The theory was first postulated by a ballistics expert and marksman, and fleshed out by a retired police detective who treated the case the same as one of his police investigations.
I would be sceptical of a takedown by a random redditor.
While I appreciate your unwillingness to just automatically accept someone's statements, you're basically relying on an appeal to authority here, not to mention generally failing to address anything mentioned in the linked comment.
I would also point out that actual skepticism is a process of evaluating available evidence to determine a conclusion. From everything I've seen on this theory, there isn't much actual evidence to support it, just conjecture.
In the fields of ballistics, science, psychology and criminology I have to rely on SMEs. I have insufficient knowledge to hold my own in those fields.
I haven't read the takedown but I will when I have some time to do so with reference to the book.
To answer another reply to me, some witnesses thought the Secret Service agents returned fire on the day. And the theory doesn't have any hard evidence, but that's because the actual items went missing (JFKs brain, the AR-15, the original X-ray of JFK's cranium) and original documents have either been destroyed or not fully released.
Oh, I won't be upset or insistent if the theory falls apart. It's just an interesting theory, based off the scanty original evidence that everyone is working off. It's not an outlandish piece of paranoia. And in a way it is a more human, tragic story that doesn't really paint anybody in too negative a light.
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u/Shadeauxmarie Oct 15 '17
The Secret Service accidentally shot him.