Conspiracists believe Jack Ruby was a mobster who killed Oswald to silence him.
Ruby died in jail a couple of years later, supposedly with some deep dark secret.
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However. . .
Jack Ruby knew gangsters but was not one. (He knew lots of cops too!)
He was a night club owner.
Those that knew him said he couldn’t keep a secret for 2 minutes!
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Ruby’s assassination was not planned.
Ruby left his dog and his girlfriend in the car when he left to shoot Oswald.
No conspiracy here from Jack Ruby!
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Was Kennedy shot from the front?
2nd assassin?
Zapruder
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Many assume based on JFK’s bodily motion and blood spray that he was shot from the front.
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No witnesses reported gunshots that day!
2nd assassin?
Zapruder
wall
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All witnesses that day described shots from where Oswald was
Witness described people
but no shots behind fence
Oswald
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Picket fence
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View from behind fence (x marks the spot)
3rd shot
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There were plenty of witnesses in that area. None reported hearing shots. A few attention seekers claimed they did years later.
The witness behind the fence died in a single car crash 2 years later, festering conspirators' ideas.
Many witnesses have been accused of being a part of the conspiracy, including Zapruder (born in Russia).
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Kennedy was hit in the back of the neck, not the front.
He was hit in the back of the head, not the front.
A shooter could not have hit JFK from the fence without hitting Jackie or her area.
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Oliver Stone argued that a single bullet could not have hit JFK and Governor Connally the way reported.
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Magic Bullet?