JFK Assassination Forum

I have to do no such thing.

Yes, you do, if you're being honest, but apparently you can't bring yourself to do that on this issue, since it would mean admitting that some of the autopsy evidence was altered or faked.

For one, most of the autopsy brain photos have never been made public. The few autopsy photos that have been made public are of much lower quality than the originals. Even if I had the original photos, I am totally unqualified to analyze them as are you.

Oh, please. I mean, come on. Aren't you embarrassed to float such a silly, obvious dodge? Every single expert who has examined the supposedly "original" brain photos has noted no damage to the rear part of the occipital lobes and only the slightest damage to the cerebellum.

When the FPP confronted Humes, Finck, and Boswell with the absence of any damage to these areas in the brain photos, when they were all viewing the photos together, the autopsy doctors could not explain it. Finck simply said, "I don't know. I cannot answer your question." Humes's only response was to offer the humorous, lame, and irrelevant point that the brain photos are not 3D, never mind that the photos show all sides of the brain, including the bottom. Boswell offered no response at all.

I look at the evidence the way a juror would be instructed to look at it in a criminal trial. Jurors are not expected to be knowledgeable in highly technical areas. What they are expected to do is listen to the expert testimony presented to them. In some cases, the opposing sides call their own expert witnesses who present conflicting opinions about the evidence. In those cases the jurors are expected to make reasonable judgements as to the credibility of these witnesses. Based on Dr. Cummings analysis of the fracture pattern in the x-rays, I find it more likely that the autopsy team's placement of the back-of-head entry wound was more accurate than the FPP. In the final analysis, it really isn't important which one is correct because either is compatible with the finding that Oswald fired that shot from the sniper's nest.

LOL! It seemed for a moment like you were allowing yourself to actually go where the evidence points regarding the entry site, but I see you've realized the impossible problems such an admission poses and so now you're waffling and pretending that it's no big deal because either entry site supposedly works.

No, either entry point is not compatible with a trajectory back to the sixth-floor window. Again, for the umpteenth time, the WC's experts could only get the EOP site to align with the sixth-floor window by assuming a forward lean of well over 50 degrees for JFK's head when the bullet hit. And, again, for the umpteenth time, Sturdivan can only get the EOP site's trajectory to "work" by assuming that the bullet came from the sixth-floor window, penetrated the skull at a 15-degree downward angle, but then somehow, someway suddenly veered sharply upward, never mind that not a single bullet in the WC's head-shot wound ballistics tests performed such an amazing feat, and never mind that Sturdivan could not cite a single case where an FMJ bullet, or any kind of bullet, has performed such a stunning feat.

Moreover, as mentioned, the EOP site totally contradicts the brain photos and the WC's head-shot wound ballistics tests and cannot possibly explain the high fragment trail, which is why the autopsy doctors ignored it.

Also, neither the EOP site nor the cowlick site can explain the outer-table back-of-head fragments, which is why the FPP ignored the McDonnel fragment, nor can either wound site explain the 7x2 mm fragment in the right orbit (unless we assume that the autopsy report's low fragment trail was removed from the skull x-rays). 

BTW, are you ever going to explain why the low fragment trail does not appear on the skull x-rays? Where did it go?

It's hardly a new position. I have never taken a hard stance as to which placement of the entry wound is correct because I don't find it important. What is important is I know Oswald fired the shot that created that entry wound. That is a slam dunk.

You don't "know" any such thing, and you clearly cannot explain the unsolvable problems posed for your theory by the medical evidence. After saying you leaned toward the EOP site, now you're waffling and gasping that either entry site works, when your own beloved FPP noted that the brain photos demonstrably refute the EOP site (assuming the brain photos are authentic).

Are you ever going to explain how JFK's brain could have lost only "less than 1-2 ounces" of brain tissue given the accounts that record that pieces of JFK's brain were blown or dropped onto 16 surfaces, not counting the "rather large chunk of brain" that Jackie handed to Dr. Jenkins in the Parkland ER? No, of course not.

The principled restraint of a serious researcher is impressive to behold.

Major LOL on this one Mark

 With such a committee, everybody should have a voice — whether to shed light on the case or to discredit themselves.
@Duncan
Re. DiEugenio — I said “most aspects” of the JFKA. His main flaw is that he has not written a book review of Armstrong’s "Harvey and Lee" and "Me and Le" — two books that contradict each other. (And he won’t say why. Ask him. He has no sound answer.)BTW: The book "Lee: A Portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald by his brother, Robert L. Oswald, with Myrick Land (1967)" is the final nail in the coffin for Armstrong’s Harvey and Lee thesis. As far as I know, no book has yet killed Baker’s book.

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Much is made of the 1:10 time Bowley noted in his statement. As far as I know, his watch was never checked against a standard clock. He reported picking up his daughter from R.L. Thornton Elementary School at 12:55 PM, presumably based on his watch. He reports turning on to 10th St. from Marsalis. If he took Marsalis from the school, it would take about 18 minutes, perhaps longer depending on how many stop lights he hit. His watch being only a minute or two slow would then show close agreement with Myer’s time of 14:30.

It’s also possible Bowley was scheduled to pick up his daughter at 1:00 PM. Arriving a few minutes early based on his slower watch, he found his daughter waiting outside. His daughter was still alive as of a few years ago as her husband mentioned his wife’s connection to the Tippit shooting. I asked him to as his wife about this but he never responded.

 it would take about 18 minutes

No. Years ago I drove the exact route several times in light and heavy traffic and the average time was 13 minutes.

But even if it was 18 minutes, that would still get him to 10th street at 1:13, at a time that the shooting had already taken place.

Allen Dulles phones up Jesse Curry 😅