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The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository

15.5M views · Jul 24, 2023 · 1:38:11 · 5 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2023–2024

A 98-minute LEMMiNO video reconstructing what happened inside the Texas School Book Depository before, during, and after the Kennedy assassination. It draws on testimony to map people's movements and discrepancies.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a detailed, well-sourced overview that helps viewers form their own opinion.

“It's long but it gives a good overview of the sequence of events and the discrepancies.”HN comment, 2023

What Hacker News said 5

Strongly recommendscircumlocutionSep 2023

“I'd really recommend Lemmino's video on the assassination”

Deep dive into assassination details that informs one's own opinion

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To those who haven't seen it, I'd really recommend Lemmino's video on the assassination this video He dives pretty deep into the details, and it helped me form my own opinion of what probably happened

in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory” · view on HN
Strongly recommendsjmyeetSep 2023

“It's long but it gives a good overview of the sequence of events and the discrepancies.”

Overview of events and discrepancies, showing unreliability of eyewitnesses

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I highly suggest people go watch "inside the book Depository" [1]. It's long but it gives a good overview of the sequence of events and the discrepancies. Thing is, it's not a conspiracy theorist video. The best part of the video is the last segment where the creator uses all the examples to show just how unreliable eyewitness testimony is, even when fresh let alone decades later. They go on to say that pretty much any conspiracy theory relies on cherry-picking certain details as irrefutable while ignoring others and this is esentially an arbitrary decision based on whatever narrative someone is pushing. Additionally, the details supposedly changed never make sense for a conspiracy that is supposedly powerful enough to arrange all this. Lastly, people often see things through a modern lens. Presidential security is a big one. JFK used to stop his motorcade and go into the crowd. Anyone with a handgun could've ended him. These people weren't all frisked and vetted. It was a different time. JFK's assassination is probably a big part of why presidential security changed. So the idea that you needed to have or be a sniper (or a team of snipers) is a silly one and based on modern assumptions. Myths in this area persist too despite them being debunked. One that springs to mind is that you couldn't fire Oswald's rifle fast enough. CBS and the FBI tested and debunked this in the 1960s [2]. When this happens you'll often find the conspiracy theory moves the goalposts from it being "im

in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory” · view on HN
RecommendsTmpodSep 2023

“Recently watched this detailed and well sourced video by LEMMiNO”

Detailed, well-sourced take on the assassination

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Recently watched this detailed and well sourced video by LEMMiNO on a particular prespective, might be of interesting for you: this video

in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory” · view on HN
RecommendssnypherNov 2023

“an excellent video on the events of the day, around the building”

Excellent video on the events of the day around the building

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This isn't that, but an excellent video on the events of the day, around the building, and left me thinking there could have been any number of other shooters; this video

in “Review: 'JFK: What the Doctors Saw' eyewitnesses contradict Warren Commission” · view on HN
RecommendsHikikomoriJan 2024

“Worth a watch if you are interested in this.”

Reconstructs the physical space and people's movements using testimony

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this video Worth a watch if you are interested in this. He reconstructs the physical space and where the people were and moved over time using witness testimony.

in “How the FBI targeted Camus, and then Sartre after the JFK assassination (2013)” · view on HN