Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Some of the key events about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

• 1974

  Graduated cum laude from Harvard University
• 1983

  Passed the New York bar exam and began working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan
• 1983

  Arrested for heroin possession in South Dakota
• 1984

  Founded and became president of the New York State Fishers for Clean Water
• 1984

  Pleaded guilty to heroin possession charges
• 1986

  Established the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law
• 1999

  Published "The Riverkeepers", a book about environmental activism
• 2000

  Served as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council
• 2000

  Arrested for trespassing at Camp Garcia, Vieques, Puerto Rico during protests
• 2001

  Became a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental Litigation Clinic
• 2001

  Jailed for 30 days for trespassing during protests in Vieques, Puerto Rico
• 2003

  Founded Waterkeeper Alliance, an international environmental organization
• 2005

  Published "Crimes Against Nature", a book criticizing the George W. Bush administration's environmental policies
• 2013

  Compared the number of children with autism to a Holocaust during an anti-vaccine speech
• 2014

  Published a book promoting debunked links between vaccines and autism
• 2016

  Received the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence from the Stroud Water Research Center
• 2017

  Offered to lead a vaccine safety commission, drawing criticism from medical professionals
• 2019

  Family members publicly criticized anti-vaccine advocacy
• 2021

  Instagram account banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines
• 2022

  Compared COVID-19 safety measures to conditions in Nazi Germany, drawing widespread condemnation

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