That's very implausible. Any fragment exiting JFK's skull would have been traveling either upward or rightward, assuming for the sake of argument that the exit wound was exclusively in the right parietal bone (as claimed by the lone-gunman theory). How would a fragment that exited the right side of the skull have magically veered leftward and upward to hit the chrome above the rearview mirror? How would that have worked? 

That's even more ridiculous, for the reasons I detail in my ongoing thread https://www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php/topic,5176.0.html]Why the James Tague Wounding Refutes the Lone-Gunman Theory

Do you understand that your magic head-shot fragment would have first had to veer markedly leftward and upward just to clear both the roll bar and the windshield and get on course to the curb? Do you understand that the Tague curb spot and Tague himself were to the left of the limo at the time? How would a bullet that exited the right parietal bone have suddenly performed like a guided missile to clear the roll bar and windshield while also veering leftward to get on course to the curb over 200 feet away, and how would it then still have had enough velocity to blast a chip from the curb and send that chip streaking toward Tague with enough force to cut his face?

This is the kind of ludicrous, fairy-tale speculation that one must offer to defend the lone-gunman shooting scenario.

Dear Comrade Griffith,

Perhaps you should look into it.

-- Tom

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How did the dent by the mirror happen then? X-ray showed clean pass through. Where did this slug go?? Bullet hit K in top of his head, blew out right front, making this a left rear shot. Shooter's location shows in Z-film.

It was probably caused by a largish bullet fragment from the Z-313 shot.

That's very implausible. Any fragment exiting JFK's skull would have been traveling either upward or rightward, assuming for the sake of argument that the exit wound was exclusively in the right parietal bone (as claimed by the lone-gunman theory). How would a fragment that exited the right side of the skull have magically veered leftward and upward to hit the chrome above the rearview mirror? How would that have worked? 

Another fragment from that shot may have hit the curb down by James Tague and caused a piece of concrete to nick his face.

That's even more ridiculous, for the reasons I detail in my ongoing thread Why the James Tague Wounding Refutes the Lone-Gunman Theory

Do you understand that your magic head-shot fragment would have first had to veer markedly leftward and upward just to clear both the roll bar and the windshield and get on course to the curb? Do you understand that the Tague curb spot and Tague himself were to the left of the limo at the time? How would a bullet that exited the right parietal bone have suddenly performed like a guided missile to clear the roll bar and windshield while also veering leftward to get on course to the curb over 200 feet away, and how would it then still have had enough velocity to blast a chip from the curb and send that chip streaking toward Tague with enough force to cut his face?

This is the kind of ludicrous, fairy-tale speculation that one must offer to defend the lone-gunman shooting scenario.

One of the unexplained curiosities of the JFKA is that not one but two law enforcement officers separately encountered a man in the GK area, in the immediate aftermath of the JFKA, who flashed a Secret Service credential at each of them. 

Sure, one can assume anyone can mistake, even a law enforcement officer looking at and noting ID 11.22.

But two law enforcement officers, men in good-standing?

AFAIK, the Weitzman and Hill were in no meaningful way connected to each other, had no agendas or axes to grind, and were not CT-addled lefties.

I conclude someone flashed a Secret Service credential at Weitzman and Hill, in separate incidents, on 11.22.

There were no Secret Service agents in the GK area on 11.22, by the records and statement of the Secret Service itself.

Moreover, no one from the Secret Service ever came forward and said, "Oh, that was me on the GK. It was my day off, but I came down to watch the motorcade."

Similarly, no one from another agency, such as the federal ATF, came forward and said, "Oh, that was me. The ATF badge resembles the SS badge." 

Of course, the location of the ersatz Secret Service-badge flasher, near the GK, is where credible witnesses saw a puff of smoke (Sam Holland and others) and where from many ear-witnesses thought they heard gunshots.

The HSCA, and Tink Thompson, say there are anomalies on photographs indicating a person was in the GK area, during the gunshots, and then left.

There is the unsettling movement of JFK's head post Z-312.

Add it up, and I have reasonable doubts about LNT's (and most CT's, but that is another topic).

In addition, there Officer Joe Smith's encounter with a man on the grassy knoll less than 40 seconds after the shooting who showed him Secret Service credentials and who prevented him from going farther. The HSCA established that there were no Secret Service agents in the plaza after the motorcade left.

Moreover, let's not forget that Officer D. V. Harkness reported that he encountered two men in suits in the rear of the TSBD shortly after the shooting and that the men told him they were Secret Service agents. Thus, one cannot say that Harkness misidentified an ID badge that was shown to him, which is what Posner and other WC apologists say happened in the case of Officer Smith. Harkness specified that the two men told him they were Secret Service.

Very hard to convince me a BULLET aiming for the president's head deflected off a leave (which by all accounts is not supposed to be strong enough to deflect a bullet).
Bullet hitting a curb and knocking a piece of rock/glass and hitting an onlooker? Plausible, i guess.
A bullet deflecting off a tree leave? total

Just to be accurate, Posner's theory is that the alleged lone gunman's first bullet hit a limb of the intervening oak tree -- not a leaf, but a limb. Then, so the theory goes, the bullet's jacket separated from the lead core, and the bullet then sent two large fragments streaking in different directions, one striking the pavement behind the limo and the other magically weaving through the other tree limbs and jetting straight to the Tague curb site over 400 feet away.

Yes, it is fairy-tale material to assume that a supposed "sharpshooter" aimed at JFK's head or upper back but was so wildly off the mark that the bullet hit one of the tree limbs, and even hit far enough up the limb so the limb didn't snap or bend. No sensible, rational, objective person is going to buy such an utterly absurd scenario.

Specter and the FBI recognized immediately that the Tague wounding wreaked havoc on their single-assassin theory, which is why they ignored it for as long as they dared. Indeed, as mentioned, when the WC finally asked the FBI to investigate the Tague incident, the Dallas FBI claimed they could not find the Tague curb scar and theorized that street cleaners had wiped it away!
 

    You continue to show you do Not Know what is going on with Knott Lab. Yes, Knott Lab is a "work in progress". They are working on finding out where the shots did come from. Step 1 was their finding that the SBT "Is Impossible".

They know, or at least they should know, that a bullet struck JFK's upper back two inches to the right of his spine and exited from near the center of his throat. Their animation showed that bullet would have struck JBC somewhere depending on where they positioned him. They moved him from various positions from directly in front of JFK to well to the left of JFK. They showed the bullet striking JBC just to the left of his right armpit when JBC was slightly to the left of JFK, exactly where he was when the bullet hit. Since we know where JBC was actually struck, logic would dictate he must have been slightly to the left of JFK when the bullet struck him just to the left of his right armpit. Since they provide no explanation for why they determined the SBT was impossible, we are left to guess. My guess is their simulation validates the SBT. It does not refute it.