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

 There is no doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald is in one of the Three Tramps photos talking to a police officer in the doorway. I suspect that officer was Police Inspector J. Herbert Sawyer. That's him on the left standing in the exact same spot and very close to the same time. Notice his distinctive white hat in both pictures. It would be a strange coincidence if that was someone else. It would be like Sawyer had a twin. 

And for the people who dispute that it's Oswald, just remember that it definitely isn't Lovelady. So, if it that's not Oswald, then it means there was another employee, besides Lovelady, who happened to look and dress like Oswald. (not that Lovelady looked and dressed like Oswald; he didn't; but that is their story)

Sawyer did testify to the Warren Commission, and of course, he didn't say anything about having interacted with Oswald. But, he did admit to spending a lot of time at the TSBD, including in the doorway. 

So, let's consider the story of that picture. It's clear to me that Oswald started the conversation. I say that because he is facing Sawyer and looking at him.  Sawyer is not facing Oswald, and he isn't looking at him either. At that instant, he appears to be looking down. These things tell me that Oswald was the instigator. He went to talk to Sawyer; not vice versa. 

So, what could Oswald have had to say to Sawyer? Obviously, I can only speculate. But, this was about 4 minutes after the shooting, as Oswald was going home. So, I think it's reasonable to suggest that Oswald was asking Sawyer if it was OK if he went home because there wasn't going to be any resumption of work that day. And if that's what he asked, then Sawyer must have given him the go-ahead, since we know that Oswald left.  Obviously, Sawyer didn't stop him. 

But, why would he give him the go-ahead to leave when the police were determined to question every employee about what they saw and heard? Then, they took most of them to City Hall to get their statements in writing. Sawyer must have anticipated that, so why would he tell Oswald he could go home?

Well, let's remember: they wanted Oswald to leave. They did NOT want to arrest him at the TSBD. The plan was to get him armed, so that hopefully, he would die in a shootout with the police. 

And the proof is that Roy Truly, upon seeing Oswald in the 2nd floor lunch room, brushed him off to Baker. He assured Baker that Oswald worked for him. And he must have said it in a way that communicated that there was no chance that Oswald could be the shooter. Because think about it: just because Oswald worked for him didn't mean he couldn't be the shooter. So, Truly must have given Baker a vibe that Oswald was harmless. 

But then, shortly afterwards, a roll-call was taken, that Oswald wasn't present for. Truly's response to that was to inform the police, and obviously, his vibe must have been very different: that they need to find Oswald.  Charles Givens also wasn't present; he had left. Yet, Truly didn't raise any concerns about him. Just Oswald. 

Make no mistake: Truly was in on it. The TSBD was a CIA front company. Truly was in on the operation to kill Kennedy and frame Oswald. Of that, I am certain. And I suspect that Sawyer was also in on it. And I say that because he let Oswald leave.

And it doesn't even matter what Oswald approached him about. No matter what it was, Sawyer let Oswald leave when he shouldn't  have. Look at this from his testimony:

Mr. BELIN. Was that before or after you told the men there to guard the front door and not let anyone in or out?
Mr. SAWYER. That was after.

So now, we know for sure that Sawyer had the mindset not to let anyone in or out. So, if he had that mindset, why did he let Oswald out? 

And we know what happened next: Oswald walked  a few blocks and then boarded the bus. Then, he got off right away and made his way to the Greyhound bus terminal.  But, after Oswald got off McWatters' bus, the police soon got on it. So, what does that tell you? It tells you that they were following him. Stuart L. Reed even photographed the bus while Oswald was on it. 

But, the most important thing about this photo is something Dennis Cimino said: that it is very exonerating of Oswald because a murderer wouldn't want to talk to the police. A murderer would just want to get out of there. So, it goes to show that Oswald had no guilt. He hadn't done anything, so he had nothing to feel guilty about. Hence, he was not afraid to talk to the police.