Lee Harvey's Assassination Research Paper

Lincoln, Malcolm X, Franz Ferdinand, all murdered, all with a purpose, all with a confirmed killer. Why did these assassinations happen? What caused these people to feel the need to kill such powerful people? While we know who killed many, and most of people, who were assassinated while in powerful positions, we have no idea who really killed Kennedy. Though many theories surround his death, we have no real evidence to confirm a killer. Could it have been the work of a single person, a group of people, maybe radicals, or even a conspiracy?

Although there have been numerous assassination plots and attempts, there have only been four successful presidential assassinations in the history of the U.S. Today I’ll be comparing and contrasting two different president killers: John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. They lived almost a century apart, but still have many similarities. Lee and John basically did the same crime, assassinating a U.S President, however, they have numerous differences.

Finally, the C.I.A., Oswald ,and Ruby had many connections with the assassination of Kennedy.Ruby was known for his mob relations and kept the mob still as an assumed

The assassination of John F. Kennedy is said to be, as from the Warren report, a murder. The Warren report states that a man, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired 3 shots from the 6th floor of the Texas Book State Depository building. One missed the President’s motorcade completely; another hit President Kennedy in the neck, and the last hit him in the head, which was later said after an autopsy, to be the cause of death.

November 24, just two days after the assassination of the president, Oswald was being transferred out of the Dallas police station where he had been interrogated. Oswald was shot and killed on live television by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner with links to local organized crime bosses. Based on his curious recent history and political affiliations, Oswald was a believable assassin in the eyes of the American public, and his death at the hands of Ruby seemed to bring closure to the astonishing case (“Alternative”).

Although Ruby claims to have murdered Oswald as revenge for killing President Kennedy, most people believe it was part of a cover up for a much larger conspiracy. After Ruby’s arrest, he was sentenced to death, only to have his trials postponed and die of lung cancer shortly after postponing the trial. While Oswald was in interrogation, he changed his story many times when asked routine questions such as “where were you at the time of the shooting”, or “explain to us what you did the day of the assassination”. He also denied any involvement in the incident even though there was evidence against him. Oswald was bound to face further, more intense interrogation in the future, and this is the reason most people believe that assassination of Oswald was to prevent him from talking about what actually happened in the Kennedy assassination.

One of the most tragic moments in U.S. history happened before the naked eye. John F. Kennedy’s brutal assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald was the suspected assassin, but why would a former U.S marine kill the president of the country he went to war for? Assassination means murdered for political reasons. I believe that Kennedy’s assassination was part of a much bigger plot, carried out by more than just one lone assassin, and was planned well prior. Oswald was just an easy mark to pin the crime on, he was set up, “...most likely by the CIA,who he was speculated to be a member of.”(Morley) Kennedy wanted to help poor people and wanted to help improve government health facilities, schools and houses, and he was murdered for it, what would one lone man’s motive be to kill someone that only wanted to better this country? There was there a much bigger picture.

Oswald defected to the soviet union, Oswald was also shot and killed by club owner Jack Ruby. Ruby was known to have background with the mob, organized crime. This bring about two possible motives behind Oswald doing what he did. During his time with the Soviet Union he could have perfected his marksmanship and also could have been motivated to kill the president. America and the Soviet Union were very much enemies at this time which further supports that they were assisting Oswald. Jack Ruby supports the theory that the mob was behind this. There are a number of reasons why the mob would want to kill Kennedy. Jack Ruby was a nightclub owner he was known to have direct relations with the mob. The mob could have forced him to take out Oswald

Two days following the tragedy, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. While he was being transported into the Dallas police station, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. “Jack Ruby was a local club owner with

        John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 while he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza.The assassinator,Lee Harvey Oswald killed not just Kennedy but someone by the name of J.D. Tippit. This topic is important because some people say that he was the greatest president the united states ever had cause of all the things that benefited americans and all the things to do with civil rights, while others say that he was the worst because of all of the bad things that happened during his time as president.He also thought that peace was the most important thing to maintain during his time as president. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he was a war hero, civil rights activist but people thought that he was responsible for the bay of pigs plan.

Kennedy the thirty-fifth president of the United States of America. Oswald had a job in the Texas school book depository building in Dallas, he had a clear view from the sixth story of the motorcade Kennedy was riding in. Oswald also had the military training from the Marine Corps and could have easily taken those three shots at a moving target and get a headshot in eight and a half seconds. In the military you are taught how to shoot fast and accurately under a lot of pressure and stress. The KGB would not have wanted to do this because it was at the height of the Cold War and would have started a nuclear war and neither the Soviet Union of the United States wanted this to happen. The CIA would not have done it either because they are a trusted institution in our government and are supposed to protect our nation and its people. They would have known if anyone else was involved like the KGB or any other secret or foreign agency. Lyndon B. Johnson would not have wanted to do this at all either. He was just really easy to blame because he was next in line for the presidency because he was the vice president. This is the proof that proves that it was Lee Harvey Oswald himself that carried this assassination that changed history forever out on his

that he was linked to the assassination of Kennedy. He claimed he was innocent on the accounts of shooting both President Kennedy and Officer Tippet. On November 24, 1963 Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. There are theories that Ruby shot Oswald because Ruby didn’t want Oswald selling him out if they were accomplices in the assassination (IMDb.com, Inc., 2008).

His assassination was very unsuspected, mysterious, and very sad. There was a person named Oswald right now he is considered guilty. Some people think. he is innocent but it is still a mystery. He is considered guilty because the shot was fired from the 6th floor but once the police came in he was sitting on the first floor eating lunch like it was nothing. Still another thing is he would only have 90 seconds (1 minute 30 seconds) to go from the 6th floor to the 1st and not even winded or nervous, he was regular.

Bang! Three gunshots rang out when all attention was placed on the motionless body of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, which his head has been severely wounded. The man most known for negotiating the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress was assassinated in front of the public in Dallas. He was killed as if it was a public execution with Henry Oswald, JFK’s assassin, as the executioner. This was one of the most devastating deaths in America. Most assassinations are done because of personal opinion on a person. However, former president, JFK, assassination was absolutely not an exception. JFK’s assassination was not justified for the reason is that he impacted America’s politics and lifestyle, he had big plans, and was killed without a clear motive.

Imagine you are sitting next to a loved one in a car on a warm sunny day. You are being driven through town while smiling crowds watch from the sidelines. Everything is going perfectly until three shots ring out, and you look down to discover that you have blood splattered over you. Except to your dismay, the blood covering your clothes is not your own but your loved one’s. In the chaos, someone tries to get to the car in order to help your loved one and the person shot in front of you. Little can be done for your loved one as they lose blood rapidly. You helplessly watch as the very person you love dearly dies in front of your eyes. The loved one is rushed to the hospital only to die thirty minutes later. All of the feelings of shock and horror are exactly was Jackie Kennedy felt after witnessing her husband’s assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald was taken into custody to be questioned and put on trial. He was being transported when a man, Jack Kirby, shot him in the stomach. He died two days later. Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination was justified because it saved the nation from the time and resources needed for a high-profile trial, he killed the leader of the United States, and it brought comfort to the nation, even though first-degree murder is breaking the law.