JFK Assassination Forum

Like he said " I'm just a Patsy " !

Of course we should take his word on that. What reason would he have to lie?

Give it up, Andrew. It doesn't work. Never did. Never will. 'nuff said.

Is it more appropriate to give the First Lady some beautiful flowers or a hand puppet toy? Now I can imagine some exceptions like a cute Koala in Australia.

To me, the size and shape fits flowers and besides there's nothing that looks like legs or arms.





JohnM

The angle of the limo didn't change that much from Z190 to Z220. That's less than 2 seconds and the car had just come out of a very sharp turn that would have forced it to slow down. While the change in angle would have turned JBC's thigh farther left in relation to JFK, it also would have moved his torso farther left making it even less likely the bullet exiting JFK's throat would have gone to the left of JBC's torso. 

I am having difficulty understanding how the position of the car along Elm St. changes the relative positions of the two men.  The horizontal angle of the bullet trajectory to the car direction is greater at z190 than at z220. At z193 it is about 17 degrees:


It is less at z220 because it is farther down the road and the road curves a bit farther left.  I put it at about 10 degrees:



So at z193 the bullet moves farther left over the 24” or  2 feet between JFK’s neck exit wound and the back of the jumpseat by 24tan17=7 inches. If JFK was pressed against the side of the car the bullet would have exited about 8 inches left of the inside wall of the car beside JFK. JBC’s back was not pressed against the back of his seat at z193 and he was turned right. If his left shoulder was 6” forward of the seat back the bullet would move an additional 2 inches farther left.  The thigh would be another 12” farther forward so a bullet would have moved another 4 inches farther left before reaching the thigh: total 13 inches left of JFK’s exit wound.

Another problem with a Z190 shot is Oswald would have had to fire through the tree. Why would he do that when waiting just over one second would give him a clear shot. Now only would his view of his target have been obscured, firing through the trees raised the possibility of the shot being deflected by a branch. Even a minor deflection could cause a miss.

JFK was clear of the tree when he was just past the lamp post and not yet up to the Thornton sign. He was visible at all times as he passed under the tree.  This is evident from the Secret Service film: