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The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

July 21, 2026

Stephen Lendman  OpEd News | June 26, 2010 Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Robert Kennedy was shot, The New York Times headlining: "Kennedy is Dead, Victim of Assassin; Suspect, Arab Immigrant, Arraigned; Johnson Appoints Panel on Violence" Sirhan Sirhan was the alleged assassin, convicted, and serving a life sentence at (no pun intended) Pleasant Valley State Prison, CA, despite convincing evidence of his innocence.

July 21, 2026

Will We Ever Know the Truth? Stability, continuity, orderly transfer of power -- these are what civics teachers and poli-sci profs cite as the virtues of American politics, a curious two-party affair nearly devoid of ideology and dominated by business interests.