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

I stated in my last post that John Armstrong believes Oswald was driven to the theater, and I agree with him. John says it's because Oswald could not have walked to the theater and gotten there as early as he did. For me, that's true, but it's not the only reason.

I tell you that Oswald was being tracked and monitored the whole time. They never lost sight of him. Oswald was being controlled by his handlers. And they were not going to let him walk 1.1 miles in broad daylight. Consider how easy it would have been for people to have seen him and remembered him and reported it. Obviously, he couldn't be walking down Beckley Street towards Jefferson and be at 10th and Patton at the same time.

Remember also that city walking isn't like walking around a track. On the street, you have corners and traffic lights. And if there is no traffic light, you still have to wait until traffic clears. You can't just walk non-stop without being interrupted. It was 1.1 miles from his boarding room to the theater. A brisk walking pace is 15 minutes per mile. But, because of what I just said, it might take 20 minutes to walk a mile in the city. So, Oswald could never have reached the theater as early as he did.

The official story has it that the Oswald of fame snuck into the theater, and that makes no sense. He hadn't shot anyone. And if you don't agree with that, you shouldn't be here because you are not welcome here. I only want to interact with people who know he was innocent. There are plenty of other JFK groups, so LNs: go to them.

But, when you remove Oswald having committed two murders from the picture, it makes no sense for him to sneak in. He had $14 and change in his pocket, and a ticket cost less than a dollar. Plus, with everything going on, and him being worried (because he had lived in the Soviet Union and married a Soviet woman) what would drive him to sneak in? And you mustn't assume that he had ever been there before. There is no basis to claim that he was a movie buff. So, he's walking to the theater entrance, and he passes a door and thinks, "Maybe I can sneak in here and avoid paying"? You think that that would have been on his mind at a time like that?

My father was a policeman his whole adult life, and he used to joke to us, his sons: "If you're going to steal something, make it something big and valuable because it's just as criminal to steal something small and trivial. It's just not worth it if it's some piddly thing." And you can't say Oswald was concerned about being recognized by the ticket person because Oswald hadn't done anything. He had committed no crime. So, if you believe that, you have no reason to think that he snuck in.

One guy tried to make a big deal out of the fact that Johnny Brewer said that the guy who snuck in wore a "brown sport shirt". First, I can't see calling Oswald's arrest shirt a sport shirt. There was nothing sporty about it. And Brewer also said that it was mostly buttoned up, and Oswald's arrest shirt had almost all its buttons missing. There were just one or two left at the bottom. So, citing that is weak, and it is not bankable.

The fact is that it would have been very risky for the plotters if Oswald had walked 1.1 miles to the theater in broad daylight. Someone easily could have seen him and remembered him. So, they were not going to let him do that. They were calling the shots, and they must have arranged the ride for him.

And if Oswald had said that he walked to the theater, why not report it? But, they didn't report it, nor did they report anything he said about it. Nor did the Warren Commission ask any witness what Oswald said about it. Nor did the HSCA. Nor did the ARRB. It has been systematically dodged since Day 1.

Then, we have Earlene Roberts saying that a police car showed up at the boarding house and tapped its horn twice. And that is all we have. There is no basis to claim Oswald took a bus or cab to the theater. I have already explained why him walking there is untenable. I consider the police car being Oswald's transporation to the theater to be a strong contention, whether it was Tippit or Westbrook of someone else.