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

It's interesting that they were determined to have an explicit photographic record of the Oswald killing, and they went to great lengths to do it up big. With the Jackson photo, it's rather like a Benjamin Braddock moment. 

"There is Oswald. Oswald has been shot. He is not feeling well. There is Jack Ruby. He is still pointing his gun at Oswald even though Oswald has already been shot, and he has slapped his arm against his chest, as in, 'Oh no, I've been shot.' There is Blackie Harrison who is reaching for the gun. But, Blackie does not want to interrupt his cigar smoking. Blackie enjoys his cigars. There is Jim Leavelle. He has his fingers buried in Oswald's crotch. Jim is looking at Jack Ruby, but he has not lunged at him yet, even though enough time has passed for Oswald to slap his arm against his chest. Jim Leavelle is in no hurry. He has to think about it a while. There is Detective Bill Lowery nestled to the wall. Bill is clasping his hands in front like a Jehovah Witness at the door. Bill looks very calm and relaxed even though a gunblast has just gone off. It takes more than that for him to come out of that peaceful pose. There is Captain Will Fritz. He has his hand out like he is startled. But, he is not flinching, and he is not turning around. He is just standing there with his hand out, posed like that. There is reporter Tom Pettit in the white coat. He does not look startled either, even though a gunblast has gone off. There is LC Graves. Ruby had to brush right past him to get to Oswald, but Graves did not see him then. This is not the angle that Ruby shot Oswald. He shot him from left to right, with the bullet  entering at the 7th rib on the left side and settling directly under the skin at the 11th rib on the right side. So, the bullet went from left to right and also downward. That is quite amazing that the trajectory was downward considering that the shooter was so short. And since he shot Oswald at an angle of about 45 degree to this, (coming at him from the side and not in front of him) it means that he, the shooter, in this photo, has moved quite a lot since he pulled the trigger.  But, why is he still pointing the gun at Oswald? And how could he do all that motion in just a small fraction of a second? Then, there is the cop in the white hat  who is behind Oswald and obviously looking past the men in front of him. He is looking at something farther away. If you look at his eyes, you see that he is not focused on Oswald.

He looks like he couldn't care less about Oswald, that his mind is somewhere else. He seems entranced with something, like he is staring intensely at something. What could it be? Was it the Wizard of Oz? No. I know. It was the camera. But, he is a policeman, and since when do policemen care about cameras, and especially when someone is being shot? That does not seem right. Why at that moment, with a shot having just gone off, and Oswald vocalizing his pain, could that guy be standing there, staring entranced at something farther away, and look as frozen as a Cigar Store Indian? This is confusing. How could it happen this way? This does not ring true. I am having an evil thought, that this wasn't real, that this was a staged, posed, planned photo. Where is Elaine? She'll know what to do. I need Elaine. Elaine! Elaine! Elaine!