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My uncle told me a story about JFK's motorcade that made me question everything I thought I knew
My uncle worked security in Dallas back in the 80s and he told me something over Thanksgiving that I can't shake. He said the official route for JFK's motorcade got changed at the last minute, and everyone just accepted it. I always thought that was normal, but he said in his 20 years of doing security details, routes almost never change on the day of. He also mentioned that a few guys on his team talked about it for years and then just stopped bringing it up. I'm not saying I buy every theory out there, but it made me wonder how many small details get lost because people move on. Has anyone else heard stories from family members in law enforcement that made them look at a big event differently?
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pat_hall8710d ago
Something people hardly ever bring up is how motorcade routes get set in stone weeks ahead because of all the moving parts. You got police escorts from different departments, hospital standby, press trucks, the route gets printed and handed out to dozens of people. Changing it the morning of means somebody high up made a call and a lot of folks just had to roll with it. What gets me is your uncle's point about guys going quiet after a few years, because that's how it works in any job where you see something odd. You talk about it until you figure out talking gets you nowhere, then you stop. The story doesn't die, it just goes underground. Multiply that by every police department in the country and you get a whole lot of small details nobody ever wrote down.
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