JFK Assassination Forum

In hindsight, they should have offered better protection, like riding constantly on the Limo.
Clint Hill was at different stages of the Parade riding on the Limo, but should have been there 100% of the time. And if IIRC JFK's side was partially ridden on as well.
And Greer ASAP should have put the pedal to the metal.



JohnM

Apparently, the Secret Service agents did not recognize the first sound as being a gunshot. We can speculate why that was but it's possible the roar of the motorcycles accelerating out of the sharp turn onto Elm St. partially muted the sound of the first shot. Clint Hill only remembered hearing 2 shots which tell me he either didn't hear the first shot or could not identify it as a gunshot. When he heard the second shot and saw JFK raise his arms up to his throat level, he started to race toward the limo. Altgens 6 shows us he did not take off until about two seconds after JFK was hit. That seems like a rather slow response time, but it's not surprising he would take that long to figure out what was happening. The photo also shows us the two agents on the other side of the limo were still looking back at the TSBD. Neither of them ever made a move toward the limo even after JFK was shot.

So, yes, the Secret Service response time was slow. I'm sure the agents were trained on what to do in various scenarios, but nothing can prepare one for the actual event when it happens suddenly and unexpectedly. Had the agents immediately recognized what was happening when the first shot was fired and started racing toward the limo immediately, they might have got there in time to prevent the 3rd shot from killing JFK. Had he only been hit in the upper torso, that would have been a serious wound, but he likely would have survived. For many years after the assassination, Clint Hill felt guilty that he did not react sooner than he did. I've always wondered whether the other agents on the running boards had the same feelings of guilt.

    You do Not find it significant that: (1) while JFK is under fire on Elm St, (2) a car is simultaneously traveling down the Elm St Ext, (3) this same car then parks in a "NO PARKING At Any Time" zone, (4) sitting directly across from the TSBD "wide open" Huge Gates, (5) is swarmed by the DPD, and (6) then sits in this same spot for 3+ Hrs?

   
    There is nothing "wild", "imaginative", or "speculative" about this.

These are FACTS! And the FACTS continue to mount.

The DPD "swarming" of this car is a recent Image Evidence Brick added to the "Wall Of Evidence" proving this car was an intended "getaway" car.

And, at 45-60 minutes after the kill shot, the DPD were thinking the very same thing.

What reason would I have to do that?
I don't have any idea why you think this car is signficant or has any connection to the JFKA. You have never presented any evidence there is any such connection. Until you do, I don't care about that car. Your wild, imaginative speculations aren't evidence of anything.