Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I was able to locate Thomas Beckham, and I got to speak to his son, at length. And on the basis of that conversation, and from obtaining other images of him, and from also seeing clearer, sharper frames from the leafleting footage, I now recognize the possibility and the likelihood that that was Beckham at the Trade Mart. 

And that leaves me to add two things: First, I apologize to those I was battling over this. You were right, and I was wrong. However, I will inform Joseph Backes that his images of Beckham are spurious. That was another man who happened to be a Salvadoran poet. 

But second, there are NO other retractions that go along with this. It is still Oswald in the doorway, clasping his hands. It is still NOT Lovelady at the desk in the squad room- that was faked. It is still NOT Lovelady milling around outside the TSBD after the assassination- that was faked. And all the other photographic and film alterations I have cited remain in effect.

Yet, as humbling as it is, I see the importance of correcting mistakes and shedding spurious conclusions- as soon as they are recognized. 

And fortunately, I have had to do very little of that. There is NOTHING that I have had to remove from the OIC website, and this claim about Shelley being at the Trade Mart was never put there. So, there was no harm done to the Oswald Innocence Campaign. 

Frankly, it wasn't unreasonable to suspect that guy was Shelley. And I don't expect to have any influence on David Josephs, even if he hears about this. But, the claim of that guy being Shelley is not bankable, and that's why I'm dropping it. 

Finally, this has no bearing on the other problem in the film, which is the man with the anomalous hand. That remains an unaccounted for anomaly.