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RFK’s killer, Sirhan Sirhan, denied parole despite a Kennedy confidant’s call for his release
Washington Post ^ | February 10. 2016 | Peter Holley

Posted on 02/10/2016 9:45:13 PM PST by TroutStalker

After decades of investigation, Paul Schrade has no doubt about the identity of the man who shot him in the head shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel:

It was Sirhan Sirhan, the same gunman convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

And yet, when Schrade came face to face with Sirhan for the first time in nearly 50 years, at a parole hearing in San Diego on Wednesday, he argued that the notorious gunman wasn't Kennedy's killer.

But the panel wasn't swayed and Sirhan was denied parole for the 15th time, according to the Associated Press, which noted:

Commissioners concluded after more than three hours of intense testimony at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center that Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime.

Still, the AP reported, Schrade forgave his shooter during the hearing and apologized to Sirhan not doing more to win his release.

"I should have been here long ago and that's why I feel guilty for not being here to help you and to help me," Schrade said.

The AP noted that "Schrade's voice cracked with emotion during an hour of testimony on his efforts to untangle mysteries about the events of June 5, 1968." He said he believed Sirhan shot him, the AP noted, but that a second unidentified shooter killed Kennedy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: barkingmoonbat; california; conspiracytheory; domesticterrorism; paulschrade; rfk; robertfkennedy; sirhansirhan
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To: Talisker
Medical examiner Thomas Noguchi determined four shots at Senator Kennedy were back to front, down to up, right to left, point blank, a position never occupied by Sirhan but describing that of Ace Security Guard Thane Eugene Cesar.

Acoustic analysis accounted for eight shots from Sirhan's Iver Johnson and five from an H & R 922 of the type Cesar lied he'd sold before the assassination.

LAPD detectives Pena and Hernandez systematically suppressed evidence and testimony indicating a second shooter. Pantry ceiling panels and door jambs with bullet holes were destroyed.

Scott Enyart took photos of the candidate from the steam table which were held for three decades only released after a lawsuit--then removed from the courier's car during a contrived traffic altercation.

Shadow Play: The Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, the Trial of Sirhan Sirhan, and the Failure of American Justice Hardcover May, 1997 by William Klaber, Philip H. Melanson


21 posted on 02/10/2016 11:33:40 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Onambla: Marxist-Muslim crack-smoking closet queen Exp 1-20-17)
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To: Cementjungle

Really needs a new barber.


22 posted on 02/11/2016 12:26:14 AM PST by tdscpa
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To: r_barton
This was the first Arab high profile terrorist attack in America.

Exactly right.

23 posted on 02/11/2016 12:28:38 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: TroutStalker
"I should have been here long ago and that's why I feel guilty for not being here to help you and to help me," Schrade bawled like a baby, his voice cracking and phony liberal tears flowing.

There's a good little liberal. Finally on message despite his 50 year-hatred of the man who tried to kill him. God help me I despise them: this worthless POS and Sirhan. The world would be a better place if they were both dead and gone.

24 posted on 02/11/2016 12:44:39 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: DoughtyOne

zWhy does the LSM not point out that SS is a Pali Muzzie?


25 posted on 02/11/2016 1:15:01 AM PST by Paladin2 (w)
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To: TroutStalker

Let him rot.


26 posted on 02/11/2016 1:24:43 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Calpublican
We have a bonafide lunatic ConMan, a Commie and a Criminal running for president.

We also have a zotted calcrazican right here. Ain't we lucky?


27 posted on 02/11/2016 1:26:22 AM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: TroutStalker

the parole board must be a bunch of racists.


28 posted on 02/11/2016 1:59:15 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Carson, Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: TroutStalker

Poor Obama is probably conflicted over this. Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian terrorist and murderer, so our Dear Leader would love to pardon him. However, self-interest is probably causing some concern. The thug in our White House doesn’t want his fellow thugs to think it’s okay to kill people like him (just people like us).


29 posted on 02/11/2016 2:08:56 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: TroutStalker
when Schrade came face to face with Sirhan for the first time in nearly 50 years, at a parole hearing in San Diego on Wednesday, he argued that the notorious gunman wasn't Kennedy's killer.

Barking moonbat says "MOOOO".

30 posted on 02/11/2016 2:39:19 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: 867V309

Looks like a suspension and not a full-on lightning-ride zot. There seems to be an uptick in that sort of thing lately.


31 posted on 02/11/2016 2:39:40 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DoughtyOne

Denied parole. And yet that little mutt Hinckly who shot President Reagan is free.


32 posted on 02/11/2016 3:07:46 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: TroutStalker

Putting aside his crime, that is very bizarre this guy has been in a cage for the past 48 years. I wonder what happens to the mind after being in jail that long. Just think: He has been in prison BEFORE men walked on the moon.


33 posted on 02/11/2016 5:14:14 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: dfwgator
and have a professorship at an Ivy League school....
34 posted on 02/11/2016 8:20:46 AM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: FreedomPoster
Looks like a suspension and not a full-on lightning-ride zot.

How can you tell? It's still gone today.


35 posted on 02/11/2016 11:39:44 AM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: 867V309

You get this message on clicking his username:

>>This account has been banned or suspended.

If it’s a full-on zot, you get a different message, something like “No such account” in red.


36 posted on 02/11/2016 12:14:56 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

never saw that, got a link?


37 posted on 02/11/2016 1:46:10 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: 867V309

Not off hand. I’ve seen it before, though.


38 posted on 02/11/2016 2:26:21 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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