President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr on March 30, 1981. CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin reports on the attempted assassination. #CNN #News
Read "Breaking Points" by Hinckleys Parents to get another perspective of this story. Very sad. We need a population educated on brain illnesses like schizophrenia ...it would certainly help.
Same, I was in first grade, and I remember asking why Tim McCarthy would be a human shield, after she explained he swore to do that I thought it was the bravest thing I had ever seen.
Same here. My grandmother was watching and she told me as I was walking in the door from junior high school. I wanted to scream "the President has been shot", but didn't. I was in 7th grade at the time
Because he was insane. And his insane fantasy for Jodie Foster was triggered by that movie. She's lucky he never got close to her, or she could have easily been killed. I never voted for Reagan. But I am glad his life was saved by his security team and the doctors in the GW Hospital. Reagan died a sad death from dementia, but he did live a long life thanks to quick thinking and quick action. May he rest in peace.
Hinkley suffered from untreated schizophrenia. Ironically Ronald Reagan is a big reason so many long term psychiatric hospitals closed but Reagon did not pour money into alternatives as Kennedy had planned before his murder...therefore we now have no help for people like Hinkley unless they have aware educated parents or get into serious trouble with the law. Untreated, many people with brain illnesses can become delusional and hallucinating and eventually tricked into taking drugs and then become chronically homeless cause no one in society is looking out for them and there are not enough people going into psychiatry or careers to treat them as its usually low paying. Usually only people with someone close to them who gets schizophrenia ends up going into psychiatry field.
Why are you bringing Ronald Reagan into this? Are you really so dumb to blame everything bad in this country to Ronald Reagan? Stop watching news channels and get real. Your knowledge of politics and history is trash!
Oh, it's worse than that, Jimmy Carter had it all sorted out with outpatient support and outreach in the works and had secured full funding for it. One of the first things Reagan did when he got in office was to scrap the whole thing. Here are some fun numbers for you... 1955 The total U.S. population was 161,136,449. With 560,000 psychiatric beds Now:The total U.S. population is 327,200,000. The U.S. now has 37,679 state psychiatric beds, that's for the whole country! They have made it almost impossible to force someone in to a hospital, and the ones that need the help the most are unable see they have a problem because their brain is literally not working right. And the ones that aren't as bad off may want to get into a hospital but are unable to find space available. I've worked at a homeless shelter for 8 years and plenty of times it too bad for us to keep them and the cops are the ones that dumped them on us. Example: One lady would get up 7-9 or more at night, get in people's faces, and full-volume yell about the devil being in her butt! Or the lady who tries to say other people's young children are her and we had to block the door because she tried to take a baby. Clearly if we have any moms with kids younger than a teenager I can't take a chance with her.
Really is sad - it is a vulnerable segment of society that isn't great at advocating for themself - they get left behind then everyone wants to complain about a delusional person doing a crime or all the homeless people. Often there is some hand holding and investment required, but with the appropriate help a lot of these people can live decent lives and be contributing members of society. Guess my point is, the same people who are the first to complain and want to punish these people are the exact same people that refuse to part with a penney for social services. They come from a good family, have normal mental health and are doing well - anyone who isn't doing as well as them simply needs to pull themselves up by the boot straps. What these fiscal conservatives don't understand is that an once of prevention is worth a pound of cure - some basic support and healthcare costs a fraction of incarceratring these people.
No, not so much. Duders were gun running and drug peddling while the Gipper was just clocking in at 10 and clocking out at 6, there was no hand on the wheel whatsoever. China really raped his ass when Reagan visited them and forked over U.S. Manufacturing to them during their summit in '83. Reagan could sure deliver his lines from the prompter but man if he wasn't such a good actor people would've noticed that: "well, he don't know how to do shit" a whole lot sooner.
I played sick from school that day. 8th grade. Was watching TV with my mom and this breaks in. Remember it like it was yesterday. Scary day. And Hinckley was doing it for someone who would never be interested in a man.
Economy musta been booming. This looser was able to travel EVERYWHERE on a whim to follow his targets. Not to mention purchasing 2 guns with ease. The 70s were awesome
32:04 Good thing they were able to find stock footage of an XB-52, which never went into service... apparently nobody took any stock footage since June 29, 1955 when B-52B Number 52-8711 became operational,
That's a pretty sick comment. Let me guess you're a Democrat. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. But it sounds like there wasn't very much rattling around in your head to waste to begin with.. just saying
@@disorganizedorg As far as I know, he really didn't have any ill-will towards Reagan. This whole thing was to impress Jodie Foster. He was stalking President Carter before Reagan. So ill-will isn't the question here......the question is: what else might he try to impress Foster? If the shrinks are convinced he isn't a danger.....I guess we have to trust him. But common sense makes me wonder if this joker should be on the streets. Hopefully he is done trying to impress Foster.
I think the greater point trying to be made here was the risk involved with no one in actual charge of the country for a short (way too long time lapse). With this, it means, do not let any clowns running the country because, that is serious business. Donald Trump -Marjoltadultery Toilet Grangrene 2028! Chuckle chuckle
The principal point of the video here, in its whole is, "never never vote in a government that does not know what they are doing in a period of crisis. This could have turned out way worse. Way way worse. The job is NOT for clowns.
Trump wouldn't have been able to be elected back in 1980 cause right wing media wasn't in the place where it is now to create the alternative reality for millions of Americans, and the Republican party wasn't radical yet so they wouldn't have allowed it.
Never forget all the money that the wicked who stand up on the platform of eternal damnation which is the Democratic platform gave billions of dollars to the terrorists funding regime. Look in the mirror you're guilty in the eyes of God Jesus Christ is your lost souls only hope
Let's never forget, that President Reagan was nearly killed, when he was shot by the man who attempted to assassinate him. I was much too young to vote for President Reagan, but if I could vote, I would have voted for Carter and Mondale. Nonetheless, I would never refer to Mr. Reagan as "Ronnie." It is cheeky and childish.
Don't be ridiculous. Reagan was too busy with his responsibilities as President. Nancy Reagan was selling missiles to Hinckley in prison. She was also calling strangers for eight hours a day, attempting to sell solar panels for the houses. She was an over-achiever.@@PopulismIsForBottomFeeders
When America-last democrat politicians OVERPOPULATE the states with ILLEGAL ALIENS . . housing costs and rents SKYROCKET . . due to THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND = too many people + not enough housing = higher rents for everyone
What's stunning about this documentary is just how close Hinckley got to Reagan WITH A GUN, repeatedly before March 1981. Like, including Inauguration Day, December 1980 -- it's just nuts!
Good I'm 55 and I was smart enough to leave the Democrat party in 96. You just keep drinking the Kool Aid. Also you are not a senior citizen. You are a liar.
Even my sister it seems them thief and holding hostage as an impression who are them what do they do to stop the law agencies from defeating them as of now ?
Funny thing about John Lynch, he manufactured meth right next door to my grandfather's house. He was charged and went to prison, likely not in this case but he used to talk about setting lots of people up.
While his actions towards Jodie Foster were traumatizing enough for anyone to go through at least he didn’t decide to kidnap her, much easier than murder a president, wasn’t he so delusional and just obsessed he probably would have gone for the easier option.
You got it. the greater point trying to be made here was the risk involved with no one in actual charge of the country for a short (way too long time lapse). With this, it means, do not let any clowns running the country because, that is serious business. Donald Trump -Marjoltadultery Toilet Grangrene 2028! Chuckle chuckle
The principal point of the video here, in its whole is, "never never vote in a government that does not know what they are doing in a period of crisis. This could have turned out way worse. Way way worse. The job is NOT for clowns.
imagine if you werent a tool and realized that Reagan promoted less government spending, and the Democrats literally spend more on government than anyone else. L take buddy
“I also noticed there were some shots fired from an overhang on a sidewalk above where the Presidents car was.” -Judy Woodruff reporting for NBC News immediately after the shooting and never mentioned again.
....beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecause of all the videos from multiple angles that were released by the many outlets present showing the showing the shooting coming from the crowd and nowhere else.
@@PopulismIsForBottomFeeders But no one is even looking toward Hinkley when he is shooting right in front of them. Everyone is looking off to Hinkley’s left. Everyone. Also the angle of the bullet that hit Reagan was a 45 degree angle back to left to right wound. No ricochet of any of Hinkley’s bullets could have possible done this. Unless Hinkley fired high to the wall to his right and for it to miraculously ricochet back down at a 45 degree angle in to Reagan. I don’t think anyone witnessed that though.
@@user-em1dw3ft6m Hinkley used a cheap .22 pistol with tiny .22 cartridges. The bullets pulled out of Reagan were .22 that matched the pistol. A second shooter would have had to have used the same .22 calibre, right? What are the chances of that?
@@zx7-rr486 The “bullet” was revealed to be a flat dime like disc. William Colby the head of the CIA in 1975 showed a weapon that fired darts or fleshettes fired by a weapon charged by battery and modeled after the Army’s Colt semi-automatic pistol.
As mentioned in the video, the Iranians HATED Carter and wouldn’t have let them go until Carter was gone. So no, Carter didn’t do anything for them but leave the White House.
Republicans' "fix" to the economy since the '80s, has been "trickle-down," which is where you make rich people much richer on the promise that they will suddenly become very nice and give people who are not-rich, more money. Tell me how that's worked out for us so far? Every vote for a republican on the issue of the economy for the past 40 years, by anybody making less than a million a year, has been a shotgun blast right in their own foot. But they keep doing it.
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You are correct on that comment! Regan was a puppet.
Stop pretending it was just "republicans" getting rich. Especially now, when vuirtually every corporation is pushing a democrat platform. They're the wealthiest people on the continent. Trickle down vs outsourcing... That's the choice that no one makes or votes for. That's decided between politicians and corporate. Both aisles, before any election cycle.
In honor of me letting RU-vid just run and me landing here, I will tell you a joke that was very popular in grade school in the 80s... Q. Why don't they allow dogs in the Whitehouse? A. Because they chase the Quail and pee on the Bushes.
Here's the thing, I never shot Regan. Unless Regan was in the front or back yard in Grove City, Unless he was shot with a BB from a BB gun, I do recall taking out a bird, then it wasn't me. I had no car, I had two bicycles one I built from parts found in trashes. So I never shot Regan and that bird was laughing at me..
There was a public outcry after the jury returned a not-guilty verdict. Consequently, the laws were changed (in both federal court and many state courts.). Today, it is nearly impossible for a person to pursue an insanity defense, even if the person is plainly insane. Thanks for Mr. Hinkley, there are thousands of crazy people sitting in prisons, when they should be in mental hospitals. @@vernonholsey1449
America is partisan because of how our political system works as a dual-party system. Washington warned us about this. It's just that it was only with the rise of the modern conservative movement where they really started to develop it and define themselves as opposition to Democrats at all costs. Nute Gingritch really began that style, but the seeds were already being sewn.
""HUMAN-BLOOD ISN'T WHAT-ONE WOULDCALL A BRIGHT-RED COLOR, ""HUMAN-BLOOD HAS A MURKY-LOOK TO IT ANDNOT BRIGHT-RED, ""MURKY BECAUSE IT IS BLOOD""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve only got half way through this… I was 10 when this happened…. I always wondered about where Hinkley’s fixation with Jodie Foster came from… Also the other thing I remember is about Jim Brady and the Brady Bill… that hasn’t been mentioned yet…
It was mentioned in another documentary. Hinckley was obsessed with Jodi from the movie "Taxi Driver". Where Jodi was 14 or 16 at the time, playing the role of a 12 year old prostitute. He reportedly watched the movie over 15 times. The plot of the movie is actually Robert De Niro, playing a loner taxi cab driver who dreams of "saving the world" and cleaning up the city. So he plots to take out the Presidential candidate, and then he becomes obsessed with Jodi Foster in the movie. Hinckley was basically playing out the movie, but in real life.
Buy hey I never see people try kill the word so tat mean it going to exist for a trillion worlds or more before you all could say that then attack the word me to kill it and pit it out of creation
2023 is over! Let's settle the accounts now! The liabilities of China's banking institutions amounted to 376.38 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%! The debt of financial institutions is 410.48 trillion yuan! The total assets of banking institutions are 409.77 trillion yuan! Is this your consumption growth?
The principal point of the video here, in its whole is, "never never vote in a government that does not know what they are doing in a period of crisis. This could have turned out way worse. Way way worse. The job is NOT for clowns.
John Hinkley certainly was a victim of mental illness. What he did was horrific and he served his sentence as he should. John went into remission and eventually was granted weekends to stay with his mom. Of course eventually Hinkley was set free and is monitored by mental health experts as a condition of his parole. Anyone wanting to see John Hinkley can look him up on RU-vid as he play’s the acoustic guitar and performs cover’s as well as songs he written. This generates an income stream for John and he has many supporters. His new found freedom is controversial but he seems to have made a lot of progress and for that I wish him well.
Everyone around the world with some sense doesnt want biden, but you do 🤔. Whats wrong with you that you want this for your country. Lets just put aside all the corruption, cocaine, and the kid sniffing. A couple days ago he lost his way back from the podium. Someone was even there to point him were to go, and still struggled. This is happening more and more often. Thats who you want as your president, one thats brain dead who obviously doesnt make decisions. Why??
I'm pretty sure it happened (video footage shows it occured) but if CNN is doing a special on it then I have to be skeptical and question that this assassination attempt ever happened.
I understand your reasoning for questioning whether it happened or not considering the sources but in this "one" case even CNN got most of it right. This was CNN long before TDS.
CNN isn't as inaccurate as many want to believe. They are just one of the main punching bags of the right-wing. Rupert Murdoch really hated CNN, and so when Fox News started they attacked it a lot.
@@xiaoka People should know the comments are not the real comments. They are what corporate America is willing to be let heard. Think about it. Seriously.
