Why Was Oswald Killed?

[Steve M. Galbraith]

Oswald was killed to shut him up. It’s an old Sicilian practice whereby they set someone up to take the fall for a murder and then kill him to stop the information flow.  Ruby was tasked to kill Oswald by the mob which owned his strip club.

If they were worried about what he would reveal then why did they allow this? At any moment he could reveal who set him up. But he didn't. Why not?



Oswald met with the press, he was able to yell to them as he was being escorted at the police station, he talked to his wife, his mother, his brother and others.

If they needed to keep him silent then why allow all of that? It makes no sense to me.

[John Iacoletti]

Oswald applied himself.
It's what boys do.

This is the Chapman version of epistemology.  Just declare the thing you want to believe as a fact, and it becomes a fact.

Probably.

[Michael Carney]

He may have been reluctant to say anything to anyone knowing who was behind it all.

[Jerry Freeman]

If they were worried about what he would reveal then why did they allow this?
If they needed to keep him silent then why allow all of that? It makes no sense to me.

Whoever said Oswald knew anything? To necessarily shut him up and so there would be no trial are synonymous   

[Michael Carney]

 In order for Oswald to say “I’m just a patsy” tells me he knew what was going on. He had been seen in the company of Carlos Marcello so I suspect he knew about what was going on.

[Richard Smith]

Whoever said Oswald knew anything? To necessarily shut him up and so there would be no trial are synonymous   

So they killed Oswald because he knew nothing and could implicate no one else.  He was just a Mr. Magoo character blundering into the frameup at every step by sheer bad luck.  And then they had Ruby on their hands to keep quiet including his trial.  That's rich.  Keep thinking them up!  Remember nothing has to make any sense or be supported by any evidence to be entertainment.   

[Jerry Freeman]

In order for Oswald to say “I’m just a patsy” tells me he knew what was going on.

Well, yeah. He realized he was getting set up.

He had been seen in the company of Carlos Marcello so I suspect he knew about what was going on.

At the risk of sounding like Mr Smith..where is the evidence there?

[Richard Smith]

In order for Oswald to say “I’m just a patsy” tells me he knew what was going on. He had been seen in the company of Carlos Marcello so I suspect he knew about what was going on.

Another enduring CTer myth!  In full context, Oswald said "They've taken me in because of the fact that I lived in the Soviet Union. I'm just a patsy!"  He is making a rush to judgment claim that he has been arrested due to his political affiliations.  Not because he is claiming to know anything about a conspiracy.  And, of course, his claim about the Soviet Union is complete bunk because none of the arresting officers even knew his name at the time of arrest much less that he had once "lived in the Soviet Union."  Just another of Oswald's lies to make himself appear the aggrieved victim.