Robert F. Kennedy
Often, we uncover news stories that could really only happen in Las Vegas, and in today’s blog, we’ll be discussing one of the strangest stories we’ve found in quite some time! As part of the California Homicide Investigators Association, a conference which is taking place in the Las Vegas based Palms Casino Resort, the Los Angeles Police Department unveiled their new exhibition: “Behind-the-Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Experience”.
As if the title of exhibition didn’t sound foreboding and generally rather morbid enough, the LAPD also planned on putting former Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s bloodstained clothes on display. Now Kennedy’s family have stepped in, suggesting that the idea of putting the assasinated Senator’s clothing on display as part of the “Experience” is offensive. The LAPD have consequently pulled the clothing items from the display and the LAPD police chief, Charlie Beck, has released a statement suggesting that “last thing we (the LAPD) want to do is to traumatise a victim’s family”, noting at the same time that they “want to preserve the history of the city of Los Angeles and improve the quality and understanding about our homicide investigations”.
The exhibition, minus Senator Kennedy’s clothes, is open to the public today and tomorrow, from 10am to 7pm. While the conference may seem morbid, this isn’t Nevada's first brush with death: Up until recently, Bonnie and Clyde’s notorious “death car” was on display at the Primm Valley Resort & Casino in Sin City.
Are you planning on attending the “LAPD Homicide Experience” at Palms Casino? Alternatively, do you think it’s right that the LAPD removed Kennedy’s clothing? If you have an opinion on this blog post, we’d love to hear from you, so make sure to add a comment and join in the discussion!
