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 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'