THE WARREN COMMISSION

            The Warren Commission was created by Pres. Lyndon Johnson a week after the Kennedy assassination.  It was headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren and included two Senators, two Congressman (including Gerald Ford), the CIA director, and a former head of the World Bank.  It presented its 888-page report on Sept. 24, 1964.  Here are its main findings:

1. All of Kennedy’s advisers supported the idea of a motorcade. Only Connolly dissented. He argued the parade would take too much time away from the day’s other events.  He changed his mind when Kennedy decided to stay another day.
2. In the morning of Nov. 22, JFK told his special assistant Kenneth O’Donnell: “If anybody really wanted to shoot the President of the U.S., it was not a very difficult job—all one had to do was get a high building some day with a telescopic rifle, and there was nothing anybody could do to defend against such an attempt.”  The route passed by several tall buildings.  JFK turned down the use of the Lincoln’s plastic bubble top and Secret Service agents standing on the running boards.
3. Kennedy’s car was third in line. Vice President Johnson’s was three cars behind.  The motorcade was traveling about 11 miles per hour.
4. As the motorcade turned onto Elm Street, Mrs. Connolly said: “Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you.” The President’s last words were:  “That is very obvious”.
5. The motorcade route was published in Dallas newspapers on Nov. 19. Oswald had been working in the book depository for months.
6. Three shots were fired from above and behind from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. The evidence did not support the theory that any shots were fired from in front.
7. Oswald used an Italian-made Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-mm. (about .26-cal.) rifle with a 4x scope.  He purchased it through the mail using an alias that was confirmed as Oswald.  His palm print was found on the rifle and fibers from Oswald’s shirt were on it.  Marina Oswald identified the rifle as belonging to her husband.  A coworker testified that Oswald carried some “curtain rods” wrapped in brown paper into the building that day.  The paper was found on the sixth floor.  A fiber from the blanket Oswald hid the rifle in was found on the paper.
8. The first shot missed, the second hit Kennedy in the back and exited from his neck, and the third hit Kennedy in the back of the head and was a mortal injury. Kennedy died about 30 minutes later.
9. Governor John Connolly was hit by the second bullet after it exited Kennedy.
10. The FBI test fired the rifle and found that it was capable of firing 3 accurate shots in 8 seconds.
11. Oswald worked in the Book Depository and was seen on the sixth floor. Eyewitnesses saw a rifle sticking out from a window.  One man saw a man in the window.  He identified Oswald in a lineup.
12. A Dallas motorcycle cop rushed into the building after hearing the shots from there and encountered Oswald on the second floor. It was determined that Oswald did have enough time to get to the second floor after he fired from the sixth floor.
13. After the shooting Oswald went to his apartment and got a .38 caliber pistol. Oswald shot and killed a policeman 45 minutes after the assassination.  Patrolman Tippit called Oswald over to his car and when Tippit got out, Oswald shot him 4 time.  There were numerous eyewitnesses to the murder.  Oswald ducked into a movie theater and without buying a ticket took a seat.  When the cops entered the theater and turned on the lights, Oswald punched a cop and tried to shoot him, but he was wrestled to the ground.
14. Oswald was not part of a conspiracy.  The commission was not able to determine Oswald’s motive.  However, it did determine that Oswald was a strong supporter of communism, was frustrated with life in a capitalist country, wanted to be a great man, and was in a failed marriage.
15. There was no connection between Oswald and Jack Ruby. Ruby was not part of a conspiracy.  The commission traced Ruby’s steps in the days leading to the murder and found nothing connecting Ruby to conspirators.  He was very upset with the assassination and the idea that Jackie would have to come back for Oswald’s trial.  Ruby entered the police garage area after the original time for transferring Oswald.  The shooting of Oswald did not appear to have been planned.
16. Oswald had been in the Marines where he proved proficient on the rifle range. He was unpopular with fellow Marines because of his outspoken belief in communism.  He was court-martialed twice.  Once for verbally abusing a sergeant and the other for possession of an unauthorized pistol.  When discharged he moved to the Soviet Union.  When he was threatened with deportation, he attempted suicide and the authorities decided to let him stay and gave him a job in a factory.  He met and married Marina.  After 18 months, he became disillusioned and returned to America.  On April 10, 1963, he fired a shot at General Edwin Walker in his home in Dallas.  Walker was known for his anti-communist views.  In September, Oswald, who was a fan of Castro, went to Mexico City to try to get a visa at the Cuban embassy.  There is no evidence of a conspiracy from this trip.  Oswald’s relationship began to crumble, with Marina refusing to take his phone calls.  She was living in the home of a Mrs. Paine.  Oswald had an apartment in Dallas.  On November 21, Oswald showed up, but Marina refused to talk to him.  He went into the garage where his rifle was hidden.  He emerged with a brown paper package.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission

https://time.com/3422341/the-warren-commission-report/