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I’ve read aspects of the Roscoe White story in bits and pieces throughout the years, and never gave it much serious thought. A few nights ago I watched this video “Evidence Of Revision – JFK Assassination Rarities” on YouTube. It put some pieces together in a startling way, and I’m doing some more research into it. I’m curious as to what others here think, and if anyone knows of any further research. The section concerning Roscoe White is between 16:00 and 35:35. I also consulted Livingstone’s “High Treason 2” and the revised version of Marrs’s “Crossfire” for more information. From my research, these seem to be many of the facts: Geneva White – Roscoe’s wife Worked for Jack Ruby Says she confirms existence of Roscoe’s diary Says she overheard Ruby and Roscoe planning to kill JFK Owned an alternate version of the backyard photo of Oswald Ricky White – Roscoe’s son Says Roscoe’s diary existed and contained information about Roscoe’s role in the JFK assassination Says the FBI absconded with the diary Has copies of alleged CIA cables obliquely referring to the assassination Reverend Jack Shaw Says he took deathbed confession from Roscoe Says he audio taped Geneva’s recounting of her experiences Says he also had a CIA affiliation? Other witnesses of unknown name and number Recall seeing Roscoe’s diary Roscoe White Knowledgeable about photography? Was, or was about to become, a police photographer? Joined Dallas PD early October 1963 (a little over a week before Oswald got his job at the TSBD) Former Marine as was Oswald, sailed on the same ship as Oswald going to Japan Marine-era photo of Oswald and a man with bump on right wrist and face that resembles Roscoe White Mysterious death in an explosion, allegedly saw someone leaving the scene just prior Allegedly gave deathbed confession to Rev. Jack Shaw Chin resembles chin on Oswald’s backyard photograph Posture resembles posture on Oswald’s backyard photograph Bump on right wrist resembles bump on Oswald’s right wrist in the backyard photograph - Roscoe’s alleged diary reportedly has a brief description of what he did that day, from Ricky White’s memory. It allegedly indicated that Roscoe shot from the grassy knoll and rode with Tippit to pick up Oswald. Roscoe tried to get Tippit to drive Oswald to Redbird airport. When Tippit balked and suspected Roscoe’s and Oswald’s involvement with the reports coming in about JFK, Roscoe had to kill Tippit. The weird thing is, this seems to explain some things. Acquilla Clemons described seeing two people at the scene of Tippit’s killing (though the physical description of one of them doesn’t seem to match either Oswald or Roscoe.) And, if Roscoe was the shooter on the grassy knoll dressed in a policeman's uniform, then that appears to explain Badgeman. (For the record, I am agnostic on Badgeman's existence.) I believe Tippit had some clothes hanging in the back of his police car, if I recall correctly. Roscoe could have changed out of his policeman's uniform and into street clothes after giving the signal by honking outside Oswald's rooming house. I believe Earlene Roberts said she saw two policemen in the police car honking outside, So, normally I would be able to discount a lot of this. I did discount a lot of it when I heard just bits and pieces. The matching chin doesn’t prove anything, but they do match. The posture doesn’t prove anything, yet it too matches the backyard photograph. The bump on the wrist, however, can’t easily be dismissed. If Roscoe was previously knowledgeable about photography, that also seems quite suspicious. The statements of Rev. Jack Shaw, while not conclusive, are compelling, in my opinion. I'd like to know more about his tapes of Geneva and what became of them. The fact that Geneva worked for Ruby is certainly quite a coincidence and difficult to write off as happenstance. And that Roscoe joined the Dallas police department less than two months before the assassination makes me very suspicious. But the one thing that seems to be the biggest is that the White family owned an alternate pose of the backyard photograph. A pose that was re-created by investigators PRIOR to its official discovery. I don’t know how that ownership of that alternate photo could be anything but damning. You’d have to ignore all of the other “coincidences” and believe that Roscoe was just a random cop that just happened, by another coincidence, to be in a position to steal an important and incriminating piece of evidence in the crime of the century, wouldn’t you?

This is a reference for articles, books, videos and other information about Dallas police officer Roscoe White and his possible involvement in the killings of President Kennedy and Officer Tippit. These are as many sources as I was able to find, listed mostly chronologically. There may be other articles, books, ect. out there, and this list may not be comprehensive. I hope to keep it updated. In the next post I'll try to summarize what I believe are some of the key aspects of the Roscoe White story. If you know of any other references regarding Roscoe White, please share them in the comments. - I Was Mandarin… by Gary Cartwright Texasmonthly.com 1990 https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/i-was-mandarin/ - Who Speaks For Roscoe White? By David B. Perry The Third Decade Dperry1942.com 1991 http://dperry1943.com/roscoew.html - YouTube - “JFK: The West Texas Connection 1992 - the Ricky/Roscoe White tale” Channel 2 KMID-TV Midland/Odessa, Texas 1993 Uploaded by Vince Palamara 2021 https://youtu.be/-1ssAkLLapc?si=jqpI8pAta635e-pG - Double Cross: The Explosive Inside Story Of The Mobster Who Controlled America By Sam Giancana and Chuck Giancana Pg 335 1992 - Nightmare In Dallas By Beverly Oliver Pages TBD 1994 - Treachery In Dallas By Walt Brown Pgs 39, 67, 147-149, 189, 191, 193-194 1995 - Oswald Talked: The New Evidence In The JFK Assassination By Ray and Mary La Fontaine Chapter 11 - White Lies Pgs 319-349 1996 - YouTube - “Michael Brownlow interviews B.W. (Bobby) Hargis Part 1 / 2” 2003 Uploaded by gbm hon 2022 https://youtu.be/047rHDKqqxA?si=o7GgyFjxabr3B2fm - Roscoe White - Fact or Fiction? By Steve Gerlach Johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com 2005 http://johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com/id748.html - Roscoe White: Shooter of JFK, J.D. Tippit and member of the ‘JFK Witness Elimination Team’ By crappygovernment JFKplayersandwitnesses.wordpress.com 2013 https://jfkplayersandwitnesses.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/roscoe-white-shooter-of-jfk-j-d-tippit-and-member-of-the-jfk-witness-elimination-team/ - Problems in Black and White By C.A.A. Savastano 2015 or 2019 https://www.tpaak.com/problems-in-black-and-white - JFK FILES - The Roscoe White Story: Grassy Knoll Assassin Or Hoax? By Ralph Thomas Amazon Kindle 210 pgs 2018 - Entry on Roscoe White Spartacus-educational.com 1997 Updated 2020 http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKwhiteR.htm - The Lone Star Speaks: Untold Texas Stories About The JFK Assassination By Sara Peterson and K.W. Zachry Chapter 69 - Voices For Roscoe White Chapter 70 - More Voices For Roscoe White Pgs 450-462 2020 - Admitted Assassin: Roscoe White And The Murder Of President Kennedy By Ricky White, J. Gary Shaw and Brian K. Edwards 340 pgs 2023

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IMHO, the big difference between these two photos is that Oswald (left) has his entire body turned to his right, whereas Roscoe White (right) has his upper body "squared" to the camera. Therefore it's not fair to say that the overall "lean" of their bodies is the same. Did the person (Oswald?) who faked the photo on the right intentionally do so in a way that screamed "fake"? (Along the lines of having Oswald hold two ideologically incompatible "Communist" newspapers?) Or was he / she just grossly incompetent? [credit: DVP] -- Tommy

The two photos marked "May 59" on this page might give us a clue as to where the photo was taken, and by whom. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth346982/m1/1/ -- Tommy