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

 Both Robert Jackson and Jack Beers testified to the Warren Commission, but it's very strange. Jackson was only asked about the JFK shooting. There isn't a word about the Oswald shooting. The word "Ruby" does not occur in the transcript.

The reality was that the FBI pre-screened all the WC witnesses. And the FBI told the WC who they should interview, and who they should not interview. It really was controlled and managed by the FBI.

And I suspect it was the FBI's instruction to the WC to only question Jackson about the JFK shooting.

I am not going to address what Jackson said about the JFK shooting because my interest right now is in the Oswald shooting. Jackson did make statements about it, and he did interviews, but not to the Warren Commission.

So, that leaves Beers, who was questioned briefly about the Oswald shooting. He said that he got to the garage at 9:15 and that he stayed until shortly after the shooting, until 11:25. That's over 2 hours and almost all of it was spent waiting. That's a long time to wait.

Dr. Fred Beiberdorf said in his WC testimony that the police emptied the basement at 9:45. So, why didn't Beers mention that? I suppose it was because he was allowed to stay and take his famous photo at the photo-shoot.

Beers was asked where he stationed himself, and he said that he was at the railing and that he climbed up the railing to take his famous photo. Robert Jackson, in his interviews and statements over the years, said that Beers stood up on a ladder to take his photo. Why did he say that?

Beers was asked if he saw a police car drive out the Main Street ramp, and Beers said he did, that it backed out. And that got clarified. Five times the word "backed" was used. But, it did not back out. We have the KRLD footage, and we can see that Lt. Rio "Sam" Pierce drove out going forward. Beers didn't mention Pierce, but he wrongly said that the squad car backed out So, why did he say that?

And I realize that Fritz' car was backing up right when the shooting occurred. But, Beers could not have been referring to that because Fritz' car was a white Ford Galaxie, his personal car, and Beers was talking about a black squad car.

Beers said that he knew Jack Ruby and had met him 18 months before. He had been to the Carousel Club, and he spent 8 hours there once taking photos for an article about a stripper school that Ruby was running. He said that he did not recognize Ruby in the garage.

Mr. GRIFFIN. You indicated in your interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that you felt sure that if you had seen Ruby in the basement you would have recognized him?
Mr. BEERS. Yes, sir; I know his face that well; yes, sir.

So, Beers did NOT recognize Ruby in the garage, and no reporter or photographer claimed to recognizae him in the garage. Only cops claimed to recognize Ruby in the garage. BUT, THE DALLAS POLICE LIED, AND THEY KILLED OSWALD.

This photo demonstrates the arrangement. So, there was one long ramp that went from Main Street to Commerce Street. There was a recess off it, what I call a cubbyhole, and that is where the shooting took place. You can see the railing that Beers stood up on to take his picture.