06-09-2010, 04:47 PM
Peter Dawson Wrote:If the Zapruder film were authentic, then I'd like to know why JFK researchers have been talking about the "back and to the left" movement of JFK's head all these years. I've come late to this issue, but looking at the footage, what I see at the crucial moment is a very fast snapping forward of JFK's head - forward and down to the right - and then a slower back-and-to-the-left rebound of his head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6zveedj0o
To me, this indicates that the head shot came from the rear and probably to the left of JFK, pushing his head forward and to the right in a violent fashion, and because his head was still attached to his body by his neck, his head rebounded back in the direction the bullet came from.
I don't see any need to speculate about 2 bullets hitting him almost simultaneously to account for the movement of his head, until the possibility is at least put on the table and discussed that one bullet, from the rear/left, could account for the movement of his head.
And for those who think a discussion such as this is futile on account of the footage being doctored, please weigh in if you like, but since so many JFK conspiracy theorists still today rely on the Zapruder footage as evidence of conspiracy, I reserve the right to assume for the sake of argument that the footage is authentic.
One last thing I'd like to throw in the mix: There is controversy over some eyewitness reports that "the back" of JFK's head was "missing", and that this doesn't match the post-mortem pictures released of JFK, but I sometimes wonder whether, by saying "the back" of his head, were eyewitnesses merely indicating that his face itself was left intact, and the damaged area was behind his hairline? i.e. "the back" as in "not the front", the front being his face.
I watched the video, I did not see the slight move forward and to the right that you mentioned. However, for the sake of argument, if he did move as you say he did, a shot from the rear and to the left can hardly explain the brain matter poring out of the right hand side of his head and the left part of his skull that was blown out by the shot. It doesn't make sense that most of his movements clearly reflect a shot from the grassy knoll while a slight movement is seen as proof that the shot came form the rear.
John