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

I know it’s hard for people to accept that the Dallas Police killed Oswald and framed the hapless, hopeless Jack Ruby.  Even Ruby’s lawyers didn’t figure it out, or get close to figuring it out, even though they were given hints. They had Ruby telling them that he had no thought of shooting Oswald-ever; and neither did he have any memory of doing it. His whole basis for accepting that he did it was the Dallas Police telling him that he did.

Then, they had another big clue. It was the fact that the photos showed that the Shooter used his middle finger to pull the trigger. Why would Jack Ruby do that? His lawyers asked him why he did it, and his response was that since he had no thought or memory of doing it, he had no idea why he used his middle finger.

Handguns are designed to fit your hand using the index finger as the trigger finger. Even little kids, when they’re playing cops and robbers, get it that they pretend-shoot their toy guns using their index finger on the trigger.  The fact was that Ruby’s left index finger was partially amputated. It is extremely likely, bordering on certain, that the people who staged this had the wrong information. They, apparently, believed that Ruby’s right index finger was the one amputated. Hence, they had James Bookhout use his middle finger.

There are several other facts that should help you get over the mental illness that I call “Americana” which is the belief that police committing cold-blooded murder doesn’t happen in America because this is America.

1 Ruby could not have had any intention of shooting Oswald because if he did, he would have showed up on time, that time being 10 AM. And Ruby said that not only did he have no intention of shooting Oswald, but he had no intention of even seeing him. So, all that leaves is that it was, for Ruby, a sudden impulse. But if so, why didn’t he remember it? How could it possibly have happened without him knowing it and recalling it?

2 The Dallas Police lied. Jim Leavelle lied through his teeth. He said that he recognized Ruby in the garage and saw him closing in. He said that he tried to jerk Oswald behind him to protect him. He made no such jerk. It was a complete lie. And then he said that he thumped Ruby on his left shoulder with the heel of his right hand. He did not. That was another complete lie. Then, when he was asked on 11/24 who helped him carry Oswald into the Jail Office, he stammered and hesitated and then said that he couldn’t remember. Now, that is ridiculous, and surely you agree. The reason he didn’t want to cite anyone is because it was no one. No one helped him carry Oswald into the Jail Office because he didn’t carry Oswald into the Jail Office. Oswald got up and went in on his power. And since Leavelle was handcuffed to Oswald, how could he lift him? Since his left wrist was tied to Oswald’s right wrist, it meant that anywhere Leavelle’s left wrist went, Oswald’s right wrist had to go. So, how could Leavelle get his hands underneath Oswald to pick him up when he was handcuffed to him?

And if anyone wants to do an experiment in which they handcuff themselves to someone and then try to pick them up and carry them, be my guest.

But, let’s go on with the police lies. All the detectives said that Oswald remained unconscious the whole time in the Jail Office. That is all except one. Detective Combest, alone, said that Oswald was conscious, that he opened his eyes, and he was responsive. Combest said that, in trying to get a confession from Oswald, he asked him if he had a statement to make-before it was too late. And Combest said that Oswald shoot his head “no.” Now, if that were true, don’t you think that other detectives would have seen it? Combest was also asked who carried Oswald into the Jail Office, and he said it was him, Leavelle, and Graves. Graves? Graves went with Bookhout. He was one of the Penguins who was hustling Bookhout through the corner door and keeping him covered up. And Graves himself said so. He said that he didn’t see Oswald again until he was lying on the floor in the Jail Office, and that he did NOT help carry him in.  And he said that Oswald was completely unresponsive.

Another liar was Detective Elmer Boyd. He claimed that he watched the Oswald shooting on television when he was having Sunday brunch at his in-laws’ house. That was a lie. He was there. We have an image of him hovering with the Shooter on the 3^rd floor, and with him was his partner Richard Sims, and another detective whose name was Hall. I’m attaching that image. It was taken just minutes after the shooting. The man in the middle is supposed to be Jack Ruby, but he is obviously not Jack Ruby.

3 The lying cops were the only ones who claimed to recognize Ruby in the garage. None of the reporters or cameramen claimed it. One of the reporters was Hugh Aynesworth who knew Ruby very well. He had eaten lunch with Ruby that week. Even though he saw the shooter zipping by, he didn’t know he was Jack Ruby until the police announced it. He did NOT recognize Ruby in the garage.

Now, I’ll point out that, as the years passed, that some of the men who were there, in talking about it would say things like, “and then I saw Ruby come out.”  But, what they meant was that, “and then I saw the man, who I later learned was Jack Ruby, come out.”

 4. Consider the suit that Leavelle wore: an Easter suit. Yeah, he came dressed up as the Easter Bunny. Why? I believe it was to create color contrast between him and Oswald. They put Oswald in black and him in white, so to speak. That way, it would help guide the Shooter. And Leavelle wore that suit on Saturday too. So, on Friday. the President of the United States, and his very good friend JD Tippit got murdered, yet, on Saturday he decided to wear an Easter suit? And then again on Sunday?

5 Dallas Police claimed to get over 100 phone calls threatening to kill Oswald. There is even a photo of Leavelle and others manning the phones, like at a PBS fundraiser. Do you believe that people called in that way? If you intended to kill Oswald, for what reason would you inform the police? And the police said over and over, on the radio, that they feared the attack would come during the Jail Transfer. Then why do it? Why not transfer Oswald in the dead of night without telling the public anything? You could tell them afterwards. Why did they have to make a public spectacle out of it?

6 There are people who believe that the Dallas Police conspired WITH Jack Ruby to kill Oswald. But, nobody in his right mind would trust Jack Ruby to do that. We’re talking about shooting somebody in a very small, crowded space, loaded with police. In other words, Ruby would be shooting in their direction. Jack Ruby was a nitwit. He was a scatterbrain. He was a character. He was like Lou Costello. Nobody in his right mind would have trusted Jack Ruby to do a shooting.  He was a nincompoop, and they knew it.

The idea that they would get Jack Ruby to do it is ridiculous in the first place. But, in the second place, how could they trust him to keep his mouth shut? Remember, it was going to be followed by them arresting him, charging him, prosecuting him, testifying against him, in an effort to secure a death sentence so that they could electrocute him. What if Ruby woke up one morning and decided that he had enough of that and was going to spill the beans on them? Do you think they were going to go to bed every night knowing that Ruby could betray them to his lawyers at any time? A cooperative conspiracy between the Dallas Police and Jack Ruby is absurd.

7. Ruby claimed to speak during the melee. “What are you doing? You know me. I’m Jack Ruby. I’m not some criminal. I’m not wanted.” And the cops also said that he did. But, we have the films, and the Shooter spoke or tried to speak. And nobody in the garage, other than the cops, said that the Shooter spoke. The reporters said he never did, and he didn’t.

We’re talking about two separate events, separated by about an hour. The first was the taking of Jack Ruby. He got to the basement much earlier than reported. He told the Warren Commissioners that he sent his money wire at 10:15. Of course, he was corrected right away, and by a Secret Service agent who was in San Francisco on the day it happened.  But, Ruby really did send it at 10:15.

So, that is when they grabbed Ruby, and they hustled him upstairs. And after that, they placed Roy Vaughn at the Main Street ramp. He had no idea that he was being set up. Vaughn was adamant that Ruby did not get past him. And Vaughn was no slouch. He went on to become the Chief of Police of the city of Midlothian, Texas. And after that, he became a municipal judge for 13 years, until his death. Vaughn was right that Ruby did not get past him. The whole bit at that ramp was a magnet for Ruby. It was an incoming ramp. So, why were people gathered there? Who were they waiting to see arrive? Nobody. So, it made no sense for them to even  be there. But, the stumbling, bumbling, drug-wrecked Ruby got there early and no doubt was coaxed down the ramp. And with Ruby tucked away on the 5^th floor, they put on the spectacle in the basement, and it was for television.

Make no mistake: Oswald was killed that day. There is no chance that he was let go. But, he was shot afterwards, He was not shot in the garage. They needed a surgically precise shot, and that is what they got. I’ve got to hand it to them. They knew what they were doing about that. They were out to get Oswald to bleed, and he bled so much, internally, that Parkland doctors had to replace his entire blood volume. But, even that couldn’t save him.

How long have you believed that Oswald was innocent? Well, it’s time that you start believing that Ruby was innocent too.