Migod Jeanne Not really sure what is so bizarre here in terms of Oswald s actions They are completely consistent with someone who had just carried out a big crime acted cool about it then tried to flee In fact just about everything he did and every way he acted indicates he shot the president and was fleeing and further that he had no accomplices Clearly you want to read everything backwards that s your prerogative Now if someone is going to be acting strange and suspicious it would be immediately after the crime when he hasn t got off the hook yet You are kidding aren t you If I were the person who just shot the president I would be doing everything to pretend nothing had happened Which is precisely how Oswald acted So what does Oswald do immediately after one of the most shocking events to have happen in our lifetimes he does what He gets a Coke Indeed he acts like nothing at all has happened when Baker confronts him IOW he was acting very much like someone who was going out of his way to be cool and relaxed mere seconds after one of the most shocking events in history happened mere steps away He wasn t shocked He wasn t upset He wasn t saying Migod You think something happened here Someone fired shots from here I was upstairs earlier Let me show you around No Jeanne Oswald s actions when he saw Baker are precisely those of someone trying desperately to play cool and calm at the exact time where we d except everyone to be shocked full of adrenaline and at the very least wanting to desperately know what just happened By the time he was in Oak Park 45 minutes had already passed Oswald wouldn t have known about Brennan s vague description being transmitted to all the cops via radio in the Dallas area Oswald was walking very fast so what Well if he had zero to do with the murder then he d have no reason to believe police were looking for someone who fit his general description would he Yet he was acting suspicious enough apparently for a cop to take notice Perhaps it was walking fast perhaps he did a u turn when he saw Tippit s car and this tipped off Tippit We don t know as both were dead soon afterwards On a normal day someone walking fast or just looking like they were fleeing probably would not warrant a second glance from a cop But this was no normal day In fact it was one of the most shocking days in American history and every cop in the city was no doubt rushed with adrenaline and on their highest alert Tippit may have thought hmmmm this guy s in a hurry Better have a chat see what s up That may have been all it was It seems clear from the description of how Tippit left his car that he didn t consider the man much of a threat If he did think this was the guy who shot Kennedy he d more likely have called in reinforcements or surely would have set up a defensive posture And you don t think that what seemed to have been a more or less routine set of questions and Oswald s reaction is not indication of guilt That he was not trying to flee That he quite simply panicked It s highly unlikely that Tppit out of the blue just happened to link a man walking fast to the Kennedy assassination 45 minutes previously in another section of town He was assigned to the area he saw someone suspicious and he probably thought it wasn t likely he had anything to do with the killing Which is probably why he was incautious when he stepped from the car Not sure what the mystery for you here is Jeanne Another thing why wasn t Oswald s rooming house being staked out or did the polce know he wouldn t be returning Now you are getting silly Jeanne By the time Oswald and Tippit met there was only a vague description of a suspect If this was a case of pre ordaining a suspect Oswald then we would have expected a stake out But by then it was only becoming clear that Oswald was the only employee missing It was obvious that Oswald was meetig somene inside the theatre Where do you get this stuff Jeanne We have a witness who saw Oswald cowering in a shop window as cop cars whizzed around then saw Oswald sneak into a theatre without paying His actions in other words were of a person fleeing Why did he go into a theatre Hmmmm If I was trying to flee and I was on a main street where would I go A gas station What lock myself in the can Hide in a dumpster Or go into a shoe shop Hide behind a display Or in a crowded darkened theatre where I might not be seen or where I might blend into a crowd And where I could pretend that I had been for the previous hour or whatever Further why if he was meeting someone there was he going away from the theatre when he shot Tippit Why avoid paying if you were innocent and risk causing a scene if simply meeting someone You