Clemon Johnson standing on the underpass saw puffs of smoke on Elm St, not near the picket fence.
let me see if i understand what you are saying here . it seems you cite clem johnson as proof that simmons , dodd and holland saw no smoke under the bushes . yet johnson by his own admission in the article you provided stated that he was looking at jfk and his limo which was in the center lane of elm and that to quote johnson I DIDNT HARDLY LOOK UP UNTIL HE (jfk) WAS GONE , I WASNT LOOKING UP AT THESE BUSHES .
so with all due respect how does a man who by his own admission did not even look in the area in question until after jfk was no longer in his sight dispute the 3 men who said they did look that way and saw smoke at the bushes ? .
in regard the images you show of two men behind the fence now please correct me if i am wrong now but wasnt that footage from mark lanes documentary rush to judgement ? . wasnt that some 3 years after the assassination ? . if so were the trees and bushes seen in 1966 in the same condition as they were in 1963 ? IE had they been trimmed / cut back etc ?. looking at the image of holland up on the over pass certainly from that vantage point the bushes were still quite thick and trees etc over hung . none of these people were expecting shots to be fired , they were there to see jfk and jackie , so they would not be looking up at the fence line or at buildings .
and again to say what a person said is crap is not a valid argument , if a person was 100% wrong and all evidence contradicts them so be it , if every other witness 100% contradicts them so be it . but we need some proof here . we know holland (and im not quoting now ) said along the lines of they pretty much immediately ran around to look behind the fence . he told lane he got to the steam pipe and saw a sea of cars . now we know and you pointed it out i believe that images show these men still on the over pass after the limo had passed beneath the over pass . i dont think for a second that holland and these two other men lied . it was their interpretation of a traumatic event . i believe it was holland that said he immediately ran around to look behind the fence , it was not immediate as the shots rang out but more immediate after jfks limo was out of his sight .
if my memory serves me you are working on a theory , i never do that , i am simply just trying to get at the facts what ever they are . but if you are working on the hickey did it theory well you will look for that which tends to validate your theory .but in my own research of this case i have to say ive seen no proof that hickey did it . in fact i know that atleast 3 law suits came from the hickey did it mortal error theory . and again if my memory serves me the author /publisher settled all 3 law suits , one was from hickey himself was it not ? . now my thinking here would be that surely if they could prove hickey did it that they would have gladly met him in court and shown their proof wouldnt they ? . instead they settled with mr hickey .