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"This is written off the top of my head, some details may not be exact. Please add details as known. The assanation was completed by the Iranian Savak. The method was a camera that had four small gun barrels hidden within the lens. Sirhan was designated to asail Mr. Kennedy within the confines of the pantry area should Mr. Kennedy choose to exit through there. The confirmation for the hit was the presence of the photographer in the bright yellow sweater. Sirhan began to fire, was overcome as bullets sprayed about, and in doing so provided the diversion that allowed the photographer to close in and fire at point blank range with the gun/lens at the back of Mr. Kennedy's skull. The film will bear out the sequence of events, including the oddly close proximity the yellowed sweatered photographer maintained on Mr. Kennedy's flank. Additional details cannot be made available at this time, safe to say this was a failsafe operation that could have followed many paths to the same result. TT0007"
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There are some disturbing coins under the picture of Kennedy... perhaps they should be removed, but I 'stole' it from ]. ] 22:18, 7 Aug 2003 (UTC)
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:The coins pictured in the article are of the special dollar coin that the US Government produced in honor of RFK in the late 90's. I'll remove them, since they have nothing to do with the RFK assassination itself. Unlike the Kennedy Half, the RFK silver dollar wasn't produced in honor of RFK after his death, they were done as a fund raiser for a charity named after RFK AFAIK.
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== Other three major assassinations? ==

The introduction notes that RFK was "one of four major assassinations in the United States that occurred during the 1960s." While that sentence links to the entire decade of the 60s, a link that explains what the other three assassinations were (presumably MLK JFK and Malcolm X) would probably be appropriate. ] (]) 21:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
:What is meant is in the article, but I wouldn't think that Malcolm X's assassination was more important than those of Medgar Evers and Lincoln Rockwell (who is listed at ] with the two Kennedys, while the others are not), as well as the killings of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, all of which are included in the more comprehensive ]. ] (]) 09:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

== nonsense about hypnosis ==

''Herbert Spiegel, a Columbia University psychologist, said that Sirhan was probably induced via hypnosis into firing a gun in the direction of Kennedy without knowing what he was doing and without being able to recall either the events or the process of having been programmed. Spiegel suggested that he was in a state of hypnotically-induced amnesia during the time of his arrest as well as afterwards.''

Why is this fringe conspiracy nonsense included in the article? -- ] (]) 13:39, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

:It's been removed, all that text was written by one editor with an obvious agenda ]] 11:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

== Thane Eugene Cesar. Robert F Kennedy Jr.. "Better source needed" ==

Currently the article says "Better source needed" concerning ] saying that Thane Eugene Cesar was the shooter that fired the shots that hit and killed his father.

Here is a Nov 12, 2023 video of Robert Kennedy Jr. going into detail about that:
*Youtube: . On . By ]. Date is found by hovering over the number of views. Date pops up.
--] (]) 08:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2024 ==

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I am requesting that either I or an approved moderator alter the initials present on the first image of the page. It currently reads "Rfk assassination", It would be better, I feel to re-state the article title as: "Assassination of RFK" ] (]) 21:28, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
:] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> Don't see the point. It's just the file name for the image, doesn't appear in the article at all ] (]) 21:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

== We should talk more about the media coverage ==

say how the media coverage the shooting rfk as it happened ] (]) 02:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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Other three major assassinations?

The introduction notes that RFK was "one of four major assassinations in the United States that occurred during the 1960s." While that sentence links to the entire decade of the 60s, a link that explains what the other three assassinations were (presumably MLK JFK and Malcolm X) would probably be appropriate. 150.135.165.56 (talk) 21:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

What is meant is sourced in the article, but I wouldn't think that Malcolm X's assassination was more important than those of Medgar Evers and Lincoln Rockwell (who is listed at List of assassinated American politicians with the two Kennedys, while the others are not), as well as the killings of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, all of which are included in the more comprehensive List_of_assassinations#United_States. Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

nonsense about hypnosis

Herbert Spiegel, a Columbia University psychologist, said that Sirhan was probably induced via hypnosis into firing a gun in the direction of Kennedy without knowing what he was doing and without being able to recall either the events or the process of having been programmed. Spiegel suggested that he was in a state of hypnotically-induced amnesia during the time of his arrest as well as afterwards.

Why is this fringe conspiracy nonsense included in the article? -- 2600:8802:571B:E00:8945:7749:7A14:4CB3 (talk) 13:39, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

It's been removed, all that text was written by one editor with an obvious agenda -REDACTED403 (talk) 11:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Thane Eugene Cesar. Robert F Kennedy Jr.. "Better source needed"

Currently the article says "Better source needed" concerning Robert F Kennedy Jr. saying that Thane Eugene Cesar was the shooter that fired the shots that hit and killed his father.

Here is a Nov 12, 2023 video of Robert Kennedy Jr. going into detail about that:

--Timeshifter (talk) 08:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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I am requesting that either I or an approved moderator alter the initials present on the first image of the page. It currently reads "Rfk assassination", It would be better, I feel to re-state the article title as: "Assassination of RFK" Jonnqy (talk) 21:28, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Don't see the point. It's just the file name for the image, doesn't appear in the article at all Cannolis (talk) 21:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

We should talk more about the media coverage

say how the media coverage the shooting rfk as it happened Rob1244 (talk) 02:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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