Episode 292 is the fifth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode we take a step back and attempt to provide an overview of the problems in the case and the areas and issues to be mindful of as we progress through the remainder of the series. Episode 5 gives a real peak at what is to come next. This episode also begins a process of piecing evidence in the Tippit case together and shedding light on critical issues surrounding the assassination investigation as a whole. In this mini-series, we examine the evidence, and delve into the bewildering array of contradictory eyewitness testimonies , from those who struggled to identify Oswald, to others like Aquilla Clemens, who bravely reported seeing not one, but two men at the murder scene, neither resembling Oswald. And we hear of witnesses that were subsequently threatened into silence or submission. We'll review the questionable ballistics evidence : bullets and shells of different manufacturers with marks that mysteriously vanished, and a chain of custody so compromised it renders the evidence highly suspect. And then, there's the enigma of Oswald's wallet , containing his ID and an alias, inexplicably found at the Tippit murder scene by Dallas police Captain Westbrook, even as the official story claims it was taken from Oswald upon his arrest at the Texas Theatre. We begin with a group of core episodes that cover the murder itself. And then we work our way backwards and forwards...finally capturing Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre. This raises uncomfortable questions about the Dallas Police Department itself. We scrutinize the actions of officers like Captain William Westbrook and Sergeant Gerald Hill , whose movements, statements, and handling of evidence on November 22nd, 1963, appear less like routine police work, and more like a deliberate effort to frame Lee Harvey Oswald . Was this simply incompetence, or did elements within the DPD actively participate in a cover-up ? And what of J.D. Tippit himself? We will cover details about his personal life: a financially burdened veteran suffering from war trauma, a man with an alleged "dark side" and connections to the right-wing underworld, including Jack Ruby. We’ll track his frantic, agitated behavior and unusual movements in the hour before his death…movements which suggest he was not merely on routine patrol, but actively searching for someone, possibly Oswald, under direct orders—orders that mysteriously bypassed official police radio channels. And of course…all of this has lead some very well respected researchers such as John Armstrong to theorize about a "two Oswalds" scenario in this murder, where multiple individuals resembling Oswald played roles in a larger deception.
