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0 pointsndsipa_pomu2y ago0 comments

> I am also skeptical of Landis, but what do you mean about preserving evidence?

I don't really know, but it hardly seems like good practise to pick up a bullet. Don't crime scene investigators usually take calibrated pictures of important items such as bullets and often try to determine the trajectory?

There's also the chain of custody to think about - the bullet could easily have been swapped with a different bullet after he left it on the stretcher.

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hilbert422y ago

"I don't really know, but it hardly seems like good practise to pick up a bullet"

Of course it's not but that was no ordinary crime scene. There were thousands of people about, what would happen to the vehicle etc., etc? There's no way the crime scene could be secured in such a short time. And JFK had to be rushed to hospital. Nothing was certain.

He saw the bullet as evidence and on the spur of the moment secured it. After that he was likely in shock and thus his actions were more that of an automaton.

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hilbert422y ago

"I don't really know, but it hardly seems like good practise to pick up a bullet"

He saw the bullet as evidence and on the spur of the moment secured it. After that he was likely in shock and thus his actions were more that of an automaton.

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