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In reply to the discussion: It is peculiar that the shooter escaped. [View all]exboyfil
(18,378 posts)131. Yes if Oswald had a car
Then he would have been gone. He had to rely on buses and cabs to make his getaway.
Oswald was a crime of opportunity. Still there are things that make you wonder (such as the cluster f___ at the airport with Secret Service). The cop turning his head just as Ruby shot Oswald (like he didn''t want to see what was coming). Then you had the dead bodies afterwards (two reporters murdered - one in his home with his notes missing from a blow to the neck and the other shot in a police station by a cop).
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The public assassination of a human being is different from shooting a deer.
Irish_Dem
Sep 2025
#114
Indeed. Was he 'unalived' because he was bounding TACO to release Epstein files
Bread and Circuses
Sep 2025
#32
This is a great thread, no heavy thinking to do, just rec here or there. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2025
#35
Non-white in Orem, Utah, he'd have stood out, probably tackled to the ground immediately
Ocelot II
Sep 2025
#52
They have a video of a guy double timing it on a nearby roof just after the shooting
Prairie Gates
Sep 2025
#87
My guess is I'll be underwhelmed and unsurprised by who-what-why when they're caught.
Torchlight
Sep 2025
#121
Oswald shot JFK from a distance of 265 ft. and made a clean getaway, he was only caught after he shot and killed
sop
Sep 2025
#129