On May 14, 7:39=A0am, Walt <papakochenb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 14 May, 09:22, Chuck Schuyler <chu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 14, 8:33=A0am, Walt <papakochenb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On 13 May, 22:57, cdddraftsman <cdddrafts...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Widow-of-Officer-K=
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> > > > Visits Memorial for First Time
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> > > > Marie Tippit, the widow of former Dallas Police Officer J.D.
Tippit,=
> > > > who was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963,
touch=
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> > > > her husband's name on the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial=
> > > > in Wa****ngton, D.C.,
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> > > > TODD J. GILLMAN
> > > > The Dallas Morning News (Texas)
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> > > > More than four decades have passed since Marie Tippit lost her
husba=
nd
> > > > to John F. Kennedy's assassin on that fateful November day in
Dallas=
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> > > > and on Monday, she got to see J.D. Tippit's name on a national
polic=
e
> > > > memorial, alongside those of thousands of other fallen officers.
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> > > > The rain was falling steadily as the 79-year-old widow made her
firs=
t
> > > > visit to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. She
rubbed
> > > > her thumb gently across the marble, pursing her lips. A tear
spilled=
> > > > down her cheek as her son patted her back.
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> > > > For Mrs. Tippit, J.D. was more than a footnote to history, or a
key
> > > > piece of evidence to the Warren Commission's investigation.
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> > > =A0"He was a good police officer and he was a good husband and
father,=
"
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> > > Right!!.... That's why he was having an affair with at least one
> > > woman.
> > > He had bought a ring for one of the waitresses at Austin's Barbecue,
> > > and had told Marie that he was planning to divorce her......
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> > > > she said.
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> > > > On Tuesday, Mrs. Tippit will sit on the dais at a candlelight
vigil
> > > > expected to draw 20,000 to the memorial, a few blocks from the
> > > > Capitol.
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> > > > "This means a lot to us," said Craig Floyd, chairman and CEO of
the
> > > > fund that built the memorial in 1991, personally playing tour
guide.=
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> > > > He showed Mrs. Tippit the marble panel with her husband's name.
Just=
> > > > to the right, the name "John Kennedy" -- a New York City police
> > > > officer killed in 1922, placed there to remind visitors of Officer
> > > > Tippit's place in history.
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> > > > "He represents -- even though he was killed by the man who killed
a
> > > > president, because of that he just kind of represents a lot of the
> > > > other officers that were killed in the line of duty, just out
there
> > > > doing their jobs every day," Mrs. Tippit said.
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> > > > She has long since remarried but often uses the name of her first
> > > > husband. Life goes on, she said. But just as the world hasn't
> > > > forgotten the Kennedy assassination, she thinks often of her first
> > > > husband. He was 39. That day, Nov. 22, 1963, he stopped home for
lun=
ch
> > > > -- not something he often did. She whipped up some tuna and fried
> > > > potatoes and he rushed back to work.
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> > > > Officer Tippit spotted Lee Harvey Oswald wearing a zipped-up
jacket.=
> > > > It was 68 degrees, and the jacket looked out of place. He stopped
hi=
s
> > > > patrol car and got out. Oswald pulled a handgun and shot at point-
> > > > blank range. It was 1:15 p.m., just 45 minutes after the president
h=
ad
> > > > been shot.
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> > > Officer Tippit spotted Lee Harvey Oswald wearing a zipped-up jacket.
> > > =A0It was 68 degrees, and the jacket looked out of place. He stopped
h=
is
> > > =A0patrol car and got out. Oswald pulled a handgun and shot at
point-
> > > =A0blank range. It was 1:15 p.m., just 45 minutes after the
president
> > > had
> > > =A0been shot.
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> > > Wow!!..... The killer had his jacket zipped up and THAT'S why Tippit
> > > thought he was a suspictious character.... =A0Now That's top flight
> > > police work!!
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> > > > Eyewitnesses called police. Oswald was cornered at the Texas
Theater=
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> > > > Mrs. Tippit comes from a law enforcement family. Her father was a
> > > > police captain in Greenville at the time, and two brothers were
> > > > officers there. The son who accompanied her to Wa****ngton this
week,=
> > > > Curtis Tippit, a home contractor who lives east of Dallas, has a
son=
> > > > who is considering a police career.
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> > > > "His personality is one of a protector, a take the
bull-by-the-horns=
> > > > kind of person. It may have something to do with his grandfather,
> > > > too," said Mr. Tippit, who was just shy of his 5th birthday when
his=
> > > > father died.
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> > > > "As a lot of the other widows will tell you, you have to do it one
d=
ay
> > > > at a time. It's just not an easy thing," his mom said. "You have
to
> > > > take it one day at a time, because you've got kids to raise.
You've
> > > > got to keep his memory alive for them."
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> > > > Dallas police officers pitched in to send the Tippits to
Wa****ngton.=
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> > > > They arrived Saturday night and got a VIP tour of the White House
on=
> > > > Sunday. They were on hand to see Marine One deliver the Bushes
after=
> > > > their daughter's wedding in Crawford. Monday was set aside for the
> > > > memorial visit. On Tuesday, they'll visit the Capitol.
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> > > > "He was doing his job," said Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Rick Janich,
who=
> > > > escorted the Tippits.
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> > Let it go, Walt.
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> > Your son-in-law was a hero, too.
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> > So was Tippit.
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> Tippit was NOT a "hero"..... =A0Your hero, Dale Myers, uncovered an
> entirely different image of Tippit than the one you have in your head.
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> The kids that hung around Austin's Barbecue certainly never thought he
> was a "hero"...... And many others who knew him, did not think highly
> of him. =A0 =A0The fact that he had been on the Police force for over
ten
> years and had never been promoted reveals a lot about Officer JD
> Tippit.
> The legend that the government has promoted about Tippit would have
> you believe that he could spot a criminal by the way he wore a jacket.
> If he'd have been that alert and gifted he'd have been Captain
> Tippit.
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> I can understand why a gullible simpleton who would believe the Warren
> Re****t is the truth would also believe that Tippit was a hero.
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There's lots of truth there, Walt. I believe Tippit was known for his
sharp tongue, and mood swings as well. That would also seem to coincide
with his involvement with the Minutemen, the right-wing group. I sure
think he could have been probematic for the conspirators, since he saw the
real LHO at the Dobb's House restaurant two days prior while LHO was there
eating breakfast while TSBD LHO was working. Also the morning of the
assassination, the same two were seen at the Top Ten Record Store at the
same time. There was also the question of the patrol car and Mrs.
Robert's giving of the numbers. I believe Bill Alexander said those
numbers could only been of a car not in service, and would have been
parked behind the TSBD. J.D. didn't have an alibi for the time of the
assassination by anyone, and was sure 'in position' as one who would see
LHO coming into his line of sight if he were on McWatters' bus at circa
12:45. His behavior was sure off during that time period, going into the
Record Store and pu****ng people away to use a phone (no call to the
station). He rushed out the store and was hedging people off the side of
the road and checking out back seat's. I can't think of any other cop
that was doing weird stuff like that right after the assassination. He
was one who frequented and even worked at places like the Carousel too,
and was seen riding in Ruby's car on some occasions. And like you said,
he was not using any proper police procedure when he caught up with his
killer. A pulled weapon with no call to a station? And whoever killed
him sure wasn't keen on getting away as making sure he was dead.
I have also read that when he gave re****ts to his superiors that he often
to the point of being asked not to do it repeatedly, would mumble with his
hand over his mouth. Sounds like a man that was not open and had
something to hide. He sure was hiding something that day when JFK was
assassinated. "Toot, toot."
CJ
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