Above we see the moment Gloria Calvery tells Lovelady, and others on the front steps, that JFK has been shot.
This image was captured approximately 30 seconds after the head shot.
Baker is just arriving near the bottom of the steps.
Shelley has just arrived back at the steps after his run across to the concrete spur where he bumped into Gloria coming the other way.
Truly is still out in the street and is about to turn around.
Karan Hicks climbs the steps.
On another thread, Tom asks - "How did Billy Lovelady mistake 30 seconds for three minutes?"
He might also ask, "How come Shelley made exactly the same mistake?"
However, it is easily argued that it was months later, there was a lot of confusion etc., etc. and it's just a coincidence that both men made the same mistake (just as both men made exactly the same 'mistake' when they forgot to mention their jaunt down the Elm Street extension, hanging around near the railroad yard and entering the west door of the TSBD building in their affidavits).
The aspect of their testimonies that reveals both men are lying, and not just constantly mistaken, is the
sequence of events both men testify to.
In their WC testimonies, both men testify that:
1] They are both on the front steps when the shots occur.
2] They remain on the steps until Gloria comes running up and tells everyone about the shooting. This directly contradicts Shelley's affidavit where he states that he ran across the street where he met Gloria. In his WC he states that, after the shots, "I didn't do anything for a minute".
3] Both men testify it took Gloria 3 minutes to reach the steps. Rather than just accept what the witness is telling him, Ball points out that, "Three minutes is a long time". Why does Ball think Lovelady is overestimating how long it took Gloria to reach the steps? We know from Darnell that this 3 minute estimation is utter nonsense.
4] After listening to Gloria both men head across the Elm St Ext to the concrete spur (which both men refer to as a "little, old island", even though it's not an island). They stay here for a minute or so. Both men testify that it takes at least 4 minutes before they start on their trip along the Elm St Ext to the railroad yard.
5] Both men testify that it is after leaving the steps, after Gloria has told them about the shooting, that they turn around and see Baker and Lovelady about to enter the TSBD building. It is this detail that reveals the obvious lie. Darnell reveals that Baker arrives at the steps while Lovelady is still stood on them listening to Gloria. Shelley is stood near the bottom of the steps when Baker almost runs into him. It is one thing for both men to get the time estimates so incredibly wrong, it is quite another for both men to remember things that didn't happen.
