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[Chris R]

Was the first shot enough to be lethal? Or could he have survived if he ducked for cover asap after the first shot.

 

[Veidt]

Man, watching that, I can't shake the feeling that this was some professional level shit.

 

[MeBecomingI]

It was magic. Get with the program.

Wait, what?

 

[B!TCH]

I don't think I want to see that any clearer than the vid that was posted here

JFK/RFK/MLK/Malcolm X all fascinated me as a kid. JFK especially. My earliest memory of crying after someone died was when his son JFK Jr. died.

Man, watching that, I can't shake the feeling that this was some professional level shit.

You mean like the mob/mafia?

 

[revolverjgw]

Jiminy fucking Cricket, that must have been traumatic for his wife.

 

[Dead Man]

Wait, what?

Magic Bullet Theory

 

[EXGN]

We can uncover the mystery with technology that will be out in 2019.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcU0gwZUdg#t=1m16s

 

[NullPointer]

Magic Bullet Theory

And in more dramatic form here.

 

[feel]

damn..

finally got to see that vid.

gruesome. :/

WOW

Had never seen this one. Thought the far away ones were as good quality/angle as it could get.

DAMN this was clearer than I wanted to see

 

[Marty Chinn]

I'm kinda surprised at the number of people who haven't seen this video since it's everywhere. Especially since the movie JFK is out there.

 

[callmedave]

Man, watching that, I can't shake the feeling that this was some professional level shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5IWK9sRYTs

 

[SmZA]

The shots that hit JFK come from the front (like the doctors said, and witnesses). Shot (more or less) from the driver seat backs. In this space there is enough space for a killer with a silencer. Outside they shoots but kills from inside the car. Why no one took into account the shots with silencer. Why the car was not analyzed. I note first of all wounds. If the holes are in front of the car then maybe the killer is. Not the driver. just below. I don't speak well. Sorry

JFK happily let a dude with a gun crouch down inside the car so he could get killed? Has to be a troll, has to be...

 

[ntb825]

There are some pretty good JFK documentaries on Netflix streaming.

And a few shitty ones.

 

[Fuzzery]

Lucas has an enhanced version coming out next year and you can clearly see Greedo in the book repository.

Han shot first

 

[Zenith]

Man, watching that, I can't shake the feeling that this was some professional level shit.

You mean like a US Marine? Which Oswald was.

 

[StuBurns]

I've never seen that footage before, or in fact video of anyone being killed I think. Pretty shocking.

 

[speedpop]

I still remember sitting through the movie JFK and turning my head away at the scene of his assassination. I must have been barely 10 at the time.

 

[Dmented]

JFK assassinated JFK

Haha. Great stuff man. Love me some Red Dwarf.

 

[Red Liquorice]

I'm surprised there are still people who haven't seen the Zapruder film, it's one of the most famous pieces of film surely.

 

[ToxicAdam]

I love Oliver Stone's JFK movie. Even though it's factually all over the map, it's still a gripping movie and incredibly entertaining.

People complain about the violence of today, but I think it palls in comparison to the 50's and 60's. Crazy shit was happening all the time. Strikes, riots, assassinations, blacks and gays being beaten to death, mob crime, etc etc. It was still the 'wild west' in many parts.


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My biggest issue with the JFK assassination is the guy who got struck by a riccochet while standing under an underpass. Crazy bullet theory there.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Looks like he got on the right temple; his head moved forwards first and then backwards to the left. I've never seen this before. It appears he got hit from two angles

P.S. I hardly know anything about this conspiracy theory and its debunkers, hence my question

 

[EatChildren]

Looks like he got on the right temple; his head moved forwards first and then backwards to the left. I've never seen this before. It appears he got hit from two angles

He was shot twice. Once through the back/neck, and then through the head.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

For those curious about how the President was shot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_autopsy

The HSCA section has two illustrated diagrams showing the paths of the bullets through his body, along with detailed medical descriptions of the structures damaged by their paths. Be warned, however; the page also features a supposed "autopsy photo" of the President and his head injury.

 

[Joel Was Right]

He was shot twice. Once through the back/neck, and then through the head.

Oswald's shot came from the back right? The bullet then exited through JFK's throat. I won't even go into the magic bullet part. How could Oswald then shot him on the front-side of the head?

Edit: So the shot to the head exited through the right side (temple region)?

 

[freenudemacusers]

great more conspiracy babble

 

[Vagabundo]

For those curious about how the President was shot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_autopsy

The HSCA section has two illustrated diagrams showing the paths of the bullets through his body, along with detailed medical descriptions of the structures damaged by their paths. Be warned, however; the page also features a supposed "autopsy photo" of the President and his head injury.

The skull fragments are shown exploded for illustrative purposes; most stayed attached to the skull by skin flaps

urgh...

 

[KHarvey16]

Oswald's shot came from the back right? The bullet then exited through JFK's throat. I won't even go into the magic bullet part. How could Oswald then shot him on the front-side of the head?

Edit: So the shot to the head exited through the right side (temple region)?

The wound you see toward the front of his head is the exit wound.

 

[SmokyDave]

damn..

finally got to see that vid.

gruesome. :/

I don't think I've ever seen this footage before. That was pretty grim.

 

[magicstop]

And in more dramatic form here.

And yet an even more dramatic version here

Back and to the left, back and to the left, back and to the left.

 

[Blablurn]

damn, saw the video for the first time as well, plus this wikipedia page. holy shit.

 

[effzee]

I wonder what the reaction to the news was like back then.

Then I imagine how it would be today if the President was assassinated. With the media coverage now it would be insane.

 

[backflip10019]

damn..

finally got to see that vid.

gruesome. :/

Fuck, I shouldn't have watched that.

 

[YoungHav]

Jack Kirby's dumbass shouldn't have killed Oswald.

What are the odds that JFK/RFK/MLK/X would all be killed by rogue gunmen? Public figures don't get clapped like this randomly.

Is it true some JFK documents get declassified in 2076?

 

[Hieberrr]

Holt shit, its the first time I saw this footage in colour and so clear.. that's scary!

 

[Seda]

Fuck, I shouldn't have watched that.

I don't know what compelled me to watch it, I knew I was gonna regret it.

 

[besada]

Jack Kirby's dumbass shouldn't have killed Oswald.

It think you might mean Jack Ruby, rather than Jack Kirby, who was a comic artist.

 

[Carlisle]

Jack Ruby was hired by LBJ to kill his patsy because a trial would have dragged on too long and left too many opportunities for the truth to be exposed. Duh.

 

[CrazyDude]

It think you might mean Jack Ruby, rather than Jack Kirby, who was a comic artist.

No, Jack Kirby was part of the conspiracy as well or did you really think drawing comics was how he earned his money?

 

[besada]

No, Jack Kirby was part of the conspiracy as well or did you really think drawing comics was how he earned his money?

 

[bolbronx]

And yet an even more dramatic version here

Back and to the left, back and to the left, back and to the left.

Well, that wasn't funny

 

[Orayn]

Jack Kirby's dumbass shouldn't have killed Oswald.

What are the odds that JFK/RFK/MLK/X would all be killed by rogue gunmen? Public figures don't get clapped like this randomly.

Is it true some JFK documents get declassified in 2076?

Who says a lone nutcase can't try to kill a public figure? History is full of examples of it happening.

Also, :lol@Jack Kirby

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

damn that autopsy photo is gruesome...

Can you imagine what went through JFKs head (no pun intended) the moment the first bullet went through? Just imagine thinking (I'm being assassinated while my wife sits next to me...) Fuck.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I've never been shot, but if I were by surprise and in that circumstance I probably wouldn't realize what exactly happened for a few minutes.

 

[ToxicAdam]

I've never been shot, but if I were by surprise and in that circumstance I probably wouldn't realize what exactly happened for a few minutes.

Your brain/body would be flushed with so much adrenaline and DMT, you probably would be physically numb, also.

 

[triplestation]

God damn it.

 

[Agnostic]

God damn it.

First time?

My first experience with any video footage of the assassination was from the JFK movie. I can still remember that day back in the 90s. I remember a photograph of Ruby killing Oswald before that but most of the stuff taught in school was in a boring book.

 

[Veidt]

You mean like a US Marine? Which Oswald was.

Yea, that's what I meant.
Chest, head. It just seemed so well thought through.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Jack Kirby's dumbass shouldn't have killed Oswald.

What are the odds that JFK/RFK/MLK/X would all be killed by rogue gunmen? Public figures don't get clapped like this randomly.

Is it true some JFK documents get declassified in 2076?

Erm, just about every assassinated American president and attempted assassination (that we know about, anyway) was by a rogue gunman. OK, technically Lincoln's assassination was part of a "conspiracy" but it was a group of sketchy confederate loyalists, not the Illuminati pulling the strings.

Garfield--nutjob
Lincoln--Confederate sympathizer
McKinley--anarchist
Kennedy--Oswald???????

Teddy Roosevelt was shot and famously finished a speech before tending to it. Squeaky Fromme tried to kill Gerald Ford, Reagan was shot by a fellow trying to impress Jodie Foster (I believe she declines to say whether it worked)... there's probably a lot more.

 

[SUPREME1]

Fucking CIA assassins.

 

[scitek]

Every time I see that Zapruder film, I shake my head at how it happened right in Jackie's face. Pieces of her husband's head exploded all over her. So fucked up.