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2016 shooting of Dallas police officers

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Nov 28, 2025
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Are there alternative theories about why J.D. Tippit was killed and who was responsible?

The mainstream, official finding is that Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Officer J.D. Tippit shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination; the Warren Commission and later the HSCA reached that co...

Nov 15, 2025
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What did Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry say about Oswald's capture on November 22 1963?

Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry publicly said shortly after the murder of President Kennedy that Lee Harvey Oswald had been arrested and he brought Oswald before reporters at police headquarters; Curr...

Nov 25, 2025
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How did ballistics and forensic evidence connect Oswald’s revolver to the Tippit murder?

Ballistics evidence in official reporting concluded that the four .38-caliber cartridge cases found at the Tippit scene were fired from the Smith & Wesson revolver in Lee Harvey Oswald’s possession "t...

Jan 15, 2026

Have modern ballistic or forensic tests (e.g., CT, metal analysis) re-evaluated the calibers and shooter locations in the JFK case?

Modern forensic work has repeatedly re-examined JFK assassination evidence using newer techniques—neutron activation and other metal analyses, digital 3‑D preservation, laboratory re-testing and compu...

Oct 30, 2025

child trafficking Texas 2021 to present

Texas has documented ongoing child trafficking from 2021 to the present, with state agency data showing hundreds of missing children and dozens identified as trafficking victims, law-enforcement press...

Dec 7, 2025

What evidence exists about Secret Service driver James Jarman’s conduct during the assassination?

Available documents and compilations show that Secret Service driver James Jarman gave multiple post‑assassination statements and testimony to Dallas police, the FBI, the Secret Service and the Warren...

Nov 12, 2025

How did Oswald travel to the rooming house where he stored his revolver?

Contemporary mainstream accounts conclude Lee Harvey Oswald reached the rooming house where he stored a revolver by using public and hired transport: he rode a bus that stalled in traffic, then hailed...

Nov 8, 2025

What role did Officer J.D. Tippit’s shooting play in locating Oswald on November 22 1963?

The shooting of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit on November 22, 1963, significantly contributed to locating and arresting Lee Harvey Oswald that afternoon: witnesses at the Tippit scene described a ...

Nov 6, 2025

What did Dallas Police interviews and reports say about Oswald's taxi ride to the Texas Theatre?

The Dallas Police interviews and reports present a of Lee Harvey Oswald’s movements between the Texas School Book Depository, a city bus, a taxi, and the Texas Theatre on November 22, 1963: some state...

Jan 19, 2026

How have forensic re‑analyses since the 1960s changed assessments of the Tippit shooting and related ballistic evidence?

Forensic work at the time of the Tippit killing led investigators to conclude the .38-caliber cartridge cases found at the scene were fired from the revolver taken from Lee Harvey Oswald, a finding th...

Jan 5, 2026

What route did Lee Harvey Oswald take from the Texas Theatre to the Texas School Book Depository (Dealey Plaza)?

The sources provided do not document a clear, contemporaneous route taken by Lee Harvey Oswald from the Texas Theatre to the Texas School Book Depository; in fact the documented chronology runs in the...

Jan 1, 2026

What specific security recommendations did the Warren Commission make after concluding Dallas police failed to control the crowd?

The Warren Commission, while faulting the Dallas police for failing to control the crush of reporters and spectators that allowed Jack Ruby to reach Lee Harvey Oswald, issued a set of practical securi...

Jan 1, 2026

What did the Warren Commission conclude about Oswald’s custody and the Dallas Police’s handling of him?

The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was lawfully taken into custody after resisting arrest in the Texas Theatre and that while he was not abused during his detention, Dallas police ...

Dec 10, 2025

What time did Lee Harvey Oswald leave the Texas School Book Depository on November 22, 1963?

Most mainstream accounts place Lee Harvey Oswald inside the Texas School Book Depository up to about the time of the motorcade’s passage through Dealey Plaza at roughly 12:30 p.m.; eyewitness and offi...

Nov 29, 2025

What were Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry's exact words about Lee Harvey Oswald's capture on November 22, 1963?

Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry did not leave a single, famous verbatim quote from November 22, 1963 that says “Oswald confessed” or similar; available sources show Curry issued statements across Nov....

Nov 22, 2025

Were there inconsistencies or challenges to the evidence linking Oswald to Tippit during his trial?

Contemporary official findings and many later reviews concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald killed Patrolman J. D. Tippit about 45 minutes after President Kennedy’s assassination, but critics and independe...

Nov 12, 2025

What evidence exists of Oswald's movements in Oak Cliff after leaving the Depository?

Lee Harvey Oswald’s movements in Oak Cliff after leaving the Texas School Book Depository are supported by multiple strands of evidence: witness reports and arrest records place him at a boarding hous...