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

He came from inside the building

by Ralph C. Cinque

There are only two possibilities for the man talking to the cop at the top of the steps as the Three Tramps were led away. Either he came from inside the building or he came up from the street. 

And it makes a big difference because if he came from inside the building, then he was definitely associated with the Texas School Book Depository. No one in his right mind would suggest that some unassociated stranger was wandering around the TSBD at a time like that.  Besides, we see the cop standing there. Shouldn't we assume that he was monitoring the entrance? Wasn't that his job? 

No, if that man was a stranger, he would have had no expectation of entering the building and wandering around. If he had any purpose in going up there, it was to do what we see him doing, which is talking to that cop. But, did he climb the steps from below to talk to the cop, or did he come out the door to talk to the cop?

He came out the door. And the way we know that is because if he had climbed the steps to talk to the cop, he would have approached the cop directly. In other words, he would have been in front of the cop with his back to us. 

Think about it. Why would he climb the steps and then make a 90 degree turn to talk to the cop? It makes no sense. The most simple, direct and efficient way to do it would be to just climb the steps, facing the cop, and talk to him. 

But, on the other hand, if he came out the double doors, he'd have been facing the street, and when he decided to say something to or ask something of the cop, he would have done exactly that: turned his body 90 degrees to his right to face the cop. 

So, his position makes perfect sense in respect to him having come out the door, but it makes no sense in respect to him have climbed the steps from the street. 

So, he was inside, and he came out.  And, if he was inside, it means he worked there. And that's why I say that if he wasn't Oswald, then there was a heretofore unnamed Oswald look-alike and dress-alike there in that building that day. 

Therefore, anyone who wants to deny that that man was Oswald needs to get busy going through the list of 75 employees of the TSBD to figure out who else he could have been. That is the only alternative. It is the only way out. 

Another thing we know from the picture is that Oswald started the conversation with the cop; not vice versa.  That's because if the cop had sought to speak to Oswald, he'd have turned towards him. You orient yourself towards the person to whom you wish to speak. But, his attention was NOT on Oswald. Oswald approached him. Oswald went up to him. Oswald started the conversation, and their positions tell us that.  And that's interesting because if Oswald had shot and killed Kennedy just minutes before, why would he want to talk to a cop? Guilty people don't usually want to talk to cops, do they? Guilty people don't usually want to make impressions on cops, do they? Guilty people usually want to sneak away without being noticed, don't they? The very fact that Oswald was content to speak to a cop tells us that he had nothing to feel guilty about. It is a behavior consistent with innocence. 

Who was the man at the top of steps initiating a conversation with a policeman just minutes after the JFK assassination? He looks like, is shaped like, is sized like, is dressed like, and is groomed like Lee Harvey Oswald.  And like Lee Harvey Oswald, he worked at the Texas School Book Depository. And that means there is no excuse for not establishing his identity because only 75 people worked there. That is a very small number. And anyone who wants to dispute that he was Oswald needs to delve into that list. As of now, Lee Harvey Oswald is the only contender.