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In reply to the discussion: My take on JFK Conspiracy Theories and Theorists. [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)What he may or may not have done in the Texas Theatre is irrelevant. It is not "evidence". He shot a cop. There were witnesses. Shell casings recovered from the scene and a bullet recovered from Tippit's body matched his revolver. He shot the President. His rifle was found on the sixth floor of the TSBD. It fired the bullets that struck Kennedy and Connally. Oswald was seen on the second floor by Patrolman Marrion Baker; no credible witness saw him come down from the sixth floor, but he was seen IN THE WINDOW, WITH A RIFLE, by at least one witness who gave a description that went out over the police radio and was a close match for Oswald. Under interrogation Oswald placed himself on the sixth floor at the time of the assassination.
All of the physical evidence says "Oswald did it". All of the forensic evidence says "Oswald did it". All of the circumstantial evidence says "Oswald did it". What about those "curtain rods" he supposedly went out to Irving to get, the night before? He denied having a package with him in the car that morning to the police. His room had curtain rods in it. What about his leaving his wedding ring and almost all the money he had in a teacup next to his wife's bed? What about the magazine with the Klein's Sporting Goods advert, with the Carcano circled and the order slip cut out? What about the money order in his handwriting? And the rifle delivered to his PO box?
The majority of witnesses say three shots were fired. Two of those struck, all came from behind (conclusively proven by forensics and wound ballistics).