because the evidence isn’t “overwhelming” that Oswald acted alone. Richard Russell of the Warren Commission didn’t think the evidence established that Oswald acted alone. In fact, to make the case for a lone gunman required an unbelievable magic bullet theory and refusing to credit 50-plus people in Dealey plaza, including cops, who said they heard shots from the knoll or the overpass. It also requires disbelieving your own eyes when you watch Kennedy shot back and to his left in the video. Earl Warren was the liberal icon of the 20th century, and a hallmark of liberalism is tha you’re asked to deny the evidence of your senses, your eyes, and your common sense. Richard Russell, a conservative, wouldn’t allow himself to do so, and he disputed the Warren claims till his dying say
Almost twice as many witnesses pointed to the grassy knoll as the source of the shots rather than the TBD. Their testimony was ignored and not put in the body of the Report.