Your comment about my bias blinding me set off a irony alert.
You seem to be the only one fixated on Baker having not patted Oswald down, as if this was some sort of requirement. Cops do not pat down every person of interest they come in contact with. You keep insisting without any support that this was SOP.
For the record, Baker never said Oswald had a Coke when he saw him. Someone else wrote up a statement for Baker to sign, based upon notes taken during the interview. Baker read the report and initially refused to sign because he had never said Oswald had a Coke. He was asked to cross out that reference and initial the correction which he did before signing the corrected document.
Please STOP with the baloney. Officer Baker entered the TSBD in search of an Active Shooter(s). Baker actually Pursued Oswald after seeing him moving away from him through the door window. Baker did Not "pat" Oswald down, or even ask him for ID. If a cop comes into contact with someone they deem to be a, "person of interest", you bet they "pat" them down. Especially when this "contact" happens while in pursuit of an Active Shooter(s).