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

The Bad Script to Jack Ruby shoots Oswald

Part 1.

 To those who believe that Oswald was innocent, that he didn't shoot JFK or Tippit, I want you to consider how convenient it was, and how lifesaving it was to the authorities, that Jack Ruby, supposedly, came along and killed him.  

And I'm looking at this as a screenwriter, because sometimes you're writing a script, and you get to a point in the story where you know how you want it to end, but you have to figure out a way to get there.  And it may be difficult to come up with something that is plausible and believable. It's easy to get blocked at that point and have to struggle, to rack your brain, to find the bridge you need.  

Now, if Oswald was innocent, then it means that the whole thing was a story, right? So, let's assume we're at the point in the story that Oswald is in custody and denying everything. They had witnesses such as Brennan and the Tippit witnesses who were vaguely identifying Oswald. They had the FBI prints, but they had to know that that would be challenged in court, since that the DPD found no prints. But, they knew damn well that the entire stream of evidence for Oswald having ordered a rifle from Chicago would be vigorously challenged in court, since Oswald would have no trouble convincing his lawyers that he didn't order any rifle. The same goes for the pistol. The same goes for the Backyard photos. The same goes for everything pertaining to the Walker shooting attempt, which Oswald didn't do. Therefore, the handwritten fail-safe letter to Marina in Russian, urging her to hasten to the post office because the P.O. Box beckons, that was fake. The whole bit about him making that magnificent paper bag, which according to Frasier looked exactly like a grocery bag, a real grocery bag, would have been easy for the defense to disprove. Just putting Troy West, the mailer, on the stand would have demolished it. 

But wait! I haven't even mentioned the worst thing of all: If Oswald had lived, then Marina could NEVER have been a witness for the prosecution, as she was for the Warren Commision. Remember: there is spousal privilege in this country. And not only would she have not testified against him, she would have testified FOR him. As soon as Oswald got a lawyer, the first thing he or she would have done is secure Marina. She was gold. So, no Inn of the Six Flags, no immersion into what was, in effect, an MK-ULTRA brainwashing program. The uncorrupted Marina would have supported nothing that the prosecution was saying. She would have been defense witness extraordinaire. 

And do you know who would have been a horrible witness for the prosecution? Buell Frazier. On My God! He would have been torn apart by the defense during cross examination. I pity the guy. 

So, authoroties knew that they could NEVER let Oswald go to trial. No way. It was out of the question. But, it was worse than that. They couldn't even let him see a lawyer; not even once. That alone would have put them in grave legal jeopardy. And, as you know, they DIDN'T let him see a lawyer. Oswald devoted his entire MPC address to the fact that he wasn't being given a lawyer. He pleaded with the whole world to provide him with legal assistance. He didn't ask the world to get him John Abt. He asked for someone to come forward to provide him with legal assistance. And, many other times in the hallway, he complained to reporters that Dallas Police were denying him an attorney. "I have asked for an attorney, but these police officers are not allowing me to have one."  

Now, I understand why they didn't give him a lawyer; it was because they couldn't give him a lawyer. And no, Oswald did not turn down H. Louis Nichol's offer to get him an attorney. That was a pretext they created. If you read Nichol's account, he claimed that he didn't get the idea to go to City Hall until 5 pm that Saturday. So, he had to get ready; then he had to drive down there; then he had to park; then he had to walk there; then he had to find someone to explain his purpose to, and according to him, he went up to the PD on the 3rd floor, and there, Chief Curry saw him and recognized him and invited him to come into his office to talk. So, he did, and there were also two FBI agents present. Then, they all talked for a good long while, and then finally, he was taken up to the 5th floor to Oswald's cell, where he spent 3 minutes alone with Oswald who turned down his offer for an attorney.

But, we know that Oswald had a Saturday evening interrogation that started at 6:20. So, they took him from his cell; put the double in; and Nichols was none the wiser.  

Now, even if you dispute all that, you MUST admit that we never heard from Oswald that he spoke to Nichols and turned down his offer for an attorney. After what he said very early that morning, which you have seen and heard, doesn't it seem strange that he would reverse himself completely that very evening? Alarm bells should be going off in your head. 

So, if Oswald told his lawyers that he never met with Nichols, imagine how that would play in court. 

And what about the Altgens photo? Are you aware that on Saturday evening, the FBI barged into the home of Billy Lovelady, and according to his wife Patricia, they brought with them a photo of the doorway "that was as big as a desk"?  But, Oswald was still alive on Saturday evening. So, what excuse is there for not showing him the Algens photo as well; showing it to both of them and finding out what each had to say about it? Can't you see how evil it was that they didn't do that? Can't you see that they were obstructing justice by NOT doing it? 

All this and more would have come out at trial, and that's why they couldn't possibly let him go to trial. But, they couldn't let him speak to a lawyer either. Oswald would have won over his lawyer very quickly. You heard how lucid and rational he sounded at the MPC. It would have been the same in private with his lawyer, and without the distracting and deaming sound effects. One session with a lawyer, and that lawyer would have been turbocharged to defend him, and I mean with outrage. They just couldn't permit it. 

Yet, he was calling attention to the fact that he was being denied a lawyer. So, how much longer could that continue before it was obvious to the whole world what they were doing? Not much longer.

They were between a rock and a hard spot. So, what was the solution? What was the way out? It was that he had to die. They desperately needed Oswald dead. I hoe you realize that. 

So now, it's Sunday morning, and this is where the bad scriptwriting gets even worse. All morning, they kept reiiterating how much danger Oswald was in, that it was very likely that someone was going to try to kill him. They got the armoured truck- as if it was too dangerous to drive him from the City Jail to the County Jail- a distance of a few blocks- in a car. They said that over a 100 phone calls came in threatening to kill Oswald. Are you buying that? I'm telling you that it's bad scriptwriting. Why would potential killers give police a heads-up?  What would be useful about that to them, the killers? Why not just do it with the element of surprise? The Dallas Police actually took a photo of Jim Leavelle and other detectives manning phone lines to handle all the threatening phone calls.

Seriously: when have you ever known criminals to call the police to warn them of their intentions? Has it ever happened any other time?

Then, they set up this media circus, a televised spectacle, to walk Oswald 40 feet to a car. And they do it all formally in a dignified procession. I'm surprised they didn't put music to it. They turned taking him to a car into a ceremony. They mushroomed that short little walk into a grand and auspicious occasion. Who does that? Aren't the police supposed to be practical? Why would they engage in such fanfare?     

And then Fritz comes out first and finds it necessary to turn around and nod to the trio in the midst of this 40 foot walk to the car- that exceeded in gaudiness the father walking the bride down the aisle.  And then, knowing that he will need room to cast his arms out in surprise, Fritz stops and shoves this other cop out of the way to give him more elbow room, which he knows he's going to need. 

So, here is Fritz shoving the other cop, and notice that nothing has happened yet. So, Fritz is doing this in advance; getting ready; knowing full well what is to come.  

The next frame is right after the shot. So, Fritz has already heard it, but he doesn't startle. He doesn't flinch. 

And then, a second and a half later, he starts to raise his arms in a show of, "Oh no! Has something happened?" But notice that he doesn't turn around. He doesn't want to see it. He doesn't want to have to testify as to what happened. If someone asks, he was looking the other way. 

These three images should convince you that the whole thing was staged by the Dallas Police. This was a film set. They were shooting a movie here. And this shows you that Fritz was a terrible actor. 

So, this was a film production of the Dallas Police. It was a solution to the dire situation that they and the FBI were in. 

But, how did they do it? Did they recruit Jack Ruby? Were they working with him? Were they in collusion with him? That's impossible. When people work together, when they collude together, they do it for mutual gain, where they all expect to win. Who is going to collude in a plan that aims to send you to the electric chair? 

"So Jack, you're going to shoot Oswald. And don't worry; we trust you with the gun; just take your best shot; what could go wrong? Then we'll pounce on you and drag you away. We'll charge you; prosecute you; testify against you, and do all we can to get you convicted and sentenced to death. And then, we'll watch you fry in the electric chair. Sound good?" 

Who's going to go for a deal like that? Are you? No? Then why do you think Jack Ruby would? 

So yes, the Dallas Police were definitely involved. They organized and produced the whole spectacle, and that should be obvious to you now. But, they could not have done it WITH Ruby. They had to do it TO Ruby.