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Secret service agents moments after the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan and three others.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

How would he be a martyr? Hinckley didn't shoot him because of his politics, he shot him because he was insane and thought killing a president would make Jodie Foster notice him. He was originally planning to go after Jimmy Carter.

[–] ZzyzxRoad 2 points 11 months ago

thought killing a president would make Jodie Foster notice him.

I have to wonder if that's some narrative they came up with to prevent copy cats.

I know it's a conspiracy thought, but at some point I realized the government has zero actual reason to be transparent with the public. They could really just say whatever they want and none of us would ever know the difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Oh, I just assumed. I don't know tons about American history.