Are you sure you know who killed Kennedy?

  I recently read in TIME magazine about the assassination of JFK, the 35th president of the United States. The 50th anniversary of his assassination happened just a few weeks ago (as of my writing this post), on November 22, 1963. Riding down through Texas, Kennedy's procession turned onto Dealey Plaza. Mere moments after Kennedy entered the Plaza, three gunshots rang out.

JFK in his limousine shortly before the shooting

  The first of the three gunshots went through Kennedy's throat, and the second went through his head. A Russian immigrant who caught the event on video imagined it being titled, "See the President's head explode!", showing just how gory the scene ended up being.
  The biggest issue today however, is figuring out what happened. There are many theories as to who shot the president, and why they did it. The government established the Warren Commission to attempt to answer these questions, and they concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had been the sole killer of Kennedy, and been acting on his own. The evidence however, had been tampered with by the CIA, although whether it was in an attempt to protect national security, or a cover up for a planned assassination, remains unsolved.

The Warren Commision submitting its findings to Lyndon B. Johnson, who became President after Kennedy was killed.

  Later on a committee from the House of Representatives published data going against that of the Warren Commission, stating that there was very likely more than one president that shot at Kennedy that day. Due to sloppy investigation work, the real killer may never be known.
  This relates to human trafficking, which we have been learning about in class. While many people have been rescued from human trafficking, the perpetrators are often not caught, or not punished. This comes in part from the psychological state of many of the victims. Many would have been beaten until they gave in to the demands of their owner, and among other things, were told fake stories to tell authorities. Having been given such fake stories, and often because they were threatened with their family's lives, many rescued slaves will give unbelievable stories, that can lead to slave owners getting away free, as Kennedy's real killers very well may have.
  In Kennedy's case, however, the investigation was even further muddled by the murder of Oswald, who took the truth of his involvement (or not) with him to the grave.


Article: "Broken Trust" by David Von Drehle, Time Magazine, November 25, 2013.
Human Trafficking information: BBC- The Child Slaves of Saudi Arabia
Pictures from Wikipedia- The Assassination of John F. Kennedy