Post by Herbert Blenner on Jan 15, 2019 13:11:11 GMT -5
Unseen Sides of the Reynolds and Lewis Statements
by Herbert Blenner | Posted October 9, 2008
On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, B. M. Patterson, L. J. Lewis and Harold Russell were on the used car lot of Johnny Reynolds at 500 East Jefferson. They heard gunfire along with Warren Reynolds who was in his office at 510 East Jefferson. Shortly afterwards these individuals observed a man carrying a gun.
Harold Russell went up to Tenth and Patton to investigate the sounds of gunfire. Warren Reynolds and B. M. Patterson followed the man for a couple of blocks before losing the trail. They returned to the car lot and learned that L. J. Lewis had gone to the office and reported the gunfire before informing Lewis that a police officer was shot. This scenario shows that L. J. Lewis did not know that an officer was the victim of the shooting that he reported to the police.
The audio record of the DPD police tape contains a broadcast that interrupts a report of the Tippit shooting by T. F. Bowley with a message ending with "a police officer, 510 East Jefferson." The nearer time stamps on the transcripts place the broadcast at 1:18 or 1:19 p.m.
So the affidavits of Warren Reynolds and L. J. Lewis do far more than place the time of the shooting more than a few minutes before the report by Bowley. Instead the affidavits further reduce the veracity of the transcripts and the audio record by showing that the DPD had no basis to associate 510 East Jefferson with the shooting of a police officer.
The failure of the Warren Commission to credit Bowley with the first radioed report of the shooting forms the primary basis to question the truthfulness of the police tape. In particular Bowley reported the shot officer at 404 Tenth Street and specified cross streets that placed the address on the east side. However, during the following minutes officers, ambulance drivers and the dispatcher discussed three other addresses and behaved as if Bowley never said 404 Tenth Street.
Initially the DPD paid little attention to Warren Reynolds, L. J. Lewis, B. M. Patterson or Harold Russell. The FBI interviewed these individuals during the third week of January. They interviewed L. J. Lewis, Warren Reynolds and Harold Russell on January 22, 1964. The next day the FBI interviewed B. M. Patterson and someone shot Warren Reynolds in the head. Fortunately, Warren Reynolds survived his wound and upon advice from General Edwin Walker he testified before the WC on matters of lesser relevance. Neither the general nor the WC wanted to hear the testimonies of L. J. Lewis, B. M. Patterson or Harold Russell.
by Herbert Blenner | Posted October 9, 2008
Three witnesses to gunfire and a fleeing man carrying a gun report events that dispute the time stamps of the audio record and the transcripts of the DPD radio communications.
On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, B. M. Patterson, L. J. Lewis and Harold Russell were on the used car lot of Johnny Reynolds at 500 East Jefferson. They heard gunfire along with Warren Reynolds who was in his office at 510 East Jefferson. Shortly afterwards these individuals observed a man carrying a gun.
Harold Russell went up to Tenth and Patton to investigate the sounds of gunfire. Warren Reynolds and B. M. Patterson followed the man for a couple of blocks before losing the trail. They returned to the car lot and learned that L. J. Lewis had gone to the office and reported the gunfire before informing Lewis that a police officer was shot. This scenario shows that L. J. Lewis did not know that an officer was the victim of the shooting that he reported to the police.
The audio record of the DPD police tape contains a broadcast that interrupts a report of the Tippit shooting by T. F. Bowley with a message ending with "a police officer, 510 East Jefferson." The nearer time stamps on the transcripts place the broadcast at 1:18 or 1:19 p.m.
So the affidavits of Warren Reynolds and L. J. Lewis do far more than place the time of the shooting more than a few minutes before the report by Bowley. Instead the affidavits further reduce the veracity of the transcripts and the audio record by showing that the DPD had no basis to associate 510 East Jefferson with the shooting of a police officer.
The failure of the Warren Commission to credit Bowley with the first radioed report of the shooting forms the primary basis to question the truthfulness of the police tape. In particular Bowley reported the shot officer at 404 Tenth Street and specified cross streets that placed the address on the east side. However, during the following minutes officers, ambulance drivers and the dispatcher discussed three other addresses and behaved as if Bowley never said 404 Tenth Street.
Initially the DPD paid little attention to Warren Reynolds, L. J. Lewis, B. M. Patterson or Harold Russell. The FBI interviewed these individuals during the third week of January. They interviewed L. J. Lewis, Warren Reynolds and Harold Russell on January 22, 1964. The next day the FBI interviewed B. M. Patterson and someone shot Warren Reynolds in the head. Fortunately, Warren Reynolds survived his wound and upon advice from General Edwin Walker he testified before the WC on matters of lesser relevance. Neither the general nor the WC wanted to hear the testimonies of L. J. Lewis, B. M. Patterson or Harold Russell.