Why Is John Lennon Unjust

According to some, John Lennon's assassination was considered just as devastating as the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy (Feeney, Nolan). John Lennon was a member of the very popular and impactful band, the Beatles. Lennon was considered the intellectual and outspoken Beatle and this resulted in a lot of hate from some people (History.com). The assassination of John Lennon was unjust because he was an innocent musician who was killed by a mentally unstable man; however some believe that because of his outspoken personality he deserved the animosity he received (History.com). Days before the shooting, Chapman told his wife he had been obsessed with killing Lennon. He showed her the gun and bullets, but she did not tell the police what was going on or what Chapman planned to do. On the day of the shooting Chapman met Lennon outside of the hotel Lennon was staying at, he even shook hands with his son and got him to sign his copy of Catcher in the Rye. While meeting Lennon Chapman was too starstruck to pull the trigger and waited hours outside the hotel for Lennon to return that
Chapman hero worshiped Lennon and became mentally unstable after discovering that Lennon told people that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” and “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink...I don't know which will go first—rock 'n' roll or Christianity.”(Crime and Investigation) Chapman is very religious and said he had “a deep relationship with Christ” some of the members of Chapman's prayer group even made up a joke which was “Imagine, imagine if John Lennon was dead.” (NBCnews.) Since being arrested Chapman has been denied parole eight times (Feeney,