Robert F. Kennedy Assassination

Even on the night of his death, Senator Robert Kennedy put the wellbeing of others before himself. After shots were fired and chaos was provoked he was whispering to the people caring for him asking if everyone was okay.

Working through a successful political campaign that made him appear to fill the shoes of his brother, Robert Kennedy addressed the people of Los Angeles in front of the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968, after winning the California primaries in the Presidential race. Following the commencement of his speech, the plan was for him to go through the crowd and address the public but he was then directed to go through the hotel kitchen and talk to the staff. At this time Sirhan Sirhan appeared and shot Kennedy 3 times. He died later that evening from his injuries.

Now some elements play into a possible conspiracy surrounding his death. According to his autopsy, it is said that the fatal gunshot wound was inflicted from the back of him when his killer shot at him from the front. This leads people to believe that Sirhan Sirhan was not alone in the plan to kill Robert Kennedy like he was perceived to be. Sirhan fired 6 shots. 3 of which hit Kennedy but bullet holes were found at the crime scene that would suggest that more shots were fired than what Sirhan’s 8 round revolver could hold.

Another conspiracy is credited to the gunman himself. He makes a claim that he was hypnotized into completing this assassination and does not remember any part of the shooting. He was allegedly lured into a dark place, choked by a mob and it has been proven by psychiatrists that he was in a trance during the attack on Kennedy’s life.

Research done by historians suggests that 3 CIA operatives were the masterminds behind his death. The head of the beast being David Sanchez Morales.

He played a key role in covert operations for the CIA and built a reputation of trouble followed when he was around. He was quoted in 1973 among friends in reference to Robert Kennedy saying, “I was in Dallas when we got the son of a bitch and I was in Los Angeles when we got the little bastard.” This links him to at least the locations of both assassinations and the tone of his comments can imply that he had a part in both of the Kennedy brother’s deaths. Footage from the night of Robert Kennedy’s assassination has been gone through with a fine-tooth comb and it Morales did show himself in the news coverage. He is seen in the back of the ballroom of the hotel just before Robert Kennedy finished his speech and then after the shooting occurred he is found in that same spot half an hour later loitering suspiciously. Being a member of the CIA, he very likely could have had the power to move Kennedy to go through the hotel kitchen that would be the location of his tragedy. Either way, it appears that the route that was set up for him was not by mistake.

There is no concrete answer for the motive and actual mind behind the death of Robert Kennedy and that’s why conspiracy theories are so easy to draw from this situation. So, I leave it open for discussion. Do you think Sirhan Sirhan had a more likely motive to kill Kennedy or was he just a pawn for the CIA’s dirty work?

For a quick 3 minute summary of the Robert Kennedy’s assassination check out this link: 
https://www.history.com/topics/robert-f-kennedy/videos/the-assassination-of-rfk

Source

“Did the CIA Kill Bobby Kennedy” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 20 Nov. 2006,             https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/20/usa.features11.

-Paige Siewert