Lee Oswald The Cop Killer

[Walt Cakebread]

The police approached a person acting suspiciously in the vicinity of a murder. They were going to question him. All Oswald had to do was explain himself like the guy in the library did when the police descended on him.  Unfortunately for Oswald, he couldn't do that because he was guilty.  So he assaults a police officer and gets taken in as a murder suspect due to his behavior.  What you are suggesting is completely ludicrous.  The DPD officers were searching for Tippit's killer.  They had a general description.  They were not looking for or even had a clue who Lee Harvey Oswald was until after he is arrested.  They were looking for a suspicious person in the area who might be the killer.  That turned out to be Oswald.  The subsequent investigation confirmed he was the murderer.  Case closed. Excellent police work with the assistance of some astute citizens.

 They were not looking for or even had a clue who Lee Harvey Oswald was until after he is arrested.


Isn't it true that LNer's believe that Lee Oswald was evasive about his identity......and nobody knew if he was Hidell or Oswald ??  When did the police decide that the man that they dragged from the theater was Lee Oswald?   But more important HOW did J.Edgar Hoover know that the man's name was Oswald??   Hoover had already ordered Shanklin to send FBI agent James Hosty to the Dallas police headquarters BEFORE they knew the man's name... and Shanklin told DPD Chief Jesse Curry that Hosty had been working with "these people"  and knew them.   

[Bill Chapman]

It hasn't been 55 years yet. Who else always rounded up? Hmmm.

'It hasn't been 55 years yet'
>LOL. You going to split hairs over 6 months Rob?

And your candidate to supplant Dirty Harvey as prime suspect is.... ?

[Walt Cakebread]

'It hasn't been 55 years yet'
>LOL. You going to split hairs over 6 months Rob?

And your candidate to supplant Dirty Harvey as prime suspect is.... ?

John Edgar Hoover

[Matt Grantham]

'It hasn't been 55 years yet'
>LOL. You going to split hairs over 6 months Rob?

And your candidate to supplant Dirty Harvey as prime suspect is.... ?

 Bill Maybe you could give us an idea of what kind of criteria would fit for you. Somebody with mob/atni Castro folks? Someone that was known to be involved in special ops, mob hits? Another communist? Just trying to get a picture of what you're looking for

[Walt Cakebread]

Bill Maybe you could give us an idea of what kind of criteria would fit for you. Somebody with mob/atni Castro folks? Someone that was known to be involved in special ops, mob hits? Another communist? Just trying to get a picture of what you're looking for

How about somebody with a super ego who was crushed by being fired by JFK?   

[Bill Chapman]

Bill Maybe you could give us an idea of what kind of criteria would fit for you. Somebody with mob/atni Castro folks? Someone that was known to be involved in special ops, mob hits? Another communist? Just trying to get a picture of what you're looking for

For you lot to name your prime suspect...

[Tim Nickerson]

How about somebody with a super ego who was crushed by being fired by JFK?   

Who was that?

[John Iacoletti]

The police approached a person acting suspiciously in the vicinity of a murder. They were going to question him.

You don't "question" somebody by ordering him on his feet and attempting an illegal search.  Looking "funny" to a shoe salesman does not constitute "probable cause".

All Oswald had to do was explain himself like the guy in the library did when the police descended on him.

Sure, blame the victim.

  Unfortunately for Oswald, he couldn't do that because he was guilty.

There you go again, just assuming the thing you're supposed to be proving.

So he assaults a police officer

You have that backwards.   The illegal search was an assault on Oswald.  He was defending himself.

and gets taken in as a murder suspect due to his behavior.

What evidence did they have to arrest him for murder?  Looking "funny" to a shoe salesman?

  What you are suggesting is completely ludicrous.  The DPD officers were searching for Tippit's killer.  They had a general description.

The description that Postal gave the police dispatcher was nothing like the description that the 10th and Patton witnesses gave.  So why would the police consider this man a "suspect"?

  They were not looking for or even had a clue who Lee Harvey Oswald was until after he is arrested.  They were looking for a suspicious person in the area who might be the killer.  That turned out to be Oswald.  The subsequent investigation confirmed he was the murderer.  Case closed. Excellent police work with the assistance of some astute citizens.

The subsequent investigation confirmed nothing of the kind.  But even if it did, are you saying the ends justify the means?  Civil rights exist for a reason.