Don ignored this point.
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> > > > Don asserts - without evidence - the Tippit witnesses were all lying in their signed affidavits on the afternoon of the assassination, and then plucks a word or a phrase out of their testimony or affidavit to attempt to turn what they each clearly said into something none of them said.
> > > >
> > > You tell me how the word "street" got into her testimony. It doesn't fit. Unless she means "crossing Patton", as in her affidavit. What other street would the guy be crossing?
> > She also says “yard” in her affidavit and testimony.
> > The gunman had to cross her yard before he crossed the street.
> Unfortunately for you and JC, the Davises testified that they couldn't see the guy after he went around the corner of the front yard. So they couldn't have seen him cross ANY street.
Barb Davis affidavit from the day of the shooting:
https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/testimony/bdavis.htm
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AFFIDAVIT IN ANY FACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
BEFORE ME, Mary Rattan, a Notary Public in and for said County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Barbara Jeanette Davis w/f/22, 400 E. 10th, WH3 8120. Bus: same who, after being by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
Today November 22, 1963 shortly after 1:00 pm, my sister-in-law, Virginia Davis, and I were lying on the bed with the kids. I heard a shot and jumped up and heard another shot. I put on my shoes and went to the door and I saw this man walking across my front yard unloading a gun. A woman was standing across the street screaming that "he shot him, he killed him" and pointed towards a police car. That is the first time I noticed a police car there. I ran back in the house and called the operator and reported this to the police. When the police arrived Ishowed [sic] one of them where I saw this man emptying his gun and we found a shell. After the police had left I went back into the yard and Virginia found another shell which I turned over to the police. About 8:00 pm the same day, the police came after me and took me downtown to the city hall where I saw this man in a lineup. The #2 man in a 4-man lineup was the same man I saw in my yard, also the one that was unloading the gun.
/s/ Barbara Jeanette Davis
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME THIS 22 DAY OF November A.D. 1963
/s/ Mary Rattan
Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas
== unquote ==
Virginia Davis affidavit:
https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/testimony/vdavis.htm
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AFFIDAVIT IN ANY FACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
BEFORE ME, Patsy Collins, a Notary Public in and for said County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Mrs. Virginia Davis, w/m/16 [sic], of 400 E. 10th WH-3-8120 who, after being by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
Today November 22, 1963 about 1:30 pm my sister-in-law and myself were lying down in our apartment. My sister-in-law is Jeanette Davis, we live in the same house in different apartments. We heard a shot and then another shot and ran to the side door at Patton Street. I saw the boy cutting across our yard and he was unloading his gun. We walked outside and a woman was hollering "he's dead, he's dead, he's shot". This woman told Jeanette to call the Police and she did [sic]. I saw the officer that had been shot lying on Tenth street after Jeanette had called the police. Jeanette found a empty shell [sic] that the man had unloaded and gave it to the police. After the Police had left I found a empty shell [sic] in our yard. This is the same shell I gave to Detective Dhority [sic]. The man that was unloading the gun was the same man I saw tonight as number 2 man in a line up.
/s/ Mrs. Virginia Davis
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME THIS 22 DAY OF November A.D. 1963
/s/ Patsy Collins
Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas
== unquote ==
Your theory is everyone was lying on the day of the murder to frame Oswald for the murder of Tippit, right? Explain why this was necessary (the murder of Tippit, and the framing of Oswald for that murder), I thought the goal was to frame him for the murder of the President. Did the conspirators have a boatload of money to spend before the end of the year and decided to do a two-for-one deal, or what? Why throw in a second shooting at all?
> >
> > Since other witnesses claim the gunman discarded the shells from a revolver as he crossed the yard, it makes more sense to understand she simply spoke of witnessing both him crossing yard and then the street. But you need a conflict, so you simply assume it is an either/or situation, and artificially ignore the possibility of both occurring.
> > > > Reading their affidavits and testimony, one story emerges: a young, slender white male shot Tippit and emptied and reloaded his revolver as he walked away, discarding the shells as he did so.
> > > >
> > > A false tale, as Virginia's affidavit shows.
> > You need do more than simply allege this, based on your interpretation of her claims.
> > You are begging the question and using circular reasoning here once more.
Don ignored this point.
> > > > The discarded shells in evidence match the gun linked to Oswald through paperwork, that was wrested from his hand in the movie theatre after he slugged Officer McDonald.
> > > >
> > > > Pretty damning evidence.
> > > >
> > > If you believe in shells initially handled by civilians, supposedly,
> > Yes, civilians reported finding shells in the yard. So?
Don ignored this point.
> > > and falsely witnessed by the Davises.
> > Another unproven allegation by you.
Don ignored this point.
> > > > To get around this, critics alleged the witness lied and/or their testimony altered, the shells in evidence were planted or swapped, the revolver in evidence was swapped, the paperwork tying Oswald to the revolver was falsified.
> > Did I summarize your beliefs correctly here? You didn't quibble over this, so it appears I did.
Don ignored this point.
> > > >
> > > > Moreover, in the 60 years since the murder (ok, minus a few months - conspiracy mongers do like to quibble, don't they?) none of the Tippit witnesses recanted and none admitted to anything like Don and other critics suggest.
> > > Mrs. Markham kept insisting that the gunman ran down the alley off Patton, in later interviews.
> > People are human. Everyone makes mistakes. You are looking at one witness in isolation, and attempting to throw out everything she said based on one error.
> Who the fuck said it was an error? You're assuming.
> It doesn't work that way.
You’re assuming it was as well, an error where she inadvertently stated the truth and revealed the coverup. Aren’t you?
> > > McWatters recanted on his ID of Oswald in the lineup. Then, yes, later, in his testimony, he recanted on his recantation!
> > He was the bus driver, wasn't he? What's that got to do with the Tippit shooting?
Don ignored this point.
> > > Same-day TV footage showed that Warren Reynolds changed his story for the Commission, where he testified that he last saw the guy headed for the parking lot. (The footage shows him before one of the two old houses, where he was telling police that he last saw the guy headed.) In fact, that footage is better than a recantation.
> > Didn't the police search those old houses and find nothing suspicious?
> Yeah--15 minutes or so after the guy would have left. You think perps are going to hang around for the police?
If there was ever a perp there at all. Once more you are assuming what you need to prove and imbedding that assumption in your argument as a given. That’s the logical fallacy of BEGGING THE QUESTION. I’ve asked you to stop committing these logical fallacies but you just keep doing so.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > At this point it looks from here more like the purpose of the plot was to frame Oswald, and the killing of Kennedy was merely incidental to that frame-up.
> > Do you disagree?
> Both were necessary to the villains.
Explain why killing Tippit was necessary to frame Oswald for a crime of killing Kennedy. You are alleging Oswald was framed for killing Tippit.
Explain why framing Oswald (or anyone) was necessary to kill Kennedy.
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> dcw
Hank