07-06-2018, 07:22 PM
I think the book I read on the RFK assassination was The Killing of Robert Kennedy by Dan Moldea. In that book, it is made clear that there was only one person (besides Sirhan) who was in the vicinity of RFK with a gun when he was killed. And that was a security guard who was completely investigated and exonerated.
Apparently, there was so much panic and frenzy at the time of the RFK shooting, that people's adrenaline was pumping and there was total chaos. This was true as witnessed by police who had seen many chaotic situations. Even by their standards, this panic at the RFK scene was over the top.
When relying on these eyewitnesses, it seems like there was no way to exactly know which bullet was fired first, which one second, etc. The entire shooting was probably over in five or six seconds, in other words, as fast as Sirhan could pull the trigger and empty his gun.
If one thinks that RFK was killed by a close-up shot to the head, then you have to have someone holding the gun over RFK or next to RFK in addition to Sirhan. The place was packed and nobody claims to have seen anybody else shooting besides Sirhan. The exact timing of the shots and angles of the shots was prone to the inaccuracy in reporting by the eyewitnesses. It was impossible to accurately reconstruct.
The reason why people question the JFK case and not the JFK case is pretty simple. In the JFK case, it was impossible for Oswald to have done the shooting. In the RFK case, there is no KNOWN evidence of a plot involving Sirhan. And Sirhan was immediately jumped on and taken to the police station, red-handed (so to speak). He or his family may have been paid off somehow. But nobody has ever produced and evidence, even circumstantial, to support that possibility.
We know that almost everybody who thought about it, felt that RFK would never be allowed to become President, because, as President, he would be able to bust the murderers of his brother. So the shooters of his brother would likely shoot him, too.
But at the ambassador hotel, where RFK was shot, there were multiple people carrying signs that said "Kill Kennedy" or similar items. So it looks like RFK's murder was a copycat event, despite the known fact that RFK really had a dark, dark cloud over his head when he was shot.
James Lateer
Apparently, there was so much panic and frenzy at the time of the RFK shooting, that people's adrenaline was pumping and there was total chaos. This was true as witnessed by police who had seen many chaotic situations. Even by their standards, this panic at the RFK scene was over the top.
When relying on these eyewitnesses, it seems like there was no way to exactly know which bullet was fired first, which one second, etc. The entire shooting was probably over in five or six seconds, in other words, as fast as Sirhan could pull the trigger and empty his gun.
If one thinks that RFK was killed by a close-up shot to the head, then you have to have someone holding the gun over RFK or next to RFK in addition to Sirhan. The place was packed and nobody claims to have seen anybody else shooting besides Sirhan. The exact timing of the shots and angles of the shots was prone to the inaccuracy in reporting by the eyewitnesses. It was impossible to accurately reconstruct.
The reason why people question the JFK case and not the JFK case is pretty simple. In the JFK case, it was impossible for Oswald to have done the shooting. In the RFK case, there is no KNOWN evidence of a plot involving Sirhan. And Sirhan was immediately jumped on and taken to the police station, red-handed (so to speak). He or his family may have been paid off somehow. But nobody has ever produced and evidence, even circumstantial, to support that possibility.
We know that almost everybody who thought about it, felt that RFK would never be allowed to become President, because, as President, he would be able to bust the murderers of his brother. So the shooters of his brother would likely shoot him, too.
But at the ambassador hotel, where RFK was shot, there were multiple people carrying signs that said "Kill Kennedy" or similar items. So it looks like RFK's murder was a copycat event, despite the known fact that RFK really had a dark, dark cloud over his head when he was shot.
James Lateer