Comment Re:What a surprise!...NOT (Score 1) 550
A bit before my time. But according to family members who were alive and watching the news:
#1 - Eyewitnesses gave various radically different versions of events. Many present were CERTAIN that bullets were coming from a different direction. Careful selection of which accounts to believe could provide evidence for practically anything...
#2 - I suspect one in amillion is hyperbole. However, people did not find the offical version convincing at the time. Nor did the later investigation change many minds.
#3 - The conduct of the investigation did not increase public confidence. This was an era before the CSI TV series, but the handling of the body and other physical evidence indicated either remarkable ignorance of forensic science or a lack of concern about determining the truth. The murder of the suspect by an organized crime figure, attributed OFFICIALLY to a transport of civic spirit, did not help matters.
#4 - The initial reaction of my family members upon hearing the news was "Johnson did it." Not any sort of evidence, but indicative of public opinion. And after the Warren Comission, some sort of conspiracy with him involved still seemed more likely than the official account of a lone gunman, some bizarre coincidences, and the worst spin control in recorded history.
I don't have much emotional capital invested either way. It is a bit scary that I find the notion of a successful coup so plausible, but I've heard many whopping lies from the government over far smaller stakes. On the other hand, coincidences do happen. I'd like to know the truth, but suspect it's become a religious issue. Anyone doubting the official version gets labeled a crackpot, while any actual evidence for the offical version has obviously been manufactured by our secret overlords...
#1 - Eyewitnesses gave various radically different versions of events. Many present were CERTAIN that bullets were coming from a different direction. Careful selection of which accounts to believe could provide evidence for practically anything...
#2 - I suspect one in amillion is hyperbole. However, people did not find the offical version convincing at the time. Nor did the later investigation change many minds.
#3 - The conduct of the investigation did not increase public confidence. This was an era before the CSI TV series, but the handling of the body and other physical evidence indicated either remarkable ignorance of forensic science or a lack of concern about determining the truth. The murder of the suspect by an organized crime figure, attributed OFFICIALLY to a transport of civic spirit, did not help matters.
#4 - The initial reaction of my family members upon hearing the news was "Johnson did it." Not any sort of evidence, but indicative of public opinion. And after the Warren Comission, some sort of conspiracy with him involved still seemed more likely than the official account of a lone gunman, some bizarre coincidences, and the worst spin control in recorded history.
I don't have much emotional capital invested either way. It is a bit scary that I find the notion of a successful coup so plausible, but I've heard many whopping lies from the government over far smaller stakes. On the other hand, coincidences do happen. I'd like to know the truth, but suspect it's become a religious issue. Anyone doubting the official version gets labeled a crackpot, while any actual evidence for the offical version has obviously been manufactured by our secret overlords...
