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In reply to the discussion: 10 Facts about Lee Oswald that make 70% of Americans Wonder... [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)That is the basis of science.
With respect to Dealey Plaza you have Zapruder who believes and testifies under oath twice that he believes the headshot came from behind him. Zapruder's location at the time of the head shot is firmly established. No doubts there. He had a prime position and has no known motive to say anything he believes to be untrue. Quite the opposite -- the WC doesn't want to hear this but Zapruder goes to his grave saying that shot came from behind him.
Add to that the railroad workers on the triple overpass, who all ran to the fence. Then add the 2 motorcycle cops who went up the hill instantly and on instinct.
I don't think it is reasonable to conclude that all of these people are crazy. They were there. They all reacted in the same way and all point to the same location. Most of them are Texans, and God bless them Texans KNOW their gunfire. I have heard live gunfire also and in an urban environment like that plaza. It is not that hard to tell shot from the echo. It just isn't. If it was one or two people and everyone else said they all came from the TSBD then perhaps those few are mistaken but it isn't two people. It is 39 people. I just can't believe that 39 Texans ALL can't tell the shot from the echo. It is easy to tell the difference because the shot comes first and is louder by a good magnitude than any echo. Sam Holland seems very sober and sure of his recollection here:
To accommodate the evidence that all of these witnesses including 2 police men bring forward, I have to conclude that the head shot comes from the fence.
As for who did it and why, I don't know. Kennedy had a shitload of powerful and violent enemies -- Trafficante, Allen Dulles, LBJ, the entire Mafia and the anti-Castro cabal. That's a mess. I ain't going there in this thread but at least 2 shooters involved because that is what the witnesses, Connally and the Zapruder film show us.