The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository

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circumlocution · 2023-09 · Strong recommendation

To those who haven't seen it, I'd really recommend Lemmino's video on the assassination [VIDEO] He dives pretty deep into the details, and it helped me form my own opinion of what probably happened

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jmyeet · 2023-09 · Strong recommendation

I highly suggest people go watch "inside the book Depository" [1]. It's long but it gives a good overview of the sequence of events and the discrepancies. Thing is, it's not a conspiracy theorist video. The best part of the video is the last segment where the creator uses all the examples to show just how unreliable eyewitness testimony is, even when fresh let alone decades later. They go on to say that pretty much any conspiracy theory relies on cherry-picking certain details as irrefutable while ignoring others and this is esentially an arbitrary decision based on whatever narrative someone is pushing. Additionally, the details supposedly changed never make sense for a conspiracy that is supposedly powerful enough to arrange all this. Lastly, people often see things through a modern lens. Presidential security is a big one. JFK used to stop his motorcade and go into the crowd. Anyone with a handgun could've ended him. These people weren't all frisked and vetted. It was a different time. JFK's assassination is probably a big part of why presidential security changed. So the idea that you needed to have or be a sniper (or a team of snipers) is a silly one and based on modern assumptions. Myths in this area persist too despite them being debunked. One that springs to mind is that you couldn't fire Oswald's rifle fast enough. CBS and the FBI tested and debunked this in the 1960s [2]. When this happens you'll often find the conspiracy theory moves the goalposts from it being "im

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Hikikomori · 2024-01 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] Worth a watch if you are interested in this. He reconstructs the physical space and where the people were and moved over time using witness testimony.

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