RFK assassination had 2nd shooter -new witness

[upi402]

Key witness to RFK assassination says Sirhan Sirhan didn’t act alone


A key witness to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy has retracted her official statements in the case and now claims that convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone.

Nina Rhodes-Hughes, 78, tells CNN that the FBI "twisted" her original statements to authorities. In recent court filings led by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, state prosecutors argue that even if there were a second gunman on the scene, Sirhan is still guilty of murder.

"What has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right," Rhodes told CNN. "The truth has got to be told. No more cover-ups."

Rhodes' original FBI statement says she only heard 8 gunshots at the time and makes no mention of a second shooter. However, Rhodes, who was just feet away from Kennedy says she never claimed to have only heard 8 shots.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/key-witness-rfk-assassination-says-sirhan-sirhan-didn-223905927.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Cue twilight zone music

If correct...can of worms and all that.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Isn't one of the theories that RFK was killed in the crossfire from a security guard?

The guard supposedly went nuts and mistakenly shot RFK instead of Sirhan and the guy fled the U.S. some years back and went home to the Philippines. At least that's how I vaguely remember one of the theories.

[villager]

3. That theory involves a guard name Thane Ceasar

...who had a military/industrial employment background.

You can look him up, but here's an interesting thread about the RFK assassination from DU2:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2762695&mesg_id=2762695

[Sherman A1]

4. They are now just coming forward?

seems just a bit odd to me.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. You and Me Both, Sherman

You posted what i was going to. Now, she comes forward? Now, she wants her statement untwisted? 44 years later? Seems odd to me, too.
GAC

[villager]

8. Gosh, after years of being harassed by the likes of the LAPD to change their story?

n/t

[Logical]

6. Move this shit to the 911 forum!

[cbdo2007]

7. They have done numerous studies on the audio of the shots and I thougth they always came to the

conclusion there was only one shooter based on that?

[villager]

9. actually, given the closeness of the powder burns, the numbers of shots embedded in paneling,

and the haste with which the LAPD removed all the evidence (i.e., the aforementioned paneling), the best guess has always been there were more shots fired than a single gun could allow for.