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In reply to the discussion: Should we really give the whole country a pass on reason when it comes to JFK conspiracies? [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)91. No, no, and no.
The entrance wound is in the back of the skull. This is easily verified by reference to the autopsy report, X-rays, and photographs. The wound exhibited bevelling on the interior surface. This means that the bullet created a crater around the entry point on the inside of the skull. This is ALWAYS an indicator of an entry wound, not an exit. Fire an air rifle at a plate glass window, and a crater will form on the side opposite the impact. It's the same principle, and there's no way for an exit wound in the back of the skull to exhibit bevelling on the interior surface.
"Everyone at the scene"? You mean like Dallas Police officer Marrion Baker, who went to the TSBD?
Mr. BAKER - It sounded to me like it was a high-powered rifle.
Mr. BELIN - All right. When you heard the first shot or the first noise, what did you do and what did you see?
Mr. BAKER - Well, to me, it sounded high and I immediately kind of looked up, and I had a feeling that it came from the building, either right in front of me or of the one across to the right of it.
Mr. BELIN - What would the building right in front of you be?
Mr. BAKER - It would be this Book Depository Building.
http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/baker_m1.htm
Mr. BELIN - All right. When you heard the first shot or the first noise, what did you do and what did you see?
Mr. BAKER - Well, to me, it sounded high and I immediately kind of looked up, and I had a feeling that it came from the building, either right in front of me or of the one across to the right of it.
Mr. BELIN - What would the building right in front of you be?
Mr. BAKER - It would be this Book Depository Building.
http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/baker_m1.htm
You mean like the men on the fifth floor who heard the shots coming from directly above them, one of whom had dust knocked loose from the ceiling in his hair and another of whom heard the bolt cycling and the spent cartridges hitting the floor?
Just after the President passed by, I heard a shot and several seconds later I heard two more shots. I knew that the shots had come from directly above me, and I could hear the expended cartridges fall to the floor. I also could here the bolt action of the rifle. I saw some dust fall from the ceiling of the fifth floor and I felt sure that whoever had fired the shots was directly above me.
http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/norman_1.htm
http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/norman_1.htm
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Should we really give the whole country a pass on reason when it comes to JFK conspiracies? [View all]
DanTex
Nov 2013
OP
What do the Authoritarians have to do with the CT theories on the JFK assassination?
treestar
Nov 2013
#72
This thread is littered with people hurling insults at anybody who refuses to fall right in line
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#73
Am I the only one reading this and getting the message that wanting a little
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#4
I will admit that the "I stopped believing..." shows an inherent mistrust of Government explanations
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#12
And you are fine with all the evidence that the CIA let you see. Why are 1,000 pages of "evidence"
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#93
Look, you asked for an example of something the government got right, and I provided.
DanTex
Nov 2013
#23
Of course I would love to agree with you that liberals are more rational.
Big Blue Marble
Nov 2013
#74
The jump from "the government isn't telling everything" to "I know all the answers!" is a long one
Scootaloo
Nov 2013
#41
Of course, there are ridiculous outliers that drive these stories for fun and profit.
Big Blue Marble
Nov 2013
#52
The difference, of course, being that there is evidence linking the 9/11 murderers
DanTex
Nov 2013
#17
Yes. CIA officer David Atlee Phillips said ''Oswald was never in Mexico City.''
Octafish
Nov 2013
#33
You mean the Allen Dulles who Kennedy replaced as CIA chief on November 29, 1961?
longship
Nov 2013
#37
Why wouldn't "they" have someone waiting to kill Oswald in the book depository,
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#49
I have lost count of how many times the faulty HSCA findings are posited as fact at DU.
The Midway Rebel
Nov 2013
#60
A lot of Americans have strong reasons not to completely trust the offical versions of anything
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#79
Evidence presented and Reason leads to something other than a lone gunman...
kickysnana
Nov 2013
#90