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

Look: If you would THINK instead of wasting so much time creating sleazy pictures, you would know that there is no way that Oswald changed his shirt because they found his bus transfer ticket in his shirt pocket, and he would not have moved it there since it expired 15 minutes after he got it. And they didn't plant it on him because that is just a stupid Backesism. There is no way they could have gotten away with such a thing.

It would have put the whole case against Oswald at risk. We have this thing called "reasonable doubt" in this country, and just the fact that the Dallas police falsely placed him on a bus and cab would have been sufficient grounds to create reasonable doubt and get him off.

Plus, it would have been a big enterprise to create such a story. It would have been a conspiracy within a conspiracy and involved a lot of people.

How many people within the Dallas PD were in on the assassination? What, do you think half the department knew? But, once you involved people in creating such a false story, they were all effectively in on it. It's not as though the ones who were framing Oswald for riding the bus would not have realized the implications of what they were doing. They could add two and two.

And how could they get away with it? Oswald knew whether he rode the bus or not. He would have wound up with a good lawyer. A good lawyer would have stepped forward to represent him pro bono, just as happened to Ray Crump in the Mary Pinchot Meyer case. Oswald would have told his lawyer what he really did, how he really got home. That lawyer then would have attacked the point like a good boxer attacks an open cut over his opponent's eye. Establishing police corruption is exactly what got OJ Simpson off, even though he was soaked in blood, and it's not clear there was any corruption at all.

But, the Idiot Backes thinks that Will Fritz called a meeting of his detectives:

"Look, we've got this guy dead to rights, but we think it'll help the case if we can place him on a bus and a cab. So, let's get started fabricating a bus ride and a cab ride for him. You'll have to come up with a route and a driver, and get the appropriate transfer ticket; we'll stick that in his pocket. And you'll need some witnesses, so go ahead and round up a few, and give them stories to tell. Put our best writers on it. And he's going to deny it, of course, since he didn't take these actions, but we'll figure out how to beat that in court. Or maybe we'll get lucky and somebody will knock him off in the next day or two. It happens. A guy can dream, can't he? So, we'll need a bus drier, a cab driver, some witnesses- and get some decent people this time, will you? I don't want them tripping over each other and forgetting their lines. And what I'm going to do is wait a few days then make some interrogation notes, and I'll make it look like Oswald told me he rode the bus and cab. Of course, I won't turn the notes in; I'll just keep them to myself. But eventually, they'll be found, maybe long after I'm dead, and then it will look like Oswald really said it. You have to finesse' this kind of thing. Like a fine wine, it needs time to develop. Now, let's get started because we're running out of time. Find me a bus that we can stick Oswald on. I don't care if it's only for a couple blocks. It's not the transportation that matters but the idea that he took a bus. And then for the cab ride, dress it up. Maybe have him forego a cab for the sake of some little old lady. Imagination, people! Need I remind you that it is the key to effective police work? So, chop, chop! Time's a-wasting! Weave me a story like never before! Impress me!"

Joseph Backes is a moron. Oswald rode the bus, and he took the cab. And he did not change his shirt. We can see that plain as day.