Why the second floor lunch room encounter could not have happened

[Bob Prudhomme]

At this point, what does he have to tell him that a crime had actually been committed?

Shots, crowd reaction, and possibly a police radio announcement of shots. The motorcade stopping, and security personnel opening car doors to emerge, and maybe security personnel diving on Johnson to protect him. Baker was a good cop. He didn't need it spelled-out to him.

If Baker had followed anything even CLOSE to proper procedure, he would have, instead of racing by himself to the 7th floor (without telling a soul), attempted to enlist the help of officers on the corner of Houston and Elm to seal off the entrances and exits to the TSBD. At the very least, he would have told them what he was doing, and asked them to be alert for anyone leaving the building, and to call for backup to help seal off the exits.

Seriously, was Baker so stupid he didn't think a shooter could escape by the stairs, while he and Truly were riding up on an elevator? This is why the whole "mad dash to the 2nd floor" stinks to high Heaven of being another concoction of the WC.

All the things you list would actually have delayed possibly capturing a shooter or securing a scene with a mad killer.


Bob, I doubt Baker had a computer with him to list out all the things in hindsight that would have made his option of investigating where the shots came from less than perfect.


I think ever since Murphy you have been on an endeavor to construct a Depository scenario that supports his Prayer Man theory. I mean it is OK to do that since at the time Prayer Man was an open possibility and, like any assassination theory, deserved exploration. I don't think people realize that Duncan MacRae has disproven Murphy. This will be confirmed with expert photo analysis of the Darnell frames. Read LeDoux's response to MacRae on the Education Forum. It's absolute made-up garbage that no one else would be allowed to get away with.


You would think that if the Commission was going to fabricate an Oswald encounter it would be closer to the 6th floor? You can't ignore Carolyn Arnold.

No, the things I list would have prevented a killer from escaping, via the stairs, while Truly and Baker rode the elevator up that they tried to summon.