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

 The use of the middle finger in the Beers and Jackson photos completely exonerates Jack Ruby because there is no way he would have done that. He had an intact right index finger, and he would have used it. He would have had no reason not to.

The reason usually given for why he used his middle finger- that it was the sign of a Mafia hit- doesn’t make sense. First, it isn’t true. There was no protocol in the Mafia to shoot people with your middle finger. Someone just made it up. And AI agrees, for I got this: "No, shooting a gun with your middle finger is not a recognized sign or ritual of a Mafia hit."

Remember: there are no photographers at Mafia hits. And the victim isn’t going to notice which finger his killer is using. It doesn’t matter anyway because he is about to die. So, who would the Mafia shooter be demonstrating to? Who is going to notice which finger he is using? It doesn't even make sense for the Mafia, let alone for Jack Ruby.

And the whole Mafia story is nonsense. There was no time between November 22 and November 24 that Ruby met with anyone from the Mafia. And they didn’t phone the order in either because we know every call that Ruby made and received. Enough with the Mafia already! They didn’t even have a reason to kill Oswald. He didn’t know anything about them. There was nothing he could tell the police about them. So, why should the Mafia care if he lives or dies? They had nothing to silence him about.

Ruby’s lawyer Melvin Belli suggested that it was the "psychomotor epilepsy" that caused him to use his middle finger, but that is ridiculous. Epilepsy can't do that to a person. Plus, Ruby didn’t have epilepsy. Belli made it up.

I’ve also heard it claimed that there is better control using the middle finger, but that is nonsense. It’s just the opposite. The gun was designed to fit the hand using the index finger. And I mean fit it like a glove. Plus, the whole brain-body connection is stronger to the index finger. Do an experiment. Make your hand into a fist but extend your index finger. Now, it’s like a gun, so pull the trigger a few times. Notice how you, that is your brain, is in your index finger. Notice how strong the connection is. You have fine, sharp motor control, more so than with your middle finger.

Ruby had no reason to use his middle finger, and the idea of using it never would have entered his mind.

What about the Dallas Police? Did they tell Ruby to use his middle finger? The whole idea that Ruby conspired with the Dallas Police to kill Oswald is insane. Were it true, they would have had to kill Ruby pronto. They couldn't trust him afterwards. They were going to arrest him, prosecute him, testify against him, and try to get him sentenced to the death. How is that conducive to trust and loyalty? How big a masochist do you think Ruby was? You think he was going to die for the Dallas Police?

The Dallas Police didn't conspire with Ruby; they conspired against him. They tricked him into believing that he shot Oswald. It was a sting operation on Ruby, like in the movie The Sting. Ruby was their mark.

The middle finger fiasco resulted from a production error, where they mistakenly thought Ruby had lost his right index finger. But, it was his left index finger that got severed. They blew it bigtime at that staged photo-shoot.

On the left is Ruby early Saturday morning, and on the right is the Garage Shooter. They are obviously not the same man. They don’t even look alike.

That Ruby shot Oswald is the most Machiavellian lie. People have been manipulated into believing it for 62 years, but that stops right now. Please share this post.