Oswald's Light-Colored Jacket

[Bill Chapman]

Here we go again... the usual pathetic excuse to explain away why Markham did not recognize CE 162.

And she wasn't the only one.

If Markham had said she had seen a purple jacket you would probably be blaming it on the position of the moon relative to the sun as well as a thunderstorm 300 miles away...

Purple, huh. Nah, that far off in colour perception would either strongly suggest an extreme case of color blindness, or the jacket seen in shadow. Well at least according to my scientific non C&P-delivered research on the subject.

 

[Richard Smith]

LHO left the TSBD with NO jacket, but Whaley said that he had one on. Where did he get the jacket from?

How do you know that he left the TSBD with no jacket?   
 

[John Iacoletti]

How about quitting with the straw man and deal with what I actually did say.  The fibers found inside one of the sleeves of the jacket matched the microscopic fibers from Oswald's arrest shirt.

And by "matched" you mean similar.  So what?

[John Iacoletti]

This is your so called American Justice, I can murder someone in broad daylight in front of eyewitnesses and then get seen running away by almost a dozen people, most of which see me with the same type of gun that killed the man, drop shells that match my revolver, whack the Police Officer that tries to search me, then I try and kill him too and all I need is Iacoletti Inc. to misrepresent the eyewitnesses and I'm magically innocent. Holy WOW Batman!

Whereas you prefer a system of justice that railroads a guy with bogus lineups, shells with magic disappearing initials, and a gun that a cop pulls out of his pocket 2 hours later.

[John Mytton]

And by "matched" you mean similar.  So what?

The prohibitive probability is that those fibers came from Oswald's shirt.
RHVB

Another important consideration is coincidence. When fibers that match the clothing fibers of the suspect are found on the clothing of a victim, two conclusions may be drawn: The fibers originated from the suspect, or the fibers originated from another fabric source that not only was composed of fibers of the exact type and color, but was also in a position to contribute those fibers through primary or secondary contact. The likelihood of encountering identical fibers from the environment of a homicide victim (i.e., from his or her residence or friends) is extremely remote.
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/july2000/deedric3.htm



JohnM

[John Iacoletti]

The prohibitive probability is that those fibers came from Oswald's shirt.
RHVB

As I said, that's just Bugliosi-speak for "similar".  He pulled this "probability" out of his azz.

[John Mytton]

Whereas you prefer a system of justice that railroads a guy with bogus lineups, shells with magic disappearing initials, and a gun that a cop pulls out of his pocket 2 hours later.

Whereas you prefer a system of justice that railroads a guy with bogus lineups

This argument goes nowhere, the crime wasn't committed in some dark alley where a single identification may cause doubt, Oswald killed Tippit in broad daylight and was positively identified by multiple people.

shells with magic disappearing initials

So they had the shells in custody but forgot to initial them, silly conspirators.

and a gun that a cop pulls out of his pocket 2 hours later.

I really don't get why you find this to be such a problem, he kept it on his person for safe keeping.
What's the difference if he kept Oswald's revolver for 10 seconds, 10 minutes or 10 hours?



JohnM