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    "ocrText": "specifically\nmore\nMark Lane demonstrated in Rush to Judgment that nearly 6b persons\nbelieved the shots that were fired at President Kernnedy came from the\ngrassy knoll. By now material concerning eyewitness accounts inconsistent\nwith the assumption of a lone assassin lodged in the Texas School Book\nDepository, is well known. There is no need to labor this evidence here.\nWhat is relevant here is to assess such testimony in the light of this\npattern of acticn/inaction which seems to prevail in (all_ official behavior.\nLet us assume, for example, that the eyewi tness testimony fails to stand up\nto critical analysis of the evidence as it is subsequently analysed (which we\nbeli eve is in fact contrary to the case), but assume it anyhow. Further, let\nus assume any eyewitness testimony to be of limited value in determining\nwhat has happened in any given problematic situation. Considering all that,\nnonetheless, at the time this testimony would have had to suffice as a\nguide to official action until something better came along.\nLet us now undertake to examine this early evidence which pointed\ntowards a conspiracy. Immediately after the shotting, Sheriff Bill Decker\nordered:\n\"Get over to the area where the shooting occurred and\nsaturate the area of the park, railroad; and all buildings. \"\n(XIX. H 458)\nJesse E. Curry, Chief of Police, driving the lead car issued the order:\n\"Get a man on top of that triple underpass to see what\nhappened up there, \"(XVII H 467)\nThe weight of authority and eyewitness reaction establishes the shots\nas coming not from the School Book Depository, but the grassy knoll. Needless)\nto say, shots from both places were not mutally exclusive concepts except\nby the logic of the Warren Commission. Now, disputation over- the subsequent\nreactions could later be demonstrated to be erroneous. Again, the nagging\nquestion arises as to why at that time, in the light of such evidence, authorities\ndid not overcurn the whole area to discover if any person cr persons night\nhave consumitated the crime from sites in addition to or other than the Depository\n10"
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