So why do you feel it was necessary for anyone other than LHO to kill JD Tippit?
We assume the Tippit killing was linked to the JFK assassination. A Dallas officer had not been killed on duty for around a dozen years so it would be one almighty coincidence for that to happen within 45 minutes of the presidential murder. The manner of the killing- more akin to a professional execution rather than a fleeing felon shooting his way out- would indicate something out of the ordinary as well. The fact that the murderer was confronted whilst apparently doing no more than walking along the sidewalk, yet felt the need to resort to violence so quickly, also lends weight to a link with the JFK assassination. So I will work on the basis that the two murders were connected.
The answer must lie in the reason why Tippit pulled up his police car and approached a member of the public. The notion that this person matched the description seems insufficient. Tippit had been driving around for about 20 minutes after this radio bulletin and must have passed half a dozen such persons: even if the walker was a rough match there had to be some further reason for Tippit to stop. He had no reason to assume an assassin from Dealey Plaza would be out for a stroll in Oak Cliff. Had Tippit been detailed to a roadblock near the crime scene, or asked to scrutinise rail and bus stations (did these basic procedures take place that day?) then that would have been a different matter. So I can't believe he nonchalantly confronted a pedestrian on wild suspicion; but then neither was this a routine stop given what transpired.
So why did Tippit stop? Well, we know his behaviour was reportedly erratic around this time. His sitting parked outside the GLOCO station- which I think predates his radio instruction to move into that general area- is well supported. The failed telephone call from the Top Ten Record shop and the hard stop of the Andrews' vehicle are not so definite but do correspond to the overall picture of the man who accelerated away from the GLOCO station. Bizarrely, Tippit was considered such a familiar presence in Oak Cliff, an area few miles from his regular beat, that some witnesses actually assumed he was a local patrol officer. Tippit had some connection with the Oak Cliff area that predated the assassination and has never been satisfactorily explained.
So who killed Tippit? I think Tippit was killed by a person connected to the JFK assassination and I don't mean Oswald obviously. I think he knew, by sight at least, the person he stopped and that person viewed Tippit as an immediate danger to the conspiracy.
But why was it necessary to kill a police officer in broad daylight? Well, once your group has shot the POTUS an officer is not such a big deal. Tippit, rather like Oswald, was beginning to realise that events had spiralled out of control and sensed a danger to himself. Both men were killed/arrested within an hour of each other reaching for a weapon. Tippit's stopping of the pedestrian was an attempt to regain some control over events, an action which was not welcomed.
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