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Originally Posted by Gillianren
So why do they want there to have been a conspiracy? Because people have a hard time, despite the historical support to the idea, that a lone nut can kill a popular and beloved president.
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Has anyone mentioned Oswald's demeanour immediately after the assassination? I seem to recall that a cop ran into the book depository and was accompanied up the stairs by a fellow employee. When they came to the floor beneath the one from which the shots had been fired they met Oswald.
He may have been a very good actor, and very cool under pressure. I don't know. But it would take some brass neck to blow your president's head off and then calmly go downstairs, and remain completely calm when a cop runs in with his gun drawn! Oswald was allowed to pass when he was identified as an employee. He just calmly went to a vending machine and bought a bottle of Coke, and then walked calmly out of the building.
His calmness in these moments seems at odds with his "hunted rabbit" demeanour later that day. Admittedly, though, there may be nothing to this. Perhaps he was just mad.