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- I did find, however, considerable evidence of a motive that conspiracy theorists prefer to ignore — that Ruby, who was Jewish, killed Oswald because he feared that Jews would be blamed for Kennedy’s death. He hoped that, if a Jew killed Oswald, Jews would not be blamed for the Kennedy assassination.
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Aug 30, 2019 · The day after Ruby killed Oswald, Det. Leavelle escorted Ruby to the Dallas County Jail from DPD headquarters. Along the way, Ruby told Leavelle why he did it: “he just wanted to be a hero. He wanted to have the glory of killing the man who killed a beloved president.”
Jun 24, 2021 · To others, though, Ruby was labeled, almost as quickly, as something else entirely; a confused loser, a lost soul, a fool, and a mere pawn in a burgeoning murder conspiracy. To this day, Ruby's motivations for shooting Oswald are unclear.
Nov 25, 2013 · According to Cohen’s play, after failing to kill Castro, Ruby was given a chance to redeem himself in the mob’s eyes by shooting Oswald, their triggerman in the slaying of JFK. It is a...
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Jack Kelly had known Ruby since 1943, and he "scoffed at the idea of a patriotic motive..." and felt that Ruby would have killed Oswald "for publicity [or] for money". Ruby's friend Paul Jones also said that he doubted that Ruby "would have become emotionally upset and killed Oswald on the spur of the moment.
Oct 3, 2009 · Despite attempts by conspiracy writers to prove Ruby was part of a conspiracy to kill JFK, there are compelling and persuasive reasons that Ruby was acting alone when he shot Oswald. Despite some claims to the contrary, there is no evidence to suggest Ruby had been hired by the Mafia to silence Oswald.
Apr 12, 2011 · Ruby, charged with murder, claimed he killed Oswald so Jacqueline Kennedy wouldn’t have to return to Dallas for a trial. Jack Ruby’s Conviction and Death
Nov 23, 2023 · Who was Jack Ruby and why did he kill Oswald? We asked Burt Griffin, an investigator and legal counsel for the Warren Commission and a longtime judge in Ohio, to explain. The following material appears in his recent book, JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth. The world needed to know why the charismatic president had been killed.
