All I know is it’s suspicious that the neck shot was while he was behind the sign in the Zapruder film.
Why is this suspicious? Please elaborate.
Capt
Because the sign is a lookalike. Duh.
The big thing, I think, is that the Zapruder film seems to have been shot in such a way that it makes the area look quite a bit more expansive than it really is. So if you’re looking at that film, and reading text descriptions of distances, etc… it’s a lot easier to convince yourself that it was both a lot harder of a shot and that it’s plausible that someone shot from the grassy knoll, when in fact it’s a pot-shot for just about any non-terrible* rifle shooter, and the grassy knoll is WAY too close for an undetected rifle shot.
(* by way of comparison, my brother and I used to compete at shooting our scoped 22 (stock Ruger 10/22 with a cheap-assed Tasco scope) at about 2/3 the distance of the shots- the competition was to see who could put more of our shots inside a 1" circle, and as we got better over the course of that summer, who could make the least ragged hole. I can’t imagine a USMC-trained rifleman with a flatter shooting big-bore rifle wouldn’t be able to do as well as a grandfather-trained 24 year old and an effectively untrained 17 year old. As a matter of fact, Oswald would have had to have used a scope less than our zoomed-in 9x to be able to even pick up his targets reasonably well.)
Obviously the man shooting from the overpass wanted to make sure it was hidden that the neck shot came from the front.
Duh!
So the second shooter knew the assassination was being filmed? And took the shot anyway?
Fuck yeah. His shot was hidden by the sign and Oswald’s wasn’t. Hence your patsy. And considering he needed to know where Zapruder was for angles and shit and to “conveniently” film it, Z was in on it too. I don’t think his secretary was although she’s now dead and “conveniently” never talked and now can’t talk about her boss’ role in the conspiracy.
Just to illustrate how absurd conspiracy thinking gets, consider the Zapruder film.
As some have jokingly pointed out, the Zapruder film was blocked by a road sign at the moment Kennedy was shot. And some people would see this as suspicious.
But what exactly is it supposed to mean? That Zapruder was part of the conspiracy and he was told where to stand so the fatal shot wouldn’t be on film? But if you’re in charge of a conspiracy and you don’t want the shooting to be filmed, why tell Zapruder to go to the scene and film it? Conspiracy theorists are left making the argument that somebody both arranged to have Zapruder film the assassination and arranged to have him not film the assassination.
Now I can’t tell if Cad is serious or not.
Sounds more like he’s joking?
But to take his objection seriously for a second, if I were a member of a sinister group of conspirators bent on assassinating the president and pinning all the blame on Oswald, wouldn’t it make more sense to order Zapruder to NOT film the assassination? The film can only hurt, right?
I guess the Illuminati learned their lesson with John Hinckley, with no film of their attempted assassination of Reagan the case against the patsy Hinckley was open and shut, right to the booby hatch for him. No need to even silence him, because he’s “crazy”, who’s gonna believe him?
It’s clear Z was part of the conspiracy. The president is shot right in front of you and you keep the camera on him with no jitters? Look at ANY home video of an assassination - Reagan, Ghandi, Bhutto. The camera jumps around which is a perfectly normal reaction. What is NOT normal is how Z keeps K in frame as perfect as hand-held can get. He KNEW K was going to be shot and his job was to record it. Notice how the tree “conveniently” blocks the view of the overpass? Hey the Warren Commission bought into it based mostly on Z’s film.
Why wouldn’t Z be on the other side and show Oswald taking the shot? Why would he be taking film of the TSD when the President is there? That is too obvious.
After reading the whole thread, a few points come to mind.
Missed first shot: nerves are a good explaination, but it is also not uncommon for a freshly cleaned barrel to throw a flyer on the first shot. When possible, target shooters will often fire a fouling shot or two before shooting for score.
.22 vs. High power rifles: .22s tend to be tack drivers, and very easy to shoot small groups at modest range with no wind.
Accidentally hit post before I was done.
While high powered rifles shoot flatter, and the faster, heavier bullet drifts less in the wind, recoil causes trouble for both the shooter and the rifle.
An untrained shooter is likely to flinch badly, and LHOs training is thus key to his making the shot. Essentially you have to remain motionless while an 8yr. Old boy punches you in the shoulder and a firecracker goes off a foot from your head, and you know exactly when it is coming.
The recoil also causes a HP rifle barrel to flex (“whip”) slightly, making load selection critical for decent accuracy.
Next, the barrel of a HP rifle heats significantly with each shot. With a military stock it is not too uncommon for them to “walk” the shots in a line as the barrel heats up.
The net result is that it would be far easier for an untrained shooter to make the shots with a rim fire, but it is still no great feat for a trained rifleman with a HP rifle.
A final point I seldom see mentioned is that the sight line was well above ground level nearly the whole way. Thus there would be no mirage to contend with. This is a serious issue for target shooters firing over level ground, especially bare dirt or asphalt.