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BigmanPigman

(55,361 posts)
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:11 PM 7 hrs ago

I just checked in on Sirhan Sirhan, RFK's assassin

Out of curiosity I wanted to see if he died yet and he is still alive in jail near San Diego. Newsom blocked his release for parole. Then I learned that Bobby Kennedy Jr visited him in prison 8 years ago and he believes Sirhan didn't kill his father.....

"In 1989, Sirhan told British journalist David Frost: 'My only connection with Robert Kennedy was his sole support of Israel and his deliberate attempt to send those 50 fighter jets to Israel to obviously do harm to the Palestinians.' Some scholars believe that the assassination was the first major incident of political violence in the United States stemming from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict."

"The assassination spawned many conspiracy theories, many of which claimed there was a "second gunman" or that Sirhan was not the true killer. In a 2018 interview with The Washington Post, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he had traveled to California to meet with Sirhan in prison and, after a relatively long conversation (the details of which he would not disclose), had come to believe that Sirhan did not kill his father and that a second gunman was involved."

So RFK jr believes in conspiracy theories, my my, what a surprise.

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I just checked in on Sirhan Sirhan, RFK's assassin (Original Post) BigmanPigman 7 hrs ago OP
ive watched true crime show about events from decades ago, google the perp to find he's still alive, much much older BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #1
I was just reading about Van Houten last night BigmanPigman 7 hrs ago #3
I mean, I hate to laugh, but ... And then we go out and HIRE these nutjobs stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #2
Robert is not H2O Man 4 hrs ago #4
Really? I'd like to know more about that. BigmanPigman 3 hrs ago #5

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,589 posts)
1. ive watched true crime show about events from decades ago, google the perp to find he's still alive, much much older
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:17 PM
7 hrs ago

locked up for decades.

one of the Charles Manson followers was paroled in 2023.

BigmanPigman

(55,361 posts)
3. I was just reading about Van Houten last night
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:28 PM
7 hrs ago

as a matter of fact. Both CA Governors Brown and Newsom denied her parole...

"On November 9, 2021, Van Houten was again recommended for parole by a parole board. On March 29, 2022, Governor Newsom again overruled the parole board's recommendation."

"On May 30, 2023, a California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles set aside Governor Newsom's denial of Van Houten's parole, thus making her the first Manson family member to have a court rule in her favor for a parole recommendation. On July 7, 2023, Newsom announced that he would not file an appeal with the California Supreme Court to block her parole, paving the way for her release. Van Houten was released on parole on July 11, 2023, after serving over 52 years in prison."

I was pissed off about this at the time and I still am!

stopdiggin

(15,558 posts)
2. I mean, I hate to laugh, but ... And then we go out and HIRE these nutjobs
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:18 PM
7 hrs ago

to important and meaningful positions ....

So - the joke would rather be on - me/us .. ?

H2O Man

(79,141 posts)
4. Robert is not
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:12 AM
4 hrs ago

the only extended family member to think Sirhan's shots did not kill his father. There are many, many, many reasons to strongly dislike Robert, and despise the damage he is doing, this is not one of them.

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