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Originally Posted by x54.4blue
I really don't think ether Kennedy was killed by political opponents.
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With the possible exception of Lincoln, I'm fairly sure that none of those were "political" assassinations(or attempts). All we're either insane, racially motivated(redundancy alert!), attempting to achieve fame(or infamy) or a combination of the above. Altho' Booth(IMO) was nuts too, his motives were political.
I'm sure that a case could be made that Malcolm X's assassination was political. While local and federal law enforcement officials stood aside and let it happen, IMO the main motive was the blood-feud within the Nation of Islam organization. You'd need to use a very loose definition to call that power struggle "political".