I dont believe in these kennedy conspiracy theories, but the “mafia” angle is the most logical.
JFKs daddy enlisted the help of his old mafia buddies to get them to get his son elected president. The mafia went along with it, thinking that theyd have the president in their pocket. Kennedy got elected and promptly double crossed the mafia, turning loose brother bobby on them.
Normally the mob doesnt touch public elected officials or cops or judges because they knew it was the fastest way to bring the wrath of the public and worse, the whole government, down on their heads. But there are times when they make such exceptions.
LBJ was far more corrupt than Kennedy. And he hated the Kennedys. JFK treated brother bobby more like the vice president. Its logical that the mob thought of going after brother bobby, but that would bring that wrath they didnt want. By taking out JFK, LBJ would take over, and that would neuter bobby a bit.
They were taking a serious gamble with taking out the president, but apparently taking the precautionary steps to arrange for a cover up and a patsy.
It also makes sense why jack ruby, a seriously mob connected nightclub owner, would take out oswald before oswalds whole involvement could be ascertained. I cant see jack ruby giving a damn about the president or oswald. Chances are that he was ordered to kill off oswald in order to keep people from knowing what oswalds part was in this whole thing.
“JFKs daddy enlisted the help of his old mafia buddies to get them to get his son elected president.”
The detailed story to this is that this act is what lead to the total pollution of organized labor by the mob.
The Archbishop of Boston helped Joe get his hands on lots of cash, but he needed a way to get it handed out to union bosses so as to get them to have their people vote for JFK. To take this money around and distribute it, Joe had the mob as bag men. Once the mob realized how easy (and cheap) it was to influence shop stewards and low level union bosses, they didn’t end it with the 1960 election. That was how so many unions were taken over by pro mob people, pension funds were raided, etc, etc.