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MinM

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RFK Assassination: Multiple Shooters

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Multiple shooters in the RFK Assassination. As one of the 5 shooting victims in the Pantry of the Ambassador Hotel that night attests to in this Huffington Post piece:

Robert F. Kennedy's Assassination Remembered By Paul Schrade

LOS ANGELES — Paul Schrade easily recites the details of the last day of his life before he was shot in the head alongside his friend, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He knows it all by heart, every step he took, every sight and sound as if it was yesterday.

In the 43 years Sunday since that transformative night when Schrade came close to losing his life, he has understood the details. But he is shadowed to this day by nagging questions: What really happened that night and who made it happen?

Schrade, at 86, tall, white haired and projecting the vitality of a much younger man, has given the second half of his life over to preserving Kennedy's legacy and trying to unravel the puzzle of his friend's assassination. He believes there was more than one gunman in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel when he and Kennedy and four others were shot. And he plans to publish his story about what he has learned. For now, he declines to say what that is.

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"It's always on my mind," Schrade said. "It has to be. The family is not involved because they can't handle reliving the pain and suffering and they don't want to expose Ethel to it. But I always keep a member of the family informed if we're about to release anything." ...

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/04/robert-f-kennedys-assassination-anniversary_n_871407.html

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northoftheborder

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Sun Jun-05-11 10:28 PM
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1. This article is fascinating and horrifying. I hope nothing happens to this man.

Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 10:30 PM by northoftheborder

In light of the various theories concerning the assassination of JFK, and the fact that this man alludes to the fact that RFK's death is part of that whole plot, his research and book could have vital influence of the history of that era.

RFK would have been a wonderful president, the only true liberal who had a chance to be elected, in the 20th century, in my opinion.

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hlthe2b

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Sun Jun-05-11 10:35 PM
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2. I think he's safe... those at risk will just claim senility...

I hope, though, if he has the facts that the public will take it seriously. Poor man... He's obviously been haunted.

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MinM

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Mon Jun-06-11 07:17 AM
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3. Which may explain why Paul Schrade is coming forward now...

At 86 he might be willing to take any possible consequences at this point. Although, in fairness to Paul Schrade, this is consistent with the eyewitness testimony he has given for the past 43 years, since day one. It just sounds as if he's able and willing now to put his name behind some sort of document of historical record while fleshing out more details.

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JohnyCanuck

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Mon Jun-06-11 08:25 AM
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4. This is all just another conspiracy theory.....

therefore we know it can't possibly be true. To cure yourself of an encroaching case of paranoia, just repeat to yourself, "law enforcement and other government agencies are always lead by honorable people who would never lie to me or engage in coverup" until you find yourself believing it. (And disregard my sig line).

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MikeMc

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Mon Jun-06-11 11:22 AM
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5. Ripping off Cesar's clip on tie was Kennedy's last move to fight back.

Good clip. Take care about trusting Don Schulman as a witness, though. Schulman had worked previously for Ace security, himself. Schulman and two of his friends from Pierce Junior College, Ira Goldstein and Jeff Brent, were all at ground zero in the assassination, as 'student reporters'. Goldstein got shot in the leg or buttock, but got slapped by Ethel for 'asking after Kennedy in a vulgar manner', after the shooting. What he said is a ? to me.

When VH 1 first launched to compete with MTV, they showed some footage of Morton Downey, Jr. at the Ambassador. He was on-stage after the assassination, signaling someone in the back of the room by putting a finger and thumb gun to his head and nodding vigorously, over and over. You'll sometimes see footage taken that night of another man in a suit doing this, but the VH 1 footage was of Downey, who actually was going around with the Kennedy campaign, having approached the campaign as an Irish folk singer. (Kind of like how Louis Farrakhan approached Malcolm X as a calypso singer.)

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