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

 Watch this interview of Jim Leavelle. At the 5 minute mark, the interviewer asked him if he recognized Ruby as soon as he saw him, and Leavelle said, "Yes, I've known Jack Ruby for years, and I recognized him as soon as he emerged from the crowd."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzKvMKkwvmc

But now, read what Leavelle said at Ruby's trial. Mr. Alexander asked: “Did you recognize the man who fired the shot as Jack Ruby ?” Mt. Leavelle: “No, sir, I recognized him as someone I knew. But I couldn't recall his name right at the minute.” But, that was a very big lie, and not just because he knew Jack Ruby, but because the films show us that he never even looked in the direction of the Shooter until after the gun went off. I am attaching a frame of the moment of impact. Leavelle said that before the shot went off he tried to jerk Oswald behind him. Read this quote of his testimony. "I had pulled Lee Harvey Oswald so that I was between this man and Oswald." He was not. Look at the frame. Leavelle was on the other side of Oswald. And he took no action whatsoever against the Shooter until after the shot went off.

Leavelle also said that he struck Ruby on his left shoulder with his open hand, and he demonstrated it, like a thump. But again: it was a total lie. He never did that, not before the shot and not after the shot. After the Shooter fired at Oswald from the side, he jumped in front of him, which put his back to the cameras. Shortly after that, he dove into the circle of police. And when he did that, Leavelle grabbed him by the nape of the neck. So, everything Leavelle said about his response to the incoming attack was a lie. He did none of the thing he claimed, and he deliberately looked the other way, so as not to see the Shooter or interfere with him until after the shot went off.

And that was true of all of them. The Shooter brushed right in front of Graves, and Graves didn't stop him or even act like he saw him. How do you not see someone who is moving right in front of you? The story of the shooting of Oswald is a lie, a State lie. And if you have even a speck of defiance and courage in you, you are going to stand up to it.