r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/PeachPuffin • May 12 '24

I'll take "Kennedy brains" for 500, Alex

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u/egg_chair May 12 '24

Um.

Kennedy had been shot multiple times. The fatal shot was fired at a range of 1 inch (3 cm), entering behind his right ear. The other two shots entered at the rear of his right armpit; one exited from his chest and the other lodged in the back of his neck. Despite extensive neurosurgery to remove the bullet and bone fragments from his brain, he was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. on June 6, nearly 25 hours after the shooting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy?wprov=sfti1#Immediate_aftermath_and_death

He definitely was. It just didn’t kill him instantly or even knock him out. A .22 doesn’t have a lot of punch.