My Re-Evaluation of Johnny Brewer’s Initial Report of December 6, 1963

[John Iacoletti]

MR.CHAPMAN: There you go again: Ignoring the wailing cop-cars, news of the assassination, a guy observed by Brewer to be attempting to hide, and then conclude that Brewer had no reason to suspect anything.
MR.IACOLETTI: Strawman. I made no such argument.
MR.CHAPMAN: Reply #8 July 31, 2020, 03:25:47 AM ("to justify why he was suspicious of this man")
MR.CHAPMAN: Now show us where Brewer claimed to be doubting his reasons for following Oswald. Seems to me that's nothing but Iacoletti conjecture.
MR.IACOLETTI: When did I ever ever claim he did?
Mr.CHAPMAN: Reply #8 July 31, 2020, 03:25:47 AM ("to justify why he was suspicious of this man")
MR.IACOLETTI: Brewer never said “attempting to hide'.
MR.CHAPMAN:  You and your semantics. 'Attempting to hide': Same difference as stepping into the foyer at the sudden approach of cop cars, turning his back, glancing over his shoulder, then leaving immediately after the cop cars disappear. But I guess Oswald was just shy. Btw, Brewer did not say the man was 'standing in front of his shop' as you claim (Reply #8 July 31, 2020, 03:25:47 AM) "to justify why he was suspicious of this man standing in front of his shop"

Typical Chapman.  He makes a claim ("attempting to hide") that a witness never said, and when called on it, he whines about "semantics".

[John Iacoletti]

Where did Brewer state that Oswald looked dangerous? This is not hard to figure out: The dangerous part would be following a guy who might well be armed, given his observed behaviour regarding the cop cars.

Yeah, because in Chapman-land, looking in a window while cop-cars are going by means "armed".

[John Iacoletti]

If Oswald really wasn't "acting funny" and looking "scared" and looking as if he had been "running" when Johnny Brewer saw him in the lobby of his shoe store, then please give me one good reason for Brewer wanting to follow this person up the street to the theater on November 22nd?

Brewer didn't really have one -- hence the fabricated radio report.

[John Iacoletti]

The Dictabelt recording show the police discussing NBC reporting the shooting of a police officer at 1:27 and 1:28. So I would assume that the local NBC radio station had reported this by this time.

Again, the policeman on the recording said "NBC News is reporting DOA".  Not WBAP or the local NBC radio affiliate, or whatever.  NBC News made no such report.  End of story.  And just because a cop says something over the police radio doesn't mean that you can assume it's true anyway.

[Jerry Freeman]

Joe bases his theory on some obscure radio report that he nor anyone else seems able to find.
Such a phantom broadcast is possible but yet it is impossible for Brewer's statements to have been just a yarn?
The Sixth Floor Museum may offer something more about the radio broadcasts.....
https://www.jfk.org/sixth-floor-museum-acquires-jfk-assassination-coverage-collection-cumulus-media-wbap-820/

[John Iacoletti]

Reply # 14, for WBAP was the ABC feed. It said at the beginning, in the first minute, that it was an ABC broadcast, on 570 AM. Checking the ABC feed tells us nothing.

Listen to the WBAP video around time stamp 3:15:00 - 3:45:00. They are definitely carrying NBC coverage at that time.  The official flash from Kilduff is reported at timestamp 3:37:00.  There is a 1:00 time-check at timestamp 03:05:05.

[Bill Chapman]

Yeah, because in Chapman-land, looking in a window while cop-cars are going by means "armed".

Yeah, while looking in a window set inside the foyer, away from the sidewalk
Yeah, while watching cop-cars 'going by' at speed with sirens wailing.
Yeah, while catching the attention of Brewer.

Oh, yeah... show us were I said anything more than that being armed would be a possibility given Brewer's description of the scene.