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LeftInTX

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14. My parents were upset. I was like, "Yay, someone killed him!"

Sat Aug 10, 2019, 11:18 AM

Aug 2019

I was 7 and didn't quite understand the justice system.

My mom kinda tried to explain, but it went over my head. They returned to their focusing and then we had our usual Sunday routine.

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I remember the killing of Oswald on national tv [View all] PCIntern Aug 2019 OP

I remember seeing that live with my father mainstreetonce Aug 2019 #1

Really? And exactly how could the replays have been doctored PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #40

Not to mention pinning it on the CLINTONs. TMZ (Shitler's pal) is loaded with posts from MAGATs UTUSN Aug 2019 #2

Unbelievable what these guys will say. Bill Clinton was 17 when Kennedy/Oswald were assassinated. George II Aug 2019 #7

Sorry, my post was misleading: I was referring to the EPSTEIN suicide to trash the CLINTONs with UTUSN Aug 2019 #23

Oh, I see. Yes, there are people all over the place claiming that this morning. Still unbelievable. George II Aug 2019 #24

A HUD appointee already has exboyfil Aug 2019 #33

i feel the same way. barbtries Aug 2019 #3

In police custody. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #4

Said the guy who proActivist Aug 2019 #55

Accused of that by the same people who were supposed to protect him. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #69

I don't think he had much of a story to tell. proActivist Aug 2019 #72

Yes, I remember watching it. wendyb-NC Aug 2019 #5

As a 16 year old in Boston we all freaked the f*ck out Submariner Aug 2019 #6

I saw it live, too. We both knew then that the truth would never come out. ancianita Aug 2019 #8

I saw it live, too. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #9

Nor will I. BadgerMom Aug 2019 #44

I was 14 at the time, but had become a Democrat after watching the 1956 conventions. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #45

I watched the 1956 convention yellowdogintexas Aug 2019 #58

I was just 7, because my birthday is early August. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #59

Off topic completely but I know the tonsil problems. a la izquierda Aug 2019 #68

That's terrible! greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #70

Why is that? I'm in my 40s and had the same problem when I was a kid. kcr Aug 2019 #73

No clue! Drives me mental, I wish I didn't have them. a la izquierda Aug 2019 #74

Exactly! justie18 Aug 2019 #17

Any "official" reason why the records haven't been released? ancianita Aug 2019 #18

No justie18 Aug 2019 #19

I thought the records are in National Archives in College Park. Per wikipedia: ancianita Aug 2019 #21

I remember watching it, too. Live. I was glued to the TV all weekend. calimary Aug 2019 #28

I was 9 Roy Rolling Aug 2019 #10

I remember it LittleGirl Aug 2019 #11

They played it over and over. proActivist Aug 2019 #52

Wow! You must be totally brilliant! That was Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #12

Think part of strength of white student antiwar action came from our experiences in the CivilRightsM bobbieinok Aug 2019 #57

Not sure what you are saying. I gather it's some kind Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #61

I just told Mrs. K kozar Aug 2019 #13

My parents were upset. I was like, "Yay, someone killed him!" LeftInTX Aug 2019 #14

I was 7 too Freddie Aug 2019 #34

Damn. The shit's getting deep in here. Aristus Aug 2019 #15

There's one vote for "I believe whatever my govt tells me" BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #36

No. I'm a scientist. I believe what the evidence tells me. Aristus Aug 2019 #47

+100 nt proActivist Aug 2019 #50

Hi. Welcome to DU. Aristus Aug 2019 #51

I'm here to proActivist Aug 2019 #53

Then you are doubly-welcome... Aristus Aug 2019 #56

+10 nt proActivist Aug 2019 #49

This isn't the same thing. Pedofiles are often suidical. LeftInTX Aug 2019 #16

Courtesy suicide? warmfeet Aug 2019 #42

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2019 #20

anti-ligature and anti-self harm fittings, monitoring practices and other methods of preventing dameatball Aug 2019 #22

I design anti-ligature systems for correctional facilities, warmfeet Aug 2019 #43

My staff or I may have been involved in procuring something you are familiar with. But, yes, dameatball Aug 2019 #46

Over the intervening decades bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #25

When is "Machine Gun Mitch" going to take action? MakeAmericaLoveAgain Aug 2019 #26

Or how about Mass-Murder Mitch. calimary Aug 2019 #30

...93khjaaaaay? AndJusticeForSome Aug 2019 #35

Yep. That's the one! calimary Aug 2019 #37

Epstein murdered by a group of people including a high profile person or two that I dont Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #27

I think we can guess who at least one of the two might be sandensea Aug 2019 #29

You know that old saying... "dead men tell no tales." calimary Aug 2019 #31

Any speculation other than murder shows us we STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #32

One always needs to keep in mind a key question: "Who benefits?" calimary Aug 2019 #38

My grandmother and xxqqqzme Aug 2019 #39

Yup! Epstein's suicide is suspicious burrowowl Aug 2019 #41

I remember that too. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2019 #48

I remember it and hearing my dad say to my mom dflprincess Aug 2019 #54

I was watching everything, and then took a secondwind Aug 2019 #60

OMG! And that was long before rewind Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #62

Robert Oswald believed Lee did it... MicaelS Aug 2019 #63

Same age here. I have stood along Elm Street and gazed upward to the sixth floor of the building. John1956PA Aug 2019 #64

The most amazing thing to me.... MicaelS Aug 2019 #65

The demolition of some of the buildings in the late '70s or early '80s opened it up a bit. John1956PA Aug 2019 #66

Robert Oswald did it for me, too. kskiska Aug 2019 #71

Back then customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #67