Jim Leavelle

[Walt Cakebread]

Try to focus.  You have suggested that Leavelle was involved in the frame up.  So what his role?  I'm not aware of anything Leavelle did that would have advanced the case against Oswald.  But perhaps you can enlighten us.

Leavelle was involved in the framing of Lee Oswald by his perpetration of the lies that were created by the DPD.......

[Richard Smith]

Leavelle was involved in the framing of Lee Oswald by his perpetration of the lies that were created by the DPD.......

What "perpetration of lies" did Leavelle commit other than expressing his opinion that Oswald was guilty?  Many people believe Oswald is guilty.  Are they all involved in the frame up?  I would think that participation in a frame up might involve something a bit more proactive. 

[Martin Weidmann]

What was Leavelle's role in the frame up?  Other than expressing his opinion, based on the overwhelming evidence, that Oswald was guilty, he doesn't seem to have done much other than to be presented when your hero was shot.

Too bad that opinions aren't evidence of anything.

I like the old man and have spoken to him several times over the years. I respected what he believed to be true and he was honest enough to agree that whatever he believed might not be what really happened.

And you are right, Richard, as far as evidence goes, the only real claim to fame he has was that he was cuffed to Oswald when he was shot. If there was a frame up, Leavelle had no active part in it at all, but he may have been played for a fool and duped like just about every LN has been.

[Walt Cakebread]

Too bad that opinions aren't evidence of anything.

I like the old man and have spoken to him several times over the years. I respected what he believed to be true and he was honest enough to agree that whatever he believed might not be what really happened.

And you are right, Richard, as far as evidence goes, the only real claim to fame he has was that he was cuffed to Oswald when he was shot. If there was a frame up, Leavelle had no active part in it at all, but he may have been played for a fool and duped like just about every LN has been.

"If there was a frame up, Leavelle had no active part in it at all, but he may have been played for a fool and duped like just about every LN has been."

 he may have been played for a fool and duped like just about every LN has been.

True....And don't forget the fact that he was a member of "The Thin Blue Line".....   IMO the reason that officer Tippit was murdered was because the conspirators  knew that the murder of a police officer would be akin to poking a hornets nest....    I believe they intended for an irate cop to shoot Lee in the Texas Theater....

[Jerry Freeman]

Another cop that did what he was told to do and believed what he was told to believe.

[Walt Cakebread]

Another cop that did what he was told to do and believed what he was told to believe.

I can't imagine any man (adult)  with an average IQ who would do what you describe ......     There are many adults who believe utterly irrational things...Because the want to....but not because they are ordered to accept the nutty ideas.   

Leavelle accepted the story that was created for the gullible and then repeated and embellished the tale.....

[Jerry Freeman]

Leavelle accepted the story that was created for the gullible and then repeated and embellished the tale.....

And Roger Craig didn't and paid the price. Fear---the greatest motivator of all.