Martin, it seems that you're not the one paying attention here. Your mind has wandered on you. Mrs. Markham's description of the jacket. Remember that? Where was she at the time? Where was the jacket at that time? Was it in full blazing sunlight?
The point of posting photos of a guy walking through areas with shade and sunlight is to demonstrate that the jacket he had on can appear to be white when in full sunlight and brown or tan when in shaded areas.
To Griffin, the jacket appeared to be white. When he called in the discovery of what they believed to be the suspect's white jacket, he was going by the description of the suspect that had been called in to Dispatch by Patrolman R.W. Walker at 1:22.
"We have a description on this suspect over here on Jefferson. Last seen about 300 block of East Jefferson. He's a white male, about thirty, five eight, black hair, slender, wearing white jacket, a white shirt and dark slacks."
Martin, it seems that you're not the one paying attention here. Your mind has wandered on you. Mrs. Markham's description of the jacket. Remember that? Where was she at the time? Where was the jacket at that time? Was it in full blazing sunlight?
Tim, you need to read the previous posts again. When you do, you will find that I never mentioned Markham anywhere. You and I were discussing the jacket being found at the parking lot.
But, I'll answer your question nevertheless. It was a sunny afternoon in all of Dallas and to argue that the amount of sunlight was different from street to street is just plain stupid. The sun does not discriminate between streets and the shooting took place when the sun was just about at it's highest position. There can, however, be more shade in one location as the other because of objects blocking the sun, and in a street as 10th there were indeed trees that would provide shade in some areas. It may well have been that the shade could have made the jacket appear darker than it really was, but then again it may just as well be that she did indeed see a brown jacket in full sunlight.
The point of posting photos of a guy walking through areas with shade and sunlight is to demonstrate that the jacket he had on can appear to be white when in full sunlight and brown or tan when in shaded areas.Nobody is disputing that, but we were talking about the parking lot and parking lots tend to be large open spaces. It would be a bit difficult to park a car there if they weren't, don't you think? But where as a bit a shade might let a jacket appear darker than it really was, I don't believe for a second that one would get the color wrong by seeing a jacket in one location and in bright sunlight.
To Griffin, the jacket appeared to be white. When he called in the discovery of what they believed to be the suspect's white jacket, he was going by the description of the suspect that had been called in to Dispatch by Patrolman R.W. Walker at 1:22.
"We have a description on this suspect over here on Jefferson. Last seen about 300 block of East Jefferson. He's a white male, about thirty, five eight, black hair, slender, wearing white jacket, a white shirt and dark slacks."
How do you know what Griffin was going by? But never mind, you are making my point for me. If Griffin believed the killer was wearing a white jacket, and he sees a jacket that is found at a brightly lit parking lot, he will want to make sure to check it is indeed white before he calls it in as the presumed jacket of the killer, right? And, indeed, to Griffin who saw the jacket in bright sunlight it appeared to be
white.....
