Why did jack ruby kill Oswald?

Kennedy's assassination means that the 35th President of the United States, john fitzgerald kennedy, accompanied by his wife Jackie Kennedy and the governor of Texas, John Connery, drove through Dilly Square in Dallas, Texas in a convertible at 2: 30am on Friday1October 22nd. John F. Kennedy was the fourth president to be assassinated in American history and the eighth president to die in office. After a long investigation of 10 months, the Warren Committee in charge of investigating the assassination of the president published an official report in September 1964. In this report, it was pointed out that the killer of Kennedy was Lee Harvey Oswald, an employee of the textbook warehouse building in Texas. He shot the president who was passing downstairs in a convertible from the window on the sixth floor of the textbook building. Later, the official investigation committee, the Special Committee on the Assassination of the House of Representatives (HSCA), conducted a detailed investigation and evidence collection on the assassination of the President from 1976 to 1979, and concluded that Oswald's assassination of Kennedy was by no means a personal act. So far, there are still many doubts about Kennedy's assassination, which has caused widespread speculation and produced many theories about Kennedy's assassination. Kennedy chose/kloc-0 to visit Dallas on October 20th for three main reasons. 165438:

The first is to help his Democratic Party to carry out the campaign and raise donations.

Secondly, prepare for seeking re-election in the general election held in June 1964+0 1.

Third, in the presidential election of 1960, the Kennedy-Johnson combination was accused of vote fraud in Texas. This trip to Texas naturally needs to try to bridge the differences among the leaders of the Democratic Party in the state.

Kennedy thought it was difficult for him to win elections in most southern States because of his position on civil rights, so he decided to put in special efforts to win the support of Florida and Texas. Before arriving in Dallas, he visited Tampa and Miami in Florida on June 165438+ 10/8, where he gave speeches to politicians, labor leaders and American Journalists Association on domestic economic and foreign affairs, especially relations with Latin American countries. The visit to Florida can be said to be very successful, so President Kennedy is full of confidence in his trip to Texas. However, in view of the possibility that right-wingers may hold public demonstrations against Kennedy, people are generally worried about the wisdom of the President's visit, especially after Adlai Ewing Stevenson II, the US ambassador to the United Nations, was teased and threatened by a group of ultra-conservatives during his visit to Dallas on June 24th, 10, people are even more doubtful whether he should venture to visit the city. Officer Davis of the Dallas Police Department said that the police have taken the strictest urban security precautions in the city's history, and there will never be a demonstration like that during Ambassador Stevenson's visit.

165438+1October 2 1 day, Kennedy, Vice President lyndon johnson, Governor of Texas and Minister of Military Affairs of Qianhai John Connery and his party visited Texas. The president spent the night in Fort Worth.

165438+1On the morning of October 22nd, Dallas just cleared up after a light rain. At 1 1: 37 central time (uct time: 17:37), presidential air force one landed at11km northwest of Dallas. According to the plan, the President, accompanied by Governor Connery and others, traveled to downtown Dallas (including Dili Square) to be welcomed by 500,000 Dallas citizens, and then delivered a speech at the Dallas Commodity Fair.

Before the assassination, President John F. Kennedy, his wife Jackie Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connery were sitting in a limousine and crossing the streets of Dallas.

Kennedy took a 196 1 Lincoln Continental. This car was originally equipped with a bulletproof hood. However, in order for Dallas citizens to meet the first lady Jackie Kennedy and to show the president's trust in Dallas citizens, Kennedy did not let agents install bulletproof hoods. The route of the motorcade has been carefully checked. The police car in front of the motorcade belongs to the Dallas Police Department, equipped with communication equipment, and can keep in touch with the President by car. The car was taken away by the president's agent. The Lincoln car in which Kennedy and his wife Jackie ride is located in the back of this police car. There are three rows of seats in the president's car, which can seat seven people. There are: William Carrey, the driver of the car, and Roy kleiman, the agent, on the right in the front row; The second row is Governor John Connery and his wife on his left. Kennedy and his wife Jackie are sitting in the back seat, and Kennedy is on the right.

After 12:00, the motorcade drove into Dallas at the speed of 15 ~ 20km/h, where it was crowded with welcoming people, and the buildings on both sides of the road also opened their windows, and people who were working watched the grand occasion through the windows. At the same time, in the welcoming crowd, some groups and individuals with critical opinions held up various protest slogans and held demonstrations, but on the whole, there were almost no accidents in the presidential motorcade. During the driving, the motorcade stopped twice because Kennedy shook hands with some Catholic nuns and a group of students who welcomed him. On the main street, a man ran to the middle of the main street and tried to stop the motorcade. His behavior was subdued by the police and agents and did not affect the progress of the presidential motorcade. At about afternoon12: 30 central time (uct time: afternoon 18:30), Kennedy's motorcade has approached the Texas textbook warehouse building. The motorcade turned right at the entrance of Dilly Square and drove onto Houston Street, facing the tall textbook warehouse building. Then, the motorcade turned left again and went up Elm Street. Because the trees on both sides of Yushu Street are short, and there is a railway overpass in front, there are fewer onlookers, so the whole motorcade is exposed to the right side of the textbook warehouse building. At this time, the motorcade still maintained a slow speed of15 ~ 20km per hour, only 65 feet (about 20m) away from the shooting location.

Yushu street. At that time, the speed of the motorcade had slowed down from about 20km to 15km. 12:30'30 ",just as President Kennedy waved and smiled at the crowd, the first dull shot rang out in the square, and President Kennedy put his hand over his throat-he was shot in the neck. Jackie knelt beside Kennedy and tried to stop the blood from flowing out of Kennedy with her hands. Then there was a second shot. Because the president who was shot by the first shot leaned forward, the second shot (also a fatal shot) hit the president in the back of the head, and Kennedy's head fell backwards rapidly. The bullet flew off a part of his skull, and blood and brains poured out, splashing all over the trunk of the car and the flight attendants. At the same time, Governor Connery was shot and seriously injured. When the shooting happened, Kennedy's car just passed in front of Dallas citizen Abraham ZaProude. At that time, Zapruder was taking pictures of the president's car with an 8 mm home camera.

After Kennedy's assassination, Governor Connery was seriously injured. He shouted, "no, no, no, they're going to kill us all!" " "("no, no, no, they're going to kill us all! "After the shooting stopped, Kennedy collapsed in the back seat of the car and fell beside Jackie. Jackie shouted to Agent clint hill, "My God! They hit him on the head! "

Agent clint hill has been standing outside the left door of a convertible following the President's car. At the moment when the shooting started, Hill jumped out of the car and quickly ran to the president who was still driving ahead, ready to climb into the trunk of the president's car to protect Kennedy who had been shot in the back seat and Jackie who was frightened and very scared.

When Hill just ran to the back of the president's car, he heard the second shot and saw the president fall backwards rapidly. William Creaer, the driver, increased his speed immediately after hearing the gunshots, trying to get the president out of this dangerous place as soon as possible. Jackie climbed into the trunk of the car from the back seat, and Hill was trying to jump into the trunk. Just as the speed of the car increased, Hill successfully jumped into the car with Jackie's help.

At this time, Jackie was almost in shock. Hill helped Jackie back to her seat and used her body to protect the shot president and the frightened first lady.

Later, Hill confirmed that the president's right back head was shot off, and he collapsed in the back seat, his brain was completely exposed, and blood and brains were mixed together and covered the trunk of the whole car. Except for the huge wound on the head, there is indescribable and countless blood everywhere.

After the shooting, the president drove away from Dilly Square Expressway and went to Pacquelin Memorial Hospital 6.4 kilometers away along Stemmons Expressway, only a few minutes later.

Other wounded

Texas Governor Connery sits in front of the president in the same car. Although he was seriously injured, he survived. The doctor later said that after the governor was hit by a bullet, Mrs. Connery put him on her lap and tried to close the wound in his chest (because air had been directly inhaled into his right lung), which was a measure to save the governor's life [1].

James Tague was a witness to the assassination. His right cheek was slightly injured in the shooting when he was standing 270 feet (82 meters) away from Kennedy. Later, it was speculated that it might be caused by the bullet hitting the roadside and the debris rebounding.

Kennedy is in the hospital.

After the shooting, the President drove away from Dilly Square and rushed to Paklin Memorial Hospital. After arriving at the hospital, Governor Connery was first carried out of the car, followed by Kennedy. The medical staff who participated in the rescue of Kennedy in the first nursing room of Parkland Hospital said that he was "very serious" when he arrived at the hospital, which meant that he had no hope of survival.

A Parkland Hospital doctor who participated in the rescue work recorded:

"... at about 12:30, the nurse asked us to push a cart to the door. We pushed the ambulance out of the door, and then I realized who was in it. ……"

"... some people helped put the president on the cart. Then we went from the large operating area of the emergency room to the first trauma room. The wound on the back of the president's head was bleeding heavily, and he lay there unresponsive. ……"

"... when we arrived at the trauma room, a doctor placed an endotracheal tube to prepare for tracheotomy. Emergency rescue began immediately, and within a few minutes, more doctors arrived to install a chest catheter and an anesthetic with oxygen for the president. A doctor asked me to put a dressing on the wound on my head, but it didn't work because it was a large exposed wound. ……"

"... oxygen and blood transfusion at the same time. After taking all necessary measures and using all necessary medical equipment, we can only announce:' the president has passed away.' We unplugged the infusion tube and intravenous first aid for him. Then, the first lady and a priest came in and the last scene was preserved. After the first lady left, we removed all the equipment. The inspector told me to leave and put a plastic lid on the bottom of the coffin. I brought it. The president was put in a coffin, waiting for an ambulance to take him away. ……"

The death certificate issued by Parkland Hospital said: "He died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck."

In fact, the president probably died before he got to the hospital.

Be pronounced dead

At13: 00 pm central time (uct time: 19:00), the president was officially declared dead after all heart functions stopped and the priest completed the last ceremony. "We have no hope of saving his life," said a doctor involved in the rescue. The priest who made the final ceremony for Kennedy told The New York Times that when he arrived at the hospital, the president had actually died, but he still wanted to open the president's shroud and hold a sacred oiling ceremony for him. The news of Kennedy's death was officially announced at13: 38 pm central time (uct time: 19:38).

A few minutes after14: 00 central time (uct time: 20:00), that is,10-0/5 minutes after the confrontation with official and secret weapons management agents, Kennedy's body was taken from Parkland Hospital to Air Force One. The Dallas coroner did not conduct a forensic examination of the body before, but moved the body before the coroner conducted a forensic examination, which has violated the laws of Texas (the murderer has admitted the crime and is under the jurisdiction of the state).

Vice President lyndon johnson was sitting in the back of two cars in the presidential motorcade when passing through downtown Dallas. He was not injured in the shooting, and then he succeeded the president of the United States on Air Force One.

autopsy

After the Air Force One presidential plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base not far from Washington, D.C., Kennedy's body was sent to Bethesda Naval Hospital for autopsy.

Autopsy was carried out in Betis Naval Hospital on the evening of June 22nd, 165438+. During three examinations, Chinese medicine found a small hole near the president's skull, which also caused a big wound at the exit of his right brain.

There are many things circulating here about what was found during the autopsy. A military doctor who participated in the autopsy later destroyed his records and an image depicting Kennedy's head wound, calling it "incomprehensible".

After the autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Kennedy's body was transported back to the East Room of the White House for 24 hours to prepare for the funeral. On the Sunday after the assassination, his coffin covered with the national flag was sent to the Capitol for public mourning. From morning till late at night, thousands of people came to mourn the tightly guarded coffin.

165438+1October 25th (it was his son's third birthday), and representatives from more than 90 countries (including Soviet countries) attended the funeral. These include eight heads of state, 10 prime ministers (prime ministers) and a large number of government officials.

165438+1On October 25th, more than 250,000 people came to the rotunda of the US Congress to pay their last respects to Kennedy. At 1 1:00 in the morning, the coffin covered with the stars and stripes was removed from the mourning hall and placed on a hearse pulled by four horses. It first went to the White House, then to St. Matthew Cathedral, and finally was sent to Arlington National Cemetery and buried in a special catacombs. On that day, hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the funeral live on TV.

The murderer is Lee Harvey Oswald.

Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested 80 minutes after the assassination of Dallas police officer Dipit. He was accused of killing Tippett and Kennedy that night. Oswald denied shooting at the president and declared that he was a "gullible man". Oswald was never tried again, because two days later, when he was detained by the police, he was shot and killed by jack ruby. Before he died, he said, "I'm just a scapegoat." Later, in the photos taken by passers-by, it was found that a man who looked like Oswald was standing in the crowd on the roadside a few seconds before Kennedy was assassinated. This seems to indicate that Oswald was not on the sixth floor of the textbook building, but this photo is hard to say.