Officer “K”

[Walt Cakebread]

From the testimony of Officer Thomas Hutson:

Mr. HUTSON. That looks like the jacket that was picked up by the officer behind the Texaco service station, behind the cars parked on the lot.
Mr. BELIN. How far were you from the officer when he picked it up?
Mr. HUTSON. Approximately 25 yards.
Mr. BELIN. Did you hear what he said when he picked it up?
Mr. HUTSON. I heard something----someone make the statement that that looks like the suspect's jacket. He has thrown it down. He is not wearing it now.
Mr. BELIN. Where is this Texaco station?
Mr. HUTSON. It is in the 400 block of East Jefferson at the intersection. It is on the northeast corner of the intersection of Crawford and Jefferson.
Mr. BELIN. How far north of Jefferson would this jacket have been when it was found?
Mr. HUTSON. One-half block.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know the name of the officer that found it?
Mr. HUTSON. No, sir; I don't know.
Mr. BELIN. What happened to the jacket?
Mr. HUTSON. The last time I saw this jacket, the officer had it in his possession.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know who he gave it to?
Mr. HUTSON. No, sir; I don't.
Mr. BELIN. You don't know if he gave it to Captain Westbrook?
Mr. HUTSON. I don't know. Captain Westbrook was there behind the house with us, and he was there at the time this was picked up with the man, but I don't know who had it in their hands. The only time I saw it was when the officer had it.

Not only does Hutson's account indicate that this officer picked up the jacket, but are we to believe that this officer was Griffin who "was in the same squad" as Hutson, yet Hutson didn't know his name?

"was in the same squad" as Hutson, yet Hutson didn't know his name?

Wot we have heya is.... the thin blue line at work.....

[John Iacoletti]

Oswald attended a school there years before and was familiar with the area. He might know some of the secluded places (for smoking and talking trash about women like Trump) that the "cool" clique would hide out in. The other boys wouldn't let Lee go with them, so "Secret Agent Leon" would stalk them so he knew about such places.

What in the world are you talking about?  What school?

I don't know why he would need to hide out, maybe because he had killed the President.

Walking around random streets is a great way to "hide out".

[Walt Cakebread]

What in the world are you talking about?  What school?

Walking around random streets is a great way to "hide out".

Walking around random streets is a great way to "hide out".

I'll be dipped....  You do have a sense of humous....

I love sarcasm

[Jerry Freeman]

 Walt Cakebread on August 19, 2022, 11:07:57 AM 

   "IT ISN"T EASY TO HANDLE A MOTORCYCLE AND HANG ON TO A JACKET. "

That would explain why he never picked it up and pointed it out to Westbrook instead.

Actually..it doesn't either.
 He wasn't in a hot air balloon. A cop sees something...he obtains it rather than point at it say  "look what I see."
Stepping off a motorcycle is what motorcycle cops do.

[Jerry Freeman]

How are the streets "random" if Oswald had gone to school there and he was in the habit of getting off buses and cabs blocks from his ratty boarding house?

I thought he went to Ft Worth schools.

[Tim Nickerson]

So their statements directly contradict each other.  Any particular reason you're choosing to state Westbrook's account as a fact?  Especially considering that Westbrook couldn't even identify this officer (or even that it was an officer), or under which car the jacket was found.

A statement made under oath by Westbrook a few months after the fact vs a statement made by an unnamed individual to another unnamed individual at an unspecified time.

[Martin Weidmann]

A statement made under oath by Westbrook a few months after the fact vs a statement made by an unnamed individual to another unnamed individual at an unspecified time.

This is hilarious. A person who actually finds a piece of evidence is automatically part of the chain of custody, as he is the only one who can confirm that the piece of evidence was indeed found at that particular location. To argue otherwise is silly.

[John Iacoletti]

A statement made under oath by Westbrook a few months after the fact vs a statement made by an unnamed individual to another unnamed individual at an unspecified time.

You say “under oath” like that makes something more likely to be true.