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

 This is the clip of Detective Miller putting something over Bookhout's head. Was it the wig itself? Maybe it went flying, and he picked it up and put it back on his head. But, I want you think about how ridiculous this spectacle is. You see how small the shooter was compared to the cops. So, what is supposed to be going on there? Is the shooter resisting? Is he supposed to be fighting them? Is he kicking, spitting, what? He doesn't appear to be doing anything to them.  He seems completely pasive. This fight or struggle or whatever it was supposed to be should have been over in 2 seconds, considering the combined force of all those men against the one little non-resistant guy. He doesn't appear to be doing anything to counter what they were doing to him. So, why wouldn't they resolve the whole matter on the spot by drawing his hands behind his back and cuffing him on the spot? Why take him somewhere first? Those guys were like a football huddle or a rugby pack. How were they supposed to get through that single corner door? Why wouldn't they cuff him there and then stand him up, and then a single guy could walk him away. It makes no sense what they did, which was what?  Push and shove him into the building? 

What this really was all about was keeping Bookhout covered so that no person or camera would see that it was him. There was no resistance or fighting. They were all working together. Bookhout was working with them; accepting their help in keeping him obscured. And I'm sure they were being very careful not to hurt him.  

Then, supposedly, once they got through the door, and the door was closed, three detectives, Archer, Clary, and McMillan, all got the idea at once to take out their handcuffs, but it was Clary's cuffs that went on him. But, why didn't they think of it in the garage? 

And remember how the whole thing started, with the shooter diving towards them. Not kicking, not punching, just diving into their arms. And, it's not like they picked him up and carried him into the building. He remained on his feet throughout. So, he was moving on his own power; he was walking. He has to be shuffling along. But, they were hovered over him to keep his face out of view as he progressed because he was not Jack Ruby.  

I refer to this whole thing as the Dance of the Penguins because that's what it reminds me of. It makes absolutely no sense for policemen to behave this way. It is a bizarre spectacle, necessitated by the fact that the shooter was not Jack Ruby.