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

 I went looking for the Jackson hand in the NBC footage, and I found it. It's very different. But first, in the NBC footage, the Shooter approaches Oswald from the side and shoots him from the side. So, when the gunblast goes off, the Shooter is not in front of Oswald; he is well to the side.

But then, the Shooter jumps in front of Oswald, and as he is doing that, Oswald gets covered up. So, I guess you could argue that Oswald slapped his arm to his chest during the time that he is out of view.

So, once we are able to see Oswald again, is the hand there on his chest? Yes, it is, but it's weird. For one thing, it is very faint. I had to lighten it to get it to stand out this much. Compare it to the other hand, which is that of LC Graves reaching for the gun. Why is Oswald's hand so much fainter?

But otherwise, it looks very freaky. The thumb is missing completely. And there is no basis to claim that material from his taut sweater is covering it up. That is preposterous. There's a big fat digit, but I don't know if it's supposed to be the index finger or the middle finger. Then, there is another finger going off at an extreme angle.

Frankly I think the whole thing is art. This was a time when they Photoshopped with paint, and that's what I think it is. I say that beacuse it is so crude and so un-anatomical that I don't think it's a real image.

So, I say it's another freak hand, but it's freaky in a different way than the Jackson hand.