Anatomy of the Second Floor Lunchroom Encounter

[LR Trotter]

[quote=LR Trotter]

Officer Baker was American, so should have been aware that the bottom floor was the first, according to your arguments.

Whether a moot point, or a point in need of muting, as well as whether he went up steps or stairs, the TSBD 1st floor is well above ground level, and considering when and why DPD Officer ML Baker had entered the building, it should be reasonable to expect some early ambiguity relative to his recall of the situation.

It always seems to be a moot point when the point disagrees with your arguments.

Upon entering the TSBD building in an effort to search for and/or apprehend a shooter, that had fired shots about a minute earlier, and was thought possibly on an upper floor or roof, DPD Officer ML Baker had encountered a flight of stairs in order to reach the Elm St entrance, to the first floor.

Even in 1963, Dallas, Texas was a sizable city, with many multiple story buildings. And, it is very likely that DPD Officer ML Baker was not familiar with the layout of most of said buildings. For that reason, I have to conclude that a possibility exists that a floor count ambiguity had an effect on his early expressed recall of his actions, and his perceived location of the second floor lunchroom.

Plainly stated, hopefully, once inside, and relative to the location of the second floor lunchroom, the raised first floor is a moot point, with the exception of the flight of stairs to the first floor entrance possibly being the cause for DPD Officer ML Baker's early confusion regarding floor count while searching for a shooter or shooters, that he felt possibly had shot from the building.