Posted on 07/30/2013 10:20:03 PM PDT by grundle
I don’t think any shot paralyzed him, since he moved his hands, arms, and torso after the first shot hit him. Also, I don’t think the autopsy showed any spinal cord damage, did it?
Do you have proof of that?
It’s actually the opposite: those who believe in conspiracy are the ones who’ve been brainwashed.
Oswald was a deranged Communist sociopath who murdered the President of the United States. Thought it up and did it all by himself with a perfectly capable military surplus rifle.
“The first shot hit Kennedy’s spine. His elbows were pulled back and up in a common reflex reaction to spinal damage. The bullet put a hole in the knot in Kennedy’s tie, and continued on to hit Connally. That shot killed Kennedy.”
I disagree. His arm movement is no reflex movement; he clearly reaches both hands up and grasps his throat, apparently where the exit wound from the bullet was.
Sad that you could be duped so easily...anyone with any commonsense can see multiple shots at multiple angels just from the Zapruder film...not to mention the blown out back of the head....daaaa!
Hey, this wouldn’t happen to be the 50th anniversary of the assassination would it? Boy, I think we’ll have new conspiracy theories for the next 4 months.
Considering he was hit AT LEAST twice, that would be one heck of an accident, eh?
Well, what kind of proof are you looking for? I mean, there is loads of documentation that his body was flown back to DC that same day and autopsied at Bethesda Naval Hospital, but, when it comes to anything with the JFK assassination, some people won’t accept any kind of proof that refutes their pet theory.
So, I could post the testimony of the doctors that autopsied him, the autopsy notes, the autopsy photos, etc. If that stuff won’t satisfy you, though, then I won’t bother.
The movement of Kennedy’s arms was into the ‘Thorburn Position’, a medical term for the movement of the arms along with a high extension of the elbows as a neurological reaction to trauma to the spinal cord.
It’s a fairly common symptom in combat injuries that involve temporary or permanent paralyzation of the high spinal cord region. It’s the most visible indicator to combat medics and Hospital Corpsmen that the subject is paralyzed.
I’ll deal with you this November like I do with uninformed skeptics every year when the anniversary of JFKs assassination rolls around.
“anyone with any commonsense can see multiple shots at multiple angels just from the Zapruder film...not to mention the blown out back of the head....”
Cool, I didn’t realize that common sense qualified someone to be a forensic expert. I’m heading down to the police department tomorrow to put in my application, those guys make pretty good money!
Except, there was no spinal injury found in the autopsy, so there would be nothing to trigger that reflex. Yet, we do know he had a wound in the front of his neck exactly where he seems to be grasping. Grasping at such a wound, which probably interfered with his breathing, is also a perfectly natural reaction, and fits the facts better than a reaction to a non-existent spinal injury.
(Ping to #33)
I haven’t heard anyone describe the Carcano as a good rifle.
You're more correct than you could possibly know! And that lone agent ... was the surgically-altered last survivor of Roswell!
Hows the pay these days?
Please don’t bother.Thank you.
Wondered why my firearms just kept going off at 3 am. /idiot Been shooting for over 30 years. Never had one "accidentally go off." Guess I am just special. BTW, to reiterate, the author is an idiot.
No shit.Thats the first time I ever read that.LOL
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