Wednesday, May 6, 2015
BLOG 28: JFK ASSASSINATION
Today, around 60% of Americans believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Talk to a family member and ask what they believe and why they feel that way. You can use the questions in the line graph below to help with your conversation.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
37 comments:
My family believes that there were more people involved. They think this because it is going to be hard to pull off a murder, especially if your going to murder the president. so if you are going to murder someone you most likely will need help.
Michaela Csvihinka
period 1
My grandfather believes that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone because something was not right he said it was a very planned out thing because they had to figure out his route and the precise window to shoot him. To shoot him twice one near the chest and one to the head. (I saw a video that was very gory that I didn't plan on that happening) and also the reason why I believe this is because one: Lee shoot him from a window and two: the car was driving fast around the corner. Maybe on the ground in the crowd some where there was the second shooter, because he was far away from where Lee had shot him form the window. and plus the crowd was every where at the time so it was possible that he didn't act alone.
Briana Stockbridge Period 2
I talked to my dad and he said it seemed highly unlikely that one man could act alone and succeed at such a complicated thing, such as assassinating a president. Not to mention it was in broad daylight with people everywhere. He doesn’t think we’ve been told everything about it, and it seems like there was a cover-up in the aftermath. We may never know if there were serious mistakes made by the security that they didn’t want publicized or if it was something more sinister. He doesn’t think we’ll ever know exactly who else was involved. The problem with catastrophic human events is that they tend to lend themselves to conspiracy theories, and that there’s no rational way to explain why they occurred. The way we learn about these catastrophic events as they happen, is through the media. We have to trust that the people doing the research and reporting have uncovered the correct answers from the government and witnesses. 9/11 and the assassination of a popular American president are just examples that.
Maddie Winters
Period 1
Finbar Quinn period 2
I think Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone.There are way too many things in common with Lincoln's assassination to be a coincidence it's a conspiracy like Kennedy knew something that the government didn't want out in the public like Area 51 or maybe even the illuminati or maybe like how the new xmen movie said maybe Kennedy was a mutant and the hover didn't want people to know about them just yet so they took him out.
Jessie Bennett
My mom thinks that Lee was not alone during the assassination of JFK. We both think there was other people involved to helping Lee kill him.
My mom believes that Oswald did not act alone. She believes this because of where Kennedy was shot and if you watch the tape you hear additional gunshots. After watching the footage and watching the documentary on his assassination, it makes one believe there was a conspiracy. She believes that they should reopen the case and look for other clues.
Caitlin D. P:3
Manaia Friend
5/8/15
Period 3
I talked to my Mom and she thought that he acted alone. She thought he was just a crazy person who wanted to “get rid of JFK”. I personally think that he acted with others. I think this because the plan could have easily had another person involved. Someone could have shot JFK from a building.
Well according to my mom's knowledge, the angle of the bullet that hit John F. Kennedy could not have come from Lee Harvey Oswald's gun. Therefore many feel that their most have been someone else in the shooting. However, we think the reason many others believe another individual was involved because in present day many historians have studied this assassination in an in-depth manner. Thus, drawing conclusions or making assumptions that no one ever thought of. Also the significant change in opinion from the 60's to the 90's is possibly because of the upbringing of new technology such as the Internet. Now many Americans have access to websites and articles that speculate this conspiracy theory. Clearly, both my mom and I strongly feel that another individual must have been associated with the JFK assassination.
Cailinn Stockman 5/9/15 Per.2
My dad believes that it could have been just Oswald but that it also could have been the government. He thinks that it could have been the government that supplied Oswald with a gun and a bullet that could do what it did. And my mom doesn't really have that much of an opinion on the matter.
Dawson Pallotta Period 8
Sam Gertner Period 1
My family member believes that he didn't act alone because he was following the communist movement in Russia. Even though they didn't fire the shot, my family member believes that the Russians helped Oswald plan and fund the assassination. My family member believes that this was a big conspiracy with many people helping Oswald.
Tyler Gaughan per 8
Out of the sixty percent, I am not part of that percent. I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone on the day of Kennedy's assassination. I am not the only one that believes so, as well. Could say I'm part of that thirty percent, so is other members of my family.
My dad thought he did not act alone because he belives the government was involved because he thought the first shot was by lee Harvey Oswald but the second was by the government backing him up and making sure the president would be killed, and when he was on tv they sent another man too kill him too to cover it up, so that's what my dad thought and I also think too.
Joey Samonek.
Per.3
Kayla Plunkett per. 8
For this question, I talked with my brother. He informed me that he believed that the CIA was involved in the assassination. He says this because he knew Kennedy made comments about the CIA that may have made him a target, or enemy, for them. He also does not think that one person could act so violently with just one mind thinking of a plan.
Talking to one of my family members, they had believed that Oswald had not acted alone because of the way he was shot. The bullet was said to have hit Kennedy from the back of his head and then his head had snapped backwards which is not very possible due to the laws of physics. The only way his head could have snapped backwards would be if he was hit in the front of his head which could of very well be because of another person. Although, many of ways the names and dates line up in time are merely coincidental. As for the graph, as time went by and sciences improved people could have realized that there is no telling exactly if Lee Harvey Oswald really did kill Kennedy.
Michelle A.
Period 1
When asking my father about the Kennedy assassination, he believes that there were others involved. He believes that there was another shooter with Lee Harvey Oswald.
Christina Moniz
Period 3
Caitlyn Gruber
Period 8
I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did act alone during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. I believe this because the bullets that were fired at JFK only came from one gun that was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Anna Civitelli Period 1
My Father believes that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. He believes this because of the number of guns and the capability of the guns that were used did not add up to the shots that were fired (three bullets were found.)He also believes this because JFK had a lot of sensitive government action going on like Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Unrest in the South between the Blacks and Whites, poor relations with Russia and he was cracking down on organized crime. My father believes that due to the number of shots fired, Oswald could not have acted alone. He believes there was another gunman. Another reason my Father believes Oswald did not act alone was because he was killed by Jack Ruby while in the basement of Dallas police station before he was able to be fully interrogated so the court never got to hear Oswald's full side of the story. Lastly, Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner has been linked to organized crime. Ruby was to be believed to be distraught over Kennedy's death.
My family member said,no he was not alone for assassinating the president because its very difficult to assignment a president on your own. Also because he got killed after wards by someone he might have wanted to die so no one would find out it was him that killed him and so he wouldn't have to go to jail.
Sarah Townson period 2
Megan O'Meara Period 3
My father thinks Oswald was involved in some type of conspiracy. He believes other people were involved and that Oswald wouldn't have been able to pull it off alone. He could not have gotten off all three shots from where he was with the gun he was using.
My family thinks Oswald acted alone. They think this because there are no leads in any of the major alternate theory's, and if he was working with a group someone would let the secret slip because America is not a good country for keeping secrets, and the only other country that would want Kennedy dead was The U.S.S.R. and it dissolved 24 years ago so we would know if they did it. Also if the Mob did it than they would have to kill jack ruby because he most likely would have been the cover up in that scenario. Time for the most part proves that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK by himself.
Mark Hammer
Period 3
When asked about JFK's assassination, my sister said that she believes only Lee Harvey Oswald was involved. She thinks that if more were part of the assassination, then the country would have found them. However, when I asked my dad, he said that he believes that Cubans helped Lee Harvey Oswald. He said that in that time Cubans wanted to kill the President for crimes against their country.
DJ Foley
Period 1
When asked about JFK's assassination, my sister said that she believes only Lee Harvey Oswald was involved. She thinks that if more were part of the assassination, then the country would have found them. However, when I asked my dad, he said that he believes that Cubans helped Lee Harvey Oswald. He said that in that time Cubans wanted to kill the President for crimes against their country.
DJ Foley
Period 1
My parents thought that he was the only one because they said if there was another person they would have coauthor him then. Also now a days they say murders are one person,usually not involving other people.
Period1
Amanda Hanna
I believe that Harvey Lee Oswald did do the JFK assignation by himself. I think that it is very possible for someone to do that by himself. If JFK was in a convertible he was in a very good stop to get shot. If someone was insane enough it is very well possible.
Lilly Macfadyen period 8
After questioning my family members the verdict I reached was that they though that others were involved besides Oswald. To be more specific they thought it was the local mafia due to both organized crime being more common at the time and Kennedy's brother attempting to cut down on organized crime. They feel this way because they believe after watching the assassination it seemed as if there were multiple people involved and that the most logical conclusion (besides Oswald) would be the mob.
-Tyler V
My parents believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did act alone during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. They believe this because after all these years that have gone by, they have not found any evidence about another person helping him. If it was a conspiracy with multiple people, then someone would have eventually said something or something would have leaked out.
Meghan Lancaster
Period 8
Michael Wisentaner
I talked to my brother about the JFK Assanation. He believes that it is a real event and not a conspiracy. Lee Harvey Oswald did live in Russia and had ties to the soviets so he could of wanted to kill JFK because of the spread of communism. This is what he believes. I totally agree with my brother and I think that's what happened also
Alyssa Noce
Period 2
My mom believes that Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK because that is something that Oswald wanted to do. He planned the attack and executed it so that it worked. The shots came from one place so he had to have been the only person attacking JFK. He was proven guilty and found running from the cops. No other men were found running.
The family member I talked to believed that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone in the Kennedy assassination. he thinks this because all the things didn't add up correctly. The gun that Lee Harvey Oswald used was an old, inaccurate rifle, so it couldn't be fired that quickly while still having that accuracy.
Tommy Brisch
My dad beleives that although there has been an enourmous amount of circumstantial evidence, JFK was in fact shot by a lone gun man. It would seem that peoples lack of planning, foresight, and competence, as well as the gunmans incredible luck, has made the event look like it was carefully orchestrated by a shadowy group. The amount of people necessary to be complicit in this type of conspiracy, which is essentially a coup of the US government, is unlikely. Nor is it likely that this group, given all the people at various levels of government and public service involved, could stay quiet for all these years.
Murray McCarthy
Jake mccarthy pr.1
"At the time group of people who didn't like his decision making about Cuba for instance bay of pigs. However, it's entirely posible that Oswald was contracted but I do believe that he was a lone gun man."-mother
I asked my father what he thought about the assassination. He believes that Lee Harvey Oswald only because he read the book Killing Kennedy and saw a show on it with me on the History Channel. On the show it talked about how they only found 1 gun. If one person can operate a gun at a time then only one person could have killed him.
Kenny Schneider Period 1
Amanda Flynn
I asked my mom if she thinks Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or with other people and she thinks he acted alone. She thinks this because there is no true evidence to show that anyone acted with Lee Harvey Oswald, so why does anyone even believe that if there was nothing to lead to it.
Melissa Psaras
Period 1
The family member I talked to was my mother. She believed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the only one acting in the assassination of Kennedy. She believed this because since Oswald was killed before his trial, if Oswald was part of a group the group would not have let that killing been carried out. She also believes that if it was a group the truth would have came out by now in some way or another.
My family believes that no one else was involved in the assassination of JFK because they trust the government. They believe that if someone else was involved the investigators would have found out. Also they think that people just come up with theories and think that someone else was involved, But overall my family believes that it was just Lee Harvey Oswald. No one else was in the conspiracy. They trust the government.
Maria Castro-Rodrigeuz
period 1
I asked my father and step mother if they believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, or with a group of other people. My dad thinks that he acted with others, because of how well thought out the act was. My step mother also thinks he acte with others, but not because it was well thought out, but because of the amount similarities between JKF and Lincoln. She believes that Lee Harvey Oswald was put up to it by the government.
Casandra Stoica
Period 3
My family and I think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, partly because there was not any evidence and they believe the government.
Kaitlyn Reagan
Post a Comment