then when you start thrashing about and claiming that I'm bullying you, you can decide whether you want to throw in the towel or have me present the deluge of posts in which your dishonesty is apparent. Of course, there are so many of them, it's difficult to know where to start.
Okay, let's take your goofy claims about Officer McDonald (the officer who arrested Oswald in the Texas Theater).
I made the point that Oswald tried to shoot McDonald in my very first post.
2) When Oswald was cornered in the Texas Theater, he drew the same revolver and tried to kill the officer who apprehended him.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x256718Some posts down you responded thusly:
Furthermore, I don't know where you pulled that evidence of Oswald trying to kill his apprehender with a gun in the theater. You might want to check your facts on that one. I'm sure the reference was a class offered by McAdams!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x256718Of course, you'll live to regret uttering those words. I then answered by citing McDonald's testimony to the Warren Commission and linked you to it:
And my source for the comment about Oswald trying to shoot the officer who arrested him comes from the officer's testimony. Again, I find it amazing that you hold yourself out as such an expert on the assassination, yet you are unaware of some of the most basic facts of the case.
http://www.jfk-online.com/mcdonald.html The you came back with the utterly dishonest comment as follows:
Your Mr. Ball interview also implies Oswald might have reached for his gun, not that he did reach for it, which is what you said earlier in one of your rants.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x256718#256934First of all, Mr. Ball is not merely "interviewing" McDonald. McDonald is testifying before the Warren Commission. And "Mr. Ball" was not merely some "interviewer", he was, in fact, senior counsel to the Warren Commission, which you would know if you knew a mere fraction of what you claim to know about the assassination.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-548177.htmlOf course, it gets better from here. Let me remind you of your actual words:
Your Mr. Ball interview also implies Oswald might have reached for his gun, not that he did reach for it, which is what you said earlier in one of your rants.
Now, let's review the relevant parts of McDonald's WC testimony:
Mr. BALL. Which hand was -- was his right hand or his left hand on the pistol?
Mr. McDONALD. His right hand was on the pistol.
Mr. BALL. And which of your hands?
Mr. McDONALD. My left hand, at this point.
Mr. BALL. And had he withdrawn the pistol.
Mr. McDONALD. He was drawing it as I put my hand.
Mr. BALL. From his waist?
Mr. McDONALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. What happened then?
Mr. McDONALD. Well, whenever I hit him, we both fell into the seats. While we were struggling around there, with this hand on the gun --
Mr. BALL. Your left hand?
Mr. McDONALD. Yes, sir. Somehow I managed to get this hand in the action also.
Mr. BALL. Your right hand?
Mr. McDONALD. Yes, sir. Now, as we fell into the seats, I called out, "I have got him," and Officer T. A. Hutson, he came to the row behind us and grabbed Oswald around the neck. And then Officer C. T. Walker came into the row that we were in and grabbed his left arm. And Officer Ray Hawkins came to the row in front of us and grabbed him from the front.
By the time all three of these officers had got there, I had gotten my right hand on the butt of the pistol and jerked it free.
Mr. BALL. Had you felt any movement of the hammer?
Mr. McDONALD. Yes, sir. When this hand -- we went down into the seats.
Mr. BALL. When your left hand went into the seats, what happened?
Mr. McDONALD. It felt like something had grazed across my hand. I felt movement there. And that was the only movement I felt. And I heard a snap. I didn't know what it was at the time.
Mr. BALL. Was the pistol out of his waist at that time?
Mr. McDONALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Do you know any way it was pointed?
Mr. McDONALD. Well, I believe the muzzle was toward me, because the sensation came across this way. To make a movement like that, it would have to be the cylinder or the hammer.
Now, how ANYONE could read that, then claim the "Your Mr. Ball interview also
implies Oswald
might have reached for his gun, not that he did reach for it" defies belief. McDonald didn't "imply", he stated it outright and the statement was not that Oswald "might" have withdrawn his revolver, McDonald said Oswald DID withdraw his revolver. He also states very clearly that he managed to get his hand into the "action" (again, the area between the hammer of the gun and the firing pin), which he could not have done had Oswald not already been pulling the trigger.
Now, if that's not enough "punishment" for you (punishment is what I call it when your goofy bullshit is being refuted by actual facts), McDonald's account is corroborated by the testimony of other officers, as well as civilians. Note: "Mr. Belin" was not a mere "interviewer" but was, in fact, David Belin, assistant counsel to the Warren Commission. Here's is Officer T.A. Hutson's testimony:
Mr. HUTSON. McDonald was at this time simultaneously trying to hold this person's right hand. Somehow this person moved his right hand to his waist, and I saw a revolver come out, and McDonald was holding on to it with his right hand, and this gun was waving up toward the back of the seat like this.
Mr. BELIN. Now you had your left hand, or was it McDonald's left hand, on the suspect's right hand?
Mr. HUTSON. McDonald was using both of his hands to hold onto this person's right hand.
Mr. BELIN. Okay.
Mr. HUTSON. And the gun was waving around towards the back of the seat, up and down, and I heard a snapping sound at one time.
Mr. BELIN. What kind of snapping sound was it?
Mr. HUTSON. Sounded like the snap of a pistol, to me, when a pistol snaps. . . . The gun was taken from the suspect's hand by Officer McDonald and somebody else. I couldn't say exactly. They were all in on the struggle, and Officer Hawkins, in other words, he simultaneously, we decided to handcuff him.
We had restrained him after the pistol was taken, but he was still resisting arrest, and we stood him up and I let go of his neck at this time and took hold of his right arm and attempted to bring it back behind him, and Officer Hawkins and Walker and myself attempted to handcuff him.
Here's what Johnny Brewer testified. You remember him, of course. He was the guy that "followed Oswald because he was afraid Oswald was going to go to a theater and try to get in without paying" (sorry, I couldn't resist tweaking you a bit):
Mr. BREWER. He knocked McDonald down. McDonald fell against one of the seats. And then real quick he was back up.
Mr. BELIN. When you say he was --
Mr. BREWER. McDonald was back up. He just knocked him down for a second and he was back up. And I jumped off the stage and was walking toward that, and I saw this gun come up and -- in Oswald's hand, a gun up in the air.
Here's what a patron of the theater, John Gibson, testified:
Mr. GIBSON. Well, I was standing there watching all this going on and then the policeman started down the aisle -- I would say there was another -- I don't know, maybe six or eight--started down the aisles. . . . and then the next thing was -- Oswald was standing in the aisle with a gun in his hand.
Mr. BALL. . . . What was he doing?
Mr. GIBSON. Well, he had this pistol in his hand.
Mr. BALL. Was anybody near him?
Mr. GIBSON. Just the officers.
Now, how anyone could read the testimony and report back that McDonald "implied" that Oswald "might" have withdrawn his revolver, can only be described as dishonest, but I've come to expect no less from you. Accordingly, when you post your usual misinformation and dishonesty, I'll respond so that the reader will not be swayed by your absolute nonsense. But I have no intention of engaging with anyone as dishonest as you.