Jfk Assassination Conspiracy Theories

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Addy Kissner Ms. McCole 1st Block 11 March 2024 Who Killed the President? On November 22, 1963 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot in the back of his head by an Italian Carcano action rifle, while riding through a parade in downtown Dallas, Texas. The president and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, were riding in their Lincoln Continental when shots were fired at them. The death of JFK was extremely tragic, and struck many souls across the globe. His death was so shocking that it led to a great rise of many conspiracy theories about whether his death was secretly planned or done by hatred. A conspiracy theory is a well reasoned theory about a topic proved by thoughts instead of facts. Conspiracy theories have been around for many years and …show more content…
All of the mentioned theories about JFK’s death sound reasonable, but are they? People are still searching for evidence on these theories, trying to find what fits the best. While there are so many theories, the government has already finalized a claim on JFK’s death- that his death was planned and perpetrated by one man alone, Lee Harvey Oswald. While we have the evidence to truly know who killed JFK, we still do not definitely know who was actually behind the planning of his assassination. The mafia theory says that JFK’s death was planned by the famous Italian crime leader Carlos Marcello. Another theory says that the CIA was just slowly waiting for the right time to have him killed. The last theory presumes that the Soviet Union helped Oswald carry out the execution of the president. All of the previous theories have parts of evidence and claims by many people, except for the government. Despite the fact that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was hypothetically resolved, the majority of Americans hold the belief that the murder of JFK was carried out by more than just one