Domingo Benavides, who was closer to the actual shooting than anybody else, refused to participate in a line up because he felt he could not positively identify the killer,
This is one of the biggest pieces of BS in the evidence surrounding the Tippit murder.....
A witness cannot refuse to participate in a line up.... Mrs Markham sure as hell didn't want to participate,... Was she given a choice??
The truth is; The cops didn't want Benavides to view a line up....Because he had seen the killer face to face and he had seen Lee Oswald's picture on TV and he knew that Lee was not the killer. The cops sure as hell didn't want Benavides on record just as they didn't want Howard Brennan's failure to identify Lee Oswald in the Line up.
A witness cannot refuse to participate in a line up...Oh yes he can. All he needs to do is say - as Benavides did - that he was not sure if he could identify the shooter.
Mrs Markham sure as hell didn't want to participate,..Where did you get this information from, Walt?
The truth is; The cops didn't want Benavides to view a line up....Because he had seen the killer face to face and he had seen Lee Oswald's picture on TV and he knew that Lee was not the killer. Huh? That would not have been a problem at all. At worst the result of such a line up would be that Benavides failed to identify the shooter. No biggie at all. Such things happen all the time.
The cops sure as hell didn't want Benavides on record just as they didn't want Howard Brennan's failure to identify Lee Oswald in the Line up.They may not have wanted Brennan's failure to identify on record, but on record it is nevertheless.