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Charles Joseph Whitman (1941-1966)
How can we talk about Charles Whitman?
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How should we talk about Charles Whitman?
Some of his victims and some of the witnesses to his killing rampage don’t even want to say his name. He was a “monster,” a “madman,” a murderer and nothing more.
In Tower, Keith Maitland’s moving 2016 film about the heroism of the victims and survivors, Whitman’s face is never seen. This is a historical shift from the first months and even decades after the shooting, when Charles Whitman was the main focus of attention.
In the early stages, horror and incomprehension prevailed. How could he?
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Who was he? Governor John Connally convened a special commission, which released a report just 5 weeks later, to try to answer those questions.
At the time, and even in the days after the tragic shooting, Whitman was described in glowing terms.
On August 2, 1966, The Austin American headlined its front page attempt to construct his biography: “’Everyone’ Loved Him.” U