever to bring a public trial in JFK death

• Attempts to refute the Warren Commission

More than One GunmanMore Than 3 Shots

The Eternal Flame

• In 1979, Richard Helms, then Director of CIA Covert operations in 1963, admitted under oath that Claw Shaw had worked for the CIA.

• The files of the House Selects Committee on Assassinations are sealed until the year 2029

• In 1992, Congress appointed a panel to review files and determine which documents would be made available to the public.