Robert F Kennedy Jr Names 2nd Shooter Who Killed His Father with Sirhan Sirhan (Part 7)

Summary

In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was running for president when he was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Initially believed to be the work of Sirhan Sirhan, evidence and autopsy findings suggest Kennedy was shot from behind, raising doubts about Sirhan's role. The autopsy by Thomas Noguchi indicated the shots were contact shots, leading to suspicions of a security guard, Eugene Cesar. Despite circumstantial evidence, there remains uncertainty about the true perpetrator and possible CIA involvement.

Takeaways

• 📅 In 1968, the speaker was 14 years old and in boarding school at Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland.
• 👨‍👦 His father, Bobby Kennedy, was running for the Democratic presidential nomination.
• 🔫 On June 5, 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan.
• ❌ The speaker disputes that Sirhan Sirhan's bullets hit his father, citing the coroner Thomas Noguchi's autopsy.
• 🧪 The autopsy, known as the 'perfect autopsy,' involved military chief coroners and concluded Bobby Kennedy was shot from behind.
• 🔍 Sirhan's revolver held eight bullets; two shots were fired at Kennedy, one hitting Paul Schrade and the other a door jamb.
• 🤼‍♂️ Sirhan was subdued by several men, including athlete Rafer Johnson and football player Rosie Grier.
• 💥 Sirhan fired six more shots, hitting five other people, but not Bobby Kennedy.
• 📏 Bobby Kennedy was shot four times from behind, with one shot being a contact shot behind his ear.
• 🕵️‍♂️ The speaker suggests that security guard Eugene Cesar, hired the day before, might have been the real shooter and speculates possible CIA involvement.

Q & A

What event is being discussed in the script?

The assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Who was accused of shooting Bobby Kennedy?

A 24-year-old Palestinian man named Sirhan Sirhan.

What doubts are raised about the official account of Bobby Kennedy's assassination?

The speaker disputes that Sirhan Sirhan's bullets hit Bobby Kennedy and cites the coroner Thomas Noguchi's findings that the fatal shots were contact shots from behind.

Who was the coroner who performed the autopsy on Bobby Kennedy, and what was notable about it?

Thomas Noguchi, known as one of the most famous coroners in American history, performed what is referred to as the 'perfect autopsy.'

What evidence is presented to support the claim that Sirhan Sirhan did not shoot Bobby Kennedy?

The speaker mentions that Sirhan Sirhan fired eight shots, hitting five other people, but Bobby Kennedy was shot from behind at close range with contact shots.

Who is suggested to have potentially shot Bobby Kennedy according to the speaker?

The speaker suggests that Eugene Cesar, a security guard hired the day before, might have shot Bobby Kennedy from behind.

What was Eugene Cesar's background before working at the Ambassador Hotel?

Eugene Cesar worked at the Lockheed plant and Howard Hughes's company, both defense plants, and he had top security clearances.

What personal beliefs of Eugene Cesar are mentioned that might have influenced his actions?

Eugene Cesar was very outspoken against Bobby Kennedy, believed Kennedy would start a race war, and he hated blacks.

What happened when the speaker tried to interview Eugene Cesar in the Philippines?

Eugene Cesar initially agreed to an interview for $10,000, but kept increasing the price until the speaker decided not to go through with it.

What does the speaker suggest about the involvement of the CIA in Bobby Kennedy's assassination?

The speaker cannot prove CIA involvement but mentions a lot of circumstantial evidence and agency involvement in the cover-up and Sirhan Sirhan's background.

Outlines

00:00

📅 1968 Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. On June 5th, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, he was advised by his bodyguard Bill Barry to avoid the crowded kitchen. However, as he passed through, a Palestinian man named Sirhan Sirhan shot him with a .22 caliber revolver, wounding five others as well. The narrator disputes the commonly accepted account, stating that Sirhan's bullets never hit Kennedy. The coroner, Thomas Noguchi, performed a renowned autopsy and found that Sirhan's shots had different trajectories and impact points. The shots that killed Kennedy were fired from behind, suggesting a different shooter.

05:01

🔍 Autopsy Findings and Alternate Shooter Theory

Thomas Noguchi's autopsy revealed that the fatal shots were fired from close range behind Kennedy, contradicting the possibility that Sirhan Sirhan was the shooter. The coroner's examination indicated contact shots, with the gun held at an upward angle. The narrator suggests that the shooter was Eugene F. Cesar, a security guard hired the day before. Cesar had a background in defense plants with top security classifications and was outspoken against Kennedy. Cesar later moved to the Philippines, where he died a year and a half ago. Despite efforts to interview him, the narrator couldn't gather more information due to escalating demands for money. The narrator acknowledges the circumstantial evidence pointing to CIA involvement but lacks definitive proof.

Keywords

💡Bobby Kennedy

Bobby Kennedy, also known as Robert F. Kennedy, was a prominent American politician and brother of President John F. Kennedy. In 1968, he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. The video script discusses the events surrounding his assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

💡Ambassador Hotel

The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles is the location where Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. The script details how Kennedy was shot in the hotel's kitchen area after giving a speech, highlighting the significant role this venue played in the tragic event.

💡Sirhan Sirhan

Sirhan Sirhan is identified as the man who shot Bobby Kennedy. He was a 24-year-old Palestinian who fired multiple shots at Kennedy. The script mentions controversies surrounding whether Sirhan's bullets actually killed Kennedy, despite Sirhan being convicted for the assassination.

💡Thomas Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi was the coroner who performed the autopsy on Bobby Kennedy. Known for his meticulous work, Noguchi's findings suggested that the bullets that killed Kennedy did not come from Sirhan Sirhan's gun, contributing to theories about an alternate assassin.

💡Eugene Cesar

Eugene Cesar was a security guard at the Ambassador Hotel who is suspected by some, including the video's speaker, of being involved in Kennedy's assassination. Cesar was reportedly behind Kennedy and had a gun, and his actions and background have fueled conspiracy theories about the true circumstances of the murder.

💡CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is mentioned in the context of conspiracy theories suggesting that the agency might have been involved in Bobby Kennedy's assassination. The script refers to circumstantial evidence and Cesar's alleged self-identification as a CIA agent as part of this controversial narrative.

💡Carbon tattoo

A carbon tattoo refers to the residue left on the skin or clothing when a gun is fired at close range. Thomas Noguchi's autopsy revealed that Kennedy had such tattoos, indicating that the fatal shots were fired from a very close distance, which contradicts the official account of Sirhan Sirhan's position.

💡United Auto Workers (UAW)

The United Auto Workers (UAW) was one of the two unions that supported Bobby Kennedy. Paul Schrade, a UAW deputy chief, was also shot during the incident. Schrade's involvement and his subsequent efforts to release Sirhan from prison add to the narrative of union support and the complexity of the assassination story.

💡Paul Schrade

Paul Schrade was a UAW deputy chief who was shot in the head during the same incident that killed Bobby Kennedy. Despite being injured, Schrade survived and later advocated for Sirhan Sirhan's release, believing in his innocence. His story adds depth to the events and the varied perspectives on Sirhan's guilt.

💡Conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories regarding Bobby Kennedy's assassination are a central theme in the video script. These theories suggest that Sirhan Sirhan was not the sole or actual assassin and that there may have been a larger plot involving figures like Eugene Cesar and possibly the CIA. The script explores these theories through various pieces of circumstantial evidence and alternate narratives.

Highlights

In 1968, the speaker was 14 years old and attending Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland.

The speaker's father, Bobby Kennedy, was running for the presidential nomination with the Democrats.

On June 5th, 1968, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Bobby Kennedy was shot by a 24-year-old Palestinian man named Sirhan Sirhan.

Sirhan used a .22 caliber revolver and fired eight shots.

Five other people were wounded in the incident.

The speaker disputes the official account of the shooting, stating that Sirhan's bullets did not hit Bobby Kennedy.

Coroner Thomas Naguchi conducted an autopsy known as the 'perfect autopsy'.

Naguchi's autopsy revealed that Sirhan fired eight shots, but only two initially hit Bobby Kennedy.

One of the initial shots hit Paul Schraeder, a United Auto Workers deputy chief.

The other initial shot went past Bobby Kennedy's head and hit a door jamb.

Six men, including Rafeer Johnson and Rosie Greer, subdued Sirhan.

Sirhan fired six more shots in the opposite direction, hitting four people, one twice.

Bobby Kennedy was shot four times from behind.

All shots were contact shots, indicating the gun was pressed against him.

The speaker suggests that Eugene F. Cesar, a security guard, was the likely shooter.

Cesar had a top security clearance and was suspected of being a CIA agent.

Cesar left the country and was vocal against Bobby Kennedy, fearing a race war.

The speaker attempted to interview Cesar in the Philippines before his death.

There was a significant amount of circumstantial evidence and agency involvement in the case.

Transcripts

okay so let's fast forward to 1968

you're 14 years old at the time and

you're in boarding school at the

Georgetown preparatory school in

Maryland your father Bobby Kennedy is

running for the presidential nomination

with the Democrats and during this

process on June 5th 1968 he was at the

Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles as he

was leaving the ballroom he decided to

go through the kitchen and I guess his

bodyguard f agent Bill Barry told him to

avoid the kitchen because it was very

crowded as he was going through shaking

hands with everyone a 24-year-old

Palestinian man named Saron

Saron shot him with a 22 caliber

revolver he was hit three times five

other people were wounded as well when

you found out that your dad had gotten

killed what went through your

mind well I didn't first of all I would

dispute that description of what

happened okay

um I don't believe that sir hands

bullets ever hit my father okay and

neither did the uh

coroner Thomas naguchi who's probably

the most famous coroner in American

history who did an autopsy that is known

as the perfect autopsy he actually flew

in the chief corners of all the milit

branch every branch of the military

service to sit in the surgery theater to

watch what he did because he knew what

happen in

Dallas and he didn't want to repeat and

he he what he

found Siran had fired suran had eight

shots he had 22 revolver or eight shots

in it

and he fired two shots of my father one

of those shots uh hit the first shot hit

um Paul shra who

was the UAW the United Auto worker

uh deputy chief who would that was there

was only two unions that supported my

father uh United Auto Workers and Cesar

sha as Union and Paul shra had recruited

Cesar Chavez to the United Farm worker

so he was very close to my dad he got

shot in the head and he was okay and you

know he actually died a year and a half

ago and spent the last 20 years of his

life trying to get suran out out of

prison the man who shot

him um the other shot went pass my

father's

head and hit a door jam behind him where

and it was later removed

ipd it was dug out of the door jam the

whole door jam was removed he was then

pounced upon by six men including raver

Johnson who was the 1960 de catalon

Champion gold medal Olympian one of my

father's closest

friends and uh Rosie Greer who was one

of the you know uh fearsome forsome who

had been a bodyguard for my dad he was

you know one of the most famous football

players of his

time and uh and four other people

including the the the

guy who was uh uh the director or the

consur of the of the Ambassador Hotel

and they pounced on him they took his

hand and pointed away from my father so

they pointed the opposite direction

raver Johnson leted told me that he

tried to get the gy out of suran's and

but suran had superhuman strength he's a

little tiny man I you know I've met him

5 foot five I think yeah he's tiny but

he couldn't this big you know raer is

like 6'4 and solid

muscle he could not get the and you had

you know you had a you had a

professional lineman from you know

openland Raiders there that day and they

couldn't get it so he fires six more

shots in the opposite direction and

empties the Chamber of his gun he's

always in front of my father by the way

my father he's s he he's sitting on with

his back to a steam table and they bent

him over the steam table and and he

fired the bullets this way as you

pointed out those bullets each hit

people so five people one of them got

hit

twice so if you just do the math my

father got shot four times from behind

you know and he only hit eight bullets

in his gun he didn't

reload we know what happened the first

two and we know what happened to the

second six we know what happened to

every one of those

bullets my father was killed from behind

he was shot four times that one of the

shots went harmlessly through the

shoulder pad of his

suit the other three were you know were

were fatal or potentially fatal and one

of them was right behind his ear all of

them were contact shots um that's what

Thomas naguchi found meaning the barrel

of the gun was either touching his skin

or his clothing and was uh and and left

a carbon tattoo or was close enough with

an an inch close enough to leave a

carbon tattoo and um and the the gun was

being held at an upward angle so he was

shot from behind by somebody who was

standing behind him with a gun pressed

between the two of them and firing and

that man was almost certainly Eugene F

Cesar who was a security guard who had

been hired the day before so they

already knew when he got the job he

already knew my father was going to be

at that hotel his full-time job was at

the locky plan and and before that he

had worked at another defense

plant um which was Howard hughes's

company and uh and those and he

had a top security classifications at

that plant um Lisa peas who's a

researcher has has uh has found

documents where he self-identifies as a

CIA uh

agent um he he ended up leaving the

country he was very outspoken against my

father he believed that my father there

uh would start a race war and my father

would put blacks in charge of the

country and uh and he hated blacks and

he ended up leaving the country he died

about a year and a half ago in the

Philippines before he died I tried to go

over there and interview him um he

originally said that it would cost me

$10,000 but he would do it and then when

I got close to to going he said it's

going to be

15 and and then a day before I left he

said it's going to be 25,000 so then I I

thought he's playing a game yeah and I

ended up not going um but uh you know I

can't prove that my father was killed by

the CIA um but there's a lot of

circumstantial evidence and then you

know there's a lot of other

circumstantial evidence and particularly

with sir Han's

background and his trial there's a lot

of uh you know and and the cover

up there was a lot of agency involvement