Time for Truth

[Alan Ford]

Oswald does fit that basic description.

~Grin~

[Richard Smith]

~Grin~

What were the police supposed to do in your fantasy world?  They get a report of a suspicious person in the area of the crime.   He matches the general description of the suspect.  With 60 years of hindsight, you can find a single anomaly.  Ironically, based on Oswald's efforts to change his appearance.  The police acted exactly as they should have and captured the murderer.  Great work with the assistance of the public.  An unhinged killer was taken into custody without further loss of life.

[Alan Ford]

What were the police supposed to do in your fantasy world?  They get a report of a suspicious person in the area of the crime.   He matches the general description of the suspect.

A man in a brown shirt does not fit the description of a suspect in a white shirt, lol

[Richard Smith]

A man in a brown shirt does not fit the description of a suspect in a white shirt, lol

Again, what should the police have done?   Said to themselves: This couldn't be the guy even though he meets the physical description, is reported in the area of the crime, and is acting suspiciously.  Good grief.  Of course, Oswald did change his appearance between the crime scene and the TT.  Fortunately, the police exercised basic common sense.

[Alan Ford]

Again, what should the police have done?   Said to themselves: This couldn't be the guy even though he meets the physical description,

No, they should have said to themselves: This doesn't sound like the guy as the description doesn't match, but heck, let's send a squadron of officers to turn the place upside down as it could be Shamus 'Ten Shirts' McGready and his gang

[John Iacoletti]

Note that Postal gave hardly any “general description” at all. She said, “he had on this brown sports shirt and I couldn't tell you what design it was, and medium height, ruddy looking to me”. Somehow this made him a murder suspect.

[Richard Smith]

No, they should have said to themselves: This doesn't sound like the guy as the description doesn't match, but heck, let's send a squadron of officers to turn the place upside down as it could be Shamus 'Ten Shirts' McGready and his gang

I'm really glad that you do not work for the police (or any position of responsibility).  Thankfully they exercised common sense to remove a killer from the public without anyone else getting killed including Oswald who they had every reason to use lethal force against when he pulled his gun.  Brewer was a hero.  Tippit was a hero.  Postal was a hero. The police officers who risked their lives approaching this cold blood killer in the theatre were heroes.  Top notch police work.