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

If you haven't seen this video of Jack Ruby, you really should. He's surrounded by reporters who are asking him questions, but notice that no one is behaving like he is dangerous or violent. On the contrary, the reporters are being gentle with him, apparently because they thought he needed gentleness since he starts to cry. 

Ruby starts by saying that the word "angry" isn't in his vocabulary, and he said that to counter what the lying Dallas detectives said in the trial, that he was talking trash about Oswald, and with words, was spitting on him.  Let's be honestly observant: Ruby comes across in this video as genteel and practically effeminate. Another word that I think works is: childlike. The idea that he was a hot-head, a boiling over kind of guy doesn't register at all.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3frRy03qKV8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3XtyO_iW_nELpD-V4sKx5exarPkImLNNkUt-vSnWlg-7eYzfOBGb6XKGI

Don't believe the false narrative about Jack Ruby, that he was a Mafioso, a hit man, that he threw people down the stairs, including women. He was a very nice man. He was extremely devoted to his family. He was a devoted to his faith, the Jewish faith. He was a devout Jew. And they have moral decrees in Judaism, just as they do in Christianity; Thou Shalt Not Kill. He was a guy who felt guilty for crossing a double yellow line in order to enter a parking lot when actually, it's not even illegal to do that in Texas. I do it all the time. And he was so adoring and worshiping of the Dallas Police. Since when do criminals adore the police? 

The real Jack Ruby was a VERY nice man and a very decent one. He was kind and gentle. He had less propensity to violence than most people. He had less propensity to violence than I have, and that dawned on me just the other night. I was visiting at a house where a  6 year old boy accidentally let this big yellow lab out of the house. So, I went running after him, and when I got to him, he was snapping at this other dog, and the dog's owner, a tall man who looked to be in his 50s, was mad as a hornet. He had a stick and he was pounding the dog. And, I didn't protest because I understood how he felt, and the dog had it coming. But, when I got hold of the dog, I began to apologize profusely, and I explained what happened, that it was an accident. But, he didn't want to hear it. His dog wasn't hurt, but he continued ranting, so I listened, and then I apologized again, and then I left.

It should have ended there. But, it didn't. He followed me, and he continued ranting and raving. He said he was going to call the cops. He said he was going to call a lawyer. He said some other things. As I got near the house, others had come out, and one of them took the dog from me. And that's when I spun around and s aid, "All right, that 's enough! You've said your peace. Now get the hell out of here." He responded by saying something else belligerent and coming towards me, and I responded by raising my fists and making like a fighter. Hey, I was done talking to this guy. I had apologized. What did he want from me? It's not even my dog. I'm going on 70 now. I'm old enough to be this guy's father. What happened to respect for the elderly?  He had 6 inches and 40 pounds on me, but at that point, I was sooner going to fight him than apologize again. But, he turned around and left. 

But, the point is that Jack Ruby was different. He was different from me and different from most people. Even when he was upset at his lawyer for telling the judge that he was mentally incompetent, Ruby didn't get angry. He did not have it in him to get angry. And the idea that he shot Oswald is preposterous. I know he accepted responsibility for it, but it's only because his beloved Dallas Police told him that he did it. He was so non-aggressive, he couldn't even defend himself against a false charge. That's how docile and submissive he was.