Jim Garrison
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"Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison" – who changed his first name to "Jim" in the early 1960s – was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the John F. Kennedy assassination/assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was played by Kevin Costner in Oliver Stone's JFK (film)/JFK.

Garrison tried to prove that he uncovered a Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories/conspiracy behind the John F. Kennedy assassination, and that he was blocked from successful prosecution by a federal government cover-up.

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It's a lot of hard work. You've got to invest yourself, physically and mentally and financially. You have to be a self-starter.

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I'm not able to cry yet, ... I lost a son and a wonderful daughter-in-law, but I can't cry. I want to.

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Apparently the employees who threw this pot luck were planning to take it home and were offended by my action. Now I thought we were all basically on the same team and if someone didn't like what I did they would tell me so and I would apologize and maybe offer to pay for the pizza. These employees ended up telling their manager, who told her vice president about what I did.

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