He spoke about one aspect I had not really previously considered: the death of J. D. Tippit.
Specifically, why was J. D. Tippit where he was at that specific time? I always assumed coincidence and routine patrol.
He was of the firm belief, that Tippit was there specifically to kill Oswald, but Oswald got the jump on him. This caused the conspirator's to go to plan B......... Ruby.
For the whole conspiracy to work, they needed a fall guy - Oswald.
Oswald was a known commodity to the Russians and Cubans. Castro knew Owald was a lit fuse probably aimed at JFK.
Oswald shot JFK, without help from anyone.
The trouble with a theory like that is that you're blowing off Tippit's death in the line of duty and painting him as a criminal. He was patrolling his usual area when the BOLO came on his radio for Oswald. He saw Oswald and pulled up alongside of him. When he got out of his car, Oswald unloaded on him. All available evidence shows that Officer Tippit was gunned down in the line of duty. IMO his death should not be treated as just another "what if?" in the JFK conspiracy sweepstakes.
I have always thought the same thing. I think when the shots rang out in Dealy plaza, Oswald KNEW he’d been set up. During the 4-5 minutes he was in his rooming house just after the assassination, a Dallas PD car pulled up in front and honked....waited a minutes or so and then left. I think Oswald was running for his life and realized that Tippit was there to take him out.
Or was it simply plan A all along?
There was substantial motorcade security and planing. Even vehicles just a few hundred feet in front of the JFK limousine were filled with LEOS and SS looking at building windows for signs of potential shooters, as they would radio back to the motorcade a warning to evade/breakoff.
Numerous threats against Oswald had been made to authorities. Even FBI Hoover contacted Dallas Police Chief requesting that Oswald be given the massive security.
The Chief later said he never got any message from the FBI boss.
It begs the question, why would Dallas PD parade the person around for the media and others present, who just 48 hours earlier allegedly blew the head off the President of the United States?
Ruby gave inconsistent statements as to why he did it.
He wanted to be the big hero.
He wanted to prove Jews could be tough guys and had guts.
And even later said he wanted to spare Jackie Kennedy from criminal legal proceedings against the assassin.
And he would also say, "I don't know what came through my mind".
Which is it?
Ruby goes to downtown and parks his car. While in the area at a western union Ruby said he just happened to see a bustle at police headquarters and went over just to see what was happening. We know what followed.
If this is true why when he parked his car did he throw his wallet and car keys in the trunk and take his revolver with him which he normally kept in a moneybag in his trunk?
All this seems a bit odd.