Rating: 
Summary: Engrossing! Compelling! Stimulating! .... And ACCURATE!
Review: "With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald And The Murder Of Officer J.D. Tippit", penned by animator and noted JFK assassination expert Dale K. Myers, is 702 pages of microscopic detail focusing on the "other" murder that took place in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, when Patrolman Tippit was gunned down 45 minutes after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
From the first few pages, the level of painstaking detail poured into this publication is readily apparent. Author Myers leaves no room here for even the slimmest sliver of doubt with regard to the question at hand: 'Who Killed Officer Tippit?' The answer is crystal-clear to anyone opening this book -- Lee Harvey Oswald, without any question, shot and killed Dallas policeman J.D. Tippit. All the evidence, every scrap of which is dissected within these pages, leads inexorably to Oswald's lone guilt in this often-overlooked "second" murder on the day of JFK's tragic death.
And while Mr. Myers doesn't dig into the details of President Kennedy's murder in this volume, there is still very solid evidence to link Oswald to both Tippit's killing and the President's assassination. From all the available evidence, it's fairly obvious (IMO) that Lee Oswald was the lone killer of both JFK and Officer Tippit on 11/22/63.
"With Malice" is very nearly a minute-to-minute account of the events in Dallas, beginning just moments after President Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza. This book reads like a riveting crime novel, unfolding in tension-filled chronological fashion as told by the author, along with many verbatim quotes from the real-life players in the drama, with many of these participants' observations being put in print for the first time ever.
In addition to Myers' easy-to-read text and witness quotations, he supplies many animated maps of the shooting scene and surrounding areas where Oswald is known to have fled on foot. These maps (which have a kind of "3-D" quality to them) are extremely well-done and informative, supplying the reader an added level of understanding and perspective to the killing of Officer Tippit. These maps lay out exactly where everyone and everything was located from a simulated "elevated" point-of-view.
Myers also utilizes tons of stock photographs (plus some I've never seen published anywhere else but here), along with transcripts from the Dallas police radio transmissions, to tell still more of the story.
Here are some "Little-Known Facts" that are revealed within these pages ...............
>> In the months following the murder, generous friends and citizens donated more than $600,000 to the widow and family of slain Officer Tippit. The largest single donation ($25,000) was given by Abraham Zapruder, the man who became famous by filming JFK's assassination less than one hour before Tippit was murdered.
>> When killed, J.D. Tippit was the father of three children -- Charles Allen, Brenda Kay, and Curtis Glenn.
>> J.D. was just 39 years old when his life was cut short so abruptly. Born: September 18, 1924.
>> Officer Tippit was an 11-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, joining the force on July 28, 1952.
>> Tippit's badge number was "848".
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If you're interested in knowing what really happened on Tenth Street in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 -- in fascinating detail -- then it is essential to snap up a copy of this all-inclusive, comprehensive book by Dale K. Myers.
Rating: 
Summary: Whitewash
Review: Complete hokum. Appallingly written and incredibly naive. Packed with misinformation and increasingly absurd speculation. Given the author's selective blindness and disregard for the facts which do not support his flag-waving,God Bless America thesis,he would have been a sterling member of the Warren Commission. Avoid at all costs.
Rating:
Summary: Justice Finally For J.D.Tippit
Review: Dale K Myers has provided a meticulous investigation into the homicide of Officer J.D. Tippit, shot dead the day of JFK's assassination. Myers focuses on FACTS and statements of witnesses which were taken at the time of the crime - not years after the event. This puts to rest all of the conspiracy theories in relation to Tippits' death and shows them for what they are - usually deluded people looking for publicity. If you want your research into the JFK assassination to be based on truth - then look no further than this book. The importance of the murder of Officer Tippit in the overall assassination investigation has finally been revealed. The conspiracy theorists should take a look at the facts - Oswald, acting alone, murdered Kennedy and then murdered Tippit to cover his tracks. The evidence is overwhelming. The malicious gossip relating to the life of Tippit is shown to be just that. Justice has finally prevailed for J.D. Tippit and the family he left behind.
Rating: 
Summary: Let's Get Real
Review: Dale Myers has an agenda. It's probably fair to say we all do. However, people who reject assasination researchers out of hand, miss a very important point. There are many in that community who carry credentials and pedigrees which far surpass Mr. Myers. They are, for the most part, honest, intelligent, professional and concerned people who simply seek the truth. There certainly are crackpots; and the legitimate researchers deplore them since they damage the value and credibility of their work. A question: Are the crackpots planted to make the rest look foolish? It would be a great tactic wouldn't it? Then you have the discredited Gerald Posner's and Dale Myers of the world. Who subsidizes them?
It's disturbing when someone authors a book and selectively decides the outcome of the research before it is completed. And/or if an author decides to selectively choose only those components of the entire case which support a preconceived conclusion, there is reason to cry foul.
Part of the problem is that many people are NOT serious researchers and lack the background to make critical judgements. In fact, we might not still be hashing over the murder of JFK (and Officer Tippit) if we didn't so quickly buy into the government and media rush to judgement on this issue.
I find it interesting that editorial reviews stated here include a number of Dallas police officers. If you do your homework, you will find that the Dallas police force in November of 1963 was a textbook study in ineptitude. Don't take my word for it, do some reading and research.
The reason I give this book two stars is that it is the first real study of the Tippit killing; and , for that reason, is worth a look. But only if you have some knowledge and understanding of the "facts." For example, the wallets. Oswald left a wallet at the Paine residence the night before the shootings. There are either one or two more Oswald wallets on November 23rd. Sound at all unusual to you?
The route Oswald supposedly took from his rooming house to his encounter with Tippit has been measured with an instrument at 1.1 miles, not .9 miles. A recreational runner, which Oswald wasn't, is clocking decent times if he runs a mile in under eight minutes. If Oswald wasn't wearing running garb and setting a decent pace, the extra two tenths of a mile can be significant.
Myers makes a big deal of the keying of a (the) mike on the police radio band. Fact is, keying mikes was rather routine (especially that day) and NO ONE can trace the keying to Tippit's radio. THAT is a fact that Mr. Myers doesn't mention, as it weakens one of his arguments that sets his timeline.
Consider the following points brought up by a previous reviewer, then be very alert for the spin and imagination Mr Myers employs.These are just a few of the problems I have found with Dale Myers' book WITH MALICE:
* Myers repeatedly omits important information that contradicts his conclusions.
* On several occasions, Myers buries important contrary information in his endnotes, which he surely knows most readers will not bother to study.
* Myers repeatedly reaches conclusions that are contradicted by his own raw data.
* Some of Myers' speculations and theories are later stated as though they are established facts.
* Myers is noticeably harder on witnesses whose accounts contradict his views than he is on witnesses whose accounts he likes.
* Myers frequently relies on FBI interview summaries, but he never mentions that numerous witnesses complained that those summaries were inaccurate and incomplete.
* Myers fails to mention that many witnesses changed their stories in ways that favored the lone-gunman scenario by the time they testified before the Warren Commission months after giving their initial statements.
* Myers fails to mention that some witnesses, to include a former Marine sergeant and two former Kennedy aides, reported that FBI agents pressured them to change their stories because what they had to say tended to refute or contradict the lone-gunman scenario. Given Myers' frequent reliance on FBI witness statements, the reader would be well served to know this fact.
* Myers fails to inform the reader that everything we know about what Oswald allegedly said during his interrogations comes through the filter of Dallas police officials, postal inspector Holmes, or FBI and Secret Service agents. Incredibly, not one of Oswald's interrogation sessions was recorded or even stenographed.
* Myers either ignores or only superficially deals with several well-known, widely discussed problems with the case against Oswald in the Tippit slaying.
* Myers' timing reconstruction is contradicted by the Sheriff's Department dispatch tapes and by credible eyewitness testimony.
* Myers obscures the fact that eyewitnesses Helen Markham, T. F. Bowley, and Domingo Benavides gave statements that clearly indicate the shooting occurred several minutes BEFORE Myers' time of 1:14:30. This means Oswald simply would not have had enough time to reach the crime scene in the first place.
* Myers relies on the "identifications" of Oswald from the police lineups. But those lineups were markedly unfair. Furthermore, one witness who picked Oswald from a lineup quickly reversed himself and said Oswald was NOT the man he had seen. Another witness who picked Oswald then went on to select a different man from photos shown to him by federal agents. Myers mentions none of this.
* Myers says nothing about the serious questions regarding the authenticity of the Dallas police dispatch tapes and transcripts. Caveat Emptor!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent examination of Oswald's Murder of Tippit
Review: Dale Myers' work will not be popular with the conspiracy believers. Why? He does not base his conclusions on inuendo, shadows, invisible gunmen who fire invisible bullets and then disappear into invisible getaway cars never to be heard from again. His research reveals that, as with virtually all murders, careful examination of the evidence will lead to one person and only one person--the guilty person. He examines the testimony that points to Oswald and he gives fair treatment to the evidence that points away from Oswald. However he understands that testimony is only to be believed when it is supported by the forensic evidence. Thus, Myers has no problems with discussing erroneous testimony given by some and boldly stating that it is unreliable. I recommend his work highly. It is significant that after nearly forty years there is yet to come forth any credible evidence to point at any other person besides Oswald as the murderer responsible for the deaths of President Kennedy and Officer Tippit.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent examination of Oswald's Murder of Tippit
Review: Dale Myers' work will not be popular with the conspiracy believers. Why? He does not base his conclusions on inuendo, shadows, invisible gunmen who fire invisible bullets and then disappear into invisible getaway cars never to be heard from again. His research reveals that, as with virtually all murders, careful examination of the evidence will lead to one person and only one person--the guilty person. He examines the testimony that points to Oswald and he gives fair treatment to the evidence that points away from Oswald. However he understands that testimony is only to be believed when it is supported by the forensic evidence. Thus, Myers has no problems with discussing erroneous testimony given by some and boldly stating that it is unreliable. I recommend his work highly. It is significant that after nearly forty years there is yet to come forth any credible evidence to point at any other person besides Oswald as the murderer responsible for the deaths of President Kennedy and Officer Tippit.
Rating:
Summary: Whitewash
Review: I don't care if they found Oswald's wallet at the scene. It still doesn't explain why the cops found another wallet in his possession when he was arrested at the theatre. Two Oswald wallets? Sounds like one was planted at Tippet's murder. No?
Conspiracy.
Rating:
Summary: Doesn't prove a thing to me.
Review: I don't care if they found Oswald's wallet at the scene. It still doesn't explain why the cops found another wallet in his possession when he was arrested at the theatre. Two Oswald wallets? Sounds like one was planted at Tippet's murder. No?
Conspiracy.
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Summary: The best documented book I have read on the murder of Tippet
Review: I just recentley returned from Dallas conducting my own interviews on the assassination of President Kennedy, and officer Tippet. While visiting with Detective James Leavell, Patrol man Ray Hawkins, and Detective Paul Bentley, I used With Malice as a reference document. Each of these officers found this book to be the most accurate document on the murder of J.D. Tippet. This book is a must have for anyone searching the truth about the events of November 22, 1963.
Rating:
Summary: A superbly researched account, very convincing
Review: In this fascinating account of the murder of Officer Tippit, the exciting pursuit of the suspect, and the aftermath, author Dale Myers has stitched together an insightful story that leaves virtually no room for doubt that Oswald was Tippit's murderer. I was surprised. Like many JFK conspiracy buffs, I had found it hard to believe that Oswald was the killer; there just seemed to be too many unanswered questions. Myers answers those questions.
The eyewitnesses, the ballistics evidence, the mysterious discarded jacket... Myers tackles it all. Unlike other "Oswald did it" writers such as Gerald Posner, Myers does not skip over mysteries that are too difficult to answer convincingly. When there is no hard evidence to back up a theory or a strange story (such as two witnesses who claimed to have seen TWO gunmen fleeing the scene), he uses logic. And he does so in such an objective, methodical way, the reader has to admire his patience and dedication.
Although a couple answers remain frustratingly out of reach (What was Oswald doing on Tenth and Patton? How to explain Tippit's somewhat peculiar behavior in the fifteen minutes before he encountered his killer?), the facts that emerge paint a devastating picture of Oswald's guilt. Congratulations, Mr. Myers; you convinced me, and that was no easy task.
I have never prescribed to the logic that if Oswald killed Tippit, that MUST mean he killed JFK. Certainly, if there is any truth to his "patsy" claim, that would quite neatly explain why Oswald began to act like a man in fear for his life after leaving the Book Depository. He may have killed Tippit simply because he knew he would be railroaded for the President's murder and was looking to escape by any means necessary. But Myers wisely does not tackle the question of Oswald's involvement in the assassination. This book just focuses on the issue at hand--the murder of a decent man and a good cop--and it does so brilliantly.
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