15-08-2013, 04:33 PM
I'm less suspicious of Fritz than I am of his supervisor, Asst Deputy Chief M.W. Stevenson.
Fritz told the WC: "Well, we had taken some precautions but those were changed. We were told in the beginning that we would be in the parade directly behind it, I don't know whether it was the second or third car, but the Vice President's car, that we would be directly behind that, and we did make preparation for that. But at 10 o'clock the night before the parade, Chief Stevenson called me at home and told me that had been changed, and I was assigned with two of my officers to the speakers' stand at the Trade Mart."
So Fritz and his two top aides are taken out of the motorcade and stationed at the Trade Mart. Then they waste time going to Parkland before finally getting back to the scene of the crime (which may account for the lack of leadership and organization among the cops in Dealey Plaza, why the TSBD was not sealed effectively, and why the sniper's nest was not found for so long).
Here's a rare interview with Stevenson.
Fritz told the WC: "Well, we had taken some precautions but those were changed. We were told in the beginning that we would be in the parade directly behind it, I don't know whether it was the second or third car, but the Vice President's car, that we would be directly behind that, and we did make preparation for that. But at 10 o'clock the night before the parade, Chief Stevenson called me at home and told me that had been changed, and I was assigned with two of my officers to the speakers' stand at the Trade Mart."
So Fritz and his two top aides are taken out of the motorcade and stationed at the Trade Mart. Then they waste time going to Parkland before finally getting back to the scene of the crime (which may account for the lack of leadership and organization among the cops in Dealey Plaza, why the TSBD was not sealed effectively, and why the sniper's nest was not found for so long).
Here's a rare interview with Stevenson.