Comparing the testimonies of Secret Service Agents Greer and Kellerman to the Zapruder film

“Just as soon as I turned my head back from the second shot, right away I accelerated right then. ( testimony of limo driver William Greer, 2 H 119 )

No investigation of this crime would be complete without an examination of the testimonies of the two Secret Service Agents who rode in the front seat of the Presidential limo.

Because of their responsibility for protecting the President, their response or lack thereof can be the difference between the President living or dying.

And it is for this reason that we must scrutinize their testimonies and compare them to the video evidence, the Zapruder film.

While I’m aware that human beings can make mistakes, I’m also aware that human beings can be less than untruthful, especially when they have something to hide.

Like the kid who left the cover off the cookie jar.

The Agents’ Testimonies

Driver William Greer testified that when he heard the second shot, he glanced back and in the corner of his eye saw Governor Connally beginning to fall. He knew the governor had been hit and immediately stomped on the accelerator. ( 2 H 119 )

Special Agent Roy Kellerman, who rode in the front passenger’s seat, testified that he heard a sound, looked to his right and heard Kennedy yell out, “My God, I’m hit”, turned around to his left to see the President’s hands at his throat and knew he had been shot. He then turned back forward at which time a “flurry of shots” came into the front seat, he ordered Greer to “get out of here” and got on the radio. ( 2 H 73-74 )

The timeline these agents put together in their testimonies makes it seem like this all happened in sequence.
But according to the Zapruder film it didn’t. There was a delay on the part of Kellerman, and a second turn to the rear by Greer, who slowed the limousine down and looked back at Kennedy and only hit the accelerator AFTER he saw the President’s head explode.

What the Zapruder film showed

The Zapruder film shows that both Greer and Kellerman turned around and looked back at the rear seats to see what was going on after they heard the second shot ( Z-285 ). Kellerman is completely turned around to the front by Z-297. That much is affirmed by the Zapruder film.

But it also shows that Greer turned around to look at the back seat a SECOND time while slowing the limo down to almost a complete stop ( Z-304-320 ). This time he was looking right at JFK when the President’s head exploded and did not accelerate until after he had seen that Kennedy was mortally wounded. ( Z-350 )

Neither Greer nor Kellerman ever mentioned Greer’s second turn in their Warren Commission testimonies nor did they mention that Greer had slowed the limo down after the shooting started.

The Zapruder film also shows that Kellerman’s “flurry of shots” did not enter the limousine until Z-328, as we see the agents react by ducking down.

That’s a delay of 43 Z-frames from the time the agents looked back and saw they had been hit, ( Z-285 ) to the time Kelleman told Greer to get of there ( Z-328 ) or 2.35 seconds.

So did Kellerman order Greer to move circa frame 297 and Greer didn’t do it, or did Kellerman not give the order until after the head shot ?

Z 285 : Both agents turn back

Kellerman actually turned around at Z-270 and Greer at Z-285, both after the SECOND shot.
This is the one and only time that the Z film shows Kellerman turning around. He testified that he heard Kennedy say “My God, I am hit”, turned around and saw that Kennedy had his hands at his throat.

Mr. KELLERMAN. …. there is a report like a firecracker, pop….and as I turned my head to the right to view whatever it was or see whatever it was, I heard a voice from the back seat and I firmly believe it was the President’s, “My God, I am hit,” and I turned around and he has got his hands up here like this.

Mr. SPECTER. Indicating right hand up toward his neck?

Mr. KELLERMAN. That is right, sir. In fact, both hands were up in that direction. ( 2 H 73-74 )

Mr. KELLERMAN. …..There was enough for me to verify that the man was hit. So, in the same motion I come right back and grabbed the speaker and said to the driver, “Let’s get out of here; we are hit……” ( 2 H 74 )

The Zapruder film shows that Kellerman is fully turned around facing forward at Z-297 and at NO TIME does he use the radio before Z-328.

The agents delay

This is truly amazing because by Z-297, both Greer and Kellerman have turned around, both admit in their testimonies that they’re aware that Kennedy and Connally have been hit, but Greer doesn’t speed up and Kellerman doesn’t use the radio.

Kellerman was asked by Commission counsel when the limo accelerated and he testified that the limo accelerated at the time “a flurry of shots” came into it.

Mr. SPECTER. Now, to the best of your ability to recollect, exactly when did your automobile first accelerate?
Mr. KELLERMAN. Our car accelerated immediately on the time-at the time–this flurry of shots came into it. ( 2 H 77 )

That part is true, but the agents’ reaction to the flurry of shots ( fragments of the bullet that hit the President’s skull ) isn’t evident until frame Z-328, when they duck down.

Greer testified that he accelerated after turning forward from the second shot. ( Z-294 )
Mr. GREER. …..Just as soon as I turned my head back from the second shot, right away I accelerated right then. It was a matter of my reflexes to the accelerator. ( 2 H 119 )

But this is not true. The Zapruder film shows that the limo does not accelerate until frame Z-350, just over 3 seconds after Greer turned forward. ( Z -294 )
These agents are obviously testifying about what happened before frame Z- 297 and after Z-328, while omitting what was going on in the frames between Z-297 and Z-328.
And there was a reason for that.

The limo slowdown: Z-304 to Z-328

The part of the sequence that both Greer and Kellerman omitted from their testimony is that Greer turned around a SECOND time and looked back at the rear seats at Z-304.

This time, he remains looking back until frame Z-320 and during this time, he slows the limo down.

The purpose of this second turn can only be to monitor what is going on in the back seat and slowing the target ( JFK ) to make him easier to hit.
This time Greer was looking right at JFK when the President’s head exploded and did not accelerate until Z frame 350, long after he had seen that Kennedy was mortally wounded.

Conclusion

To say that these agents were derelict in their duty would be to put it mildly.
To say they were less than truthful in their testimonies would be to put it mildly.

Both of the agents in the front seat turned around, realized that Connally and Kennedy had been hit and their response was for Greer to slow the limo down and for Kellerman not to report the attack.

Only after Greer saw that Kennedy had been mortally wounded and the bullet fragments from the head shot came flying into the front of the limo did he and Kellerman respond.

After seeing Governor Connally hit, Greer turned to the front ( Z-294 ) but didn’t accelerate for another 56 frames ( 3 + seconds ) and in that time he actually slowed the car down until Kennedy was dead.

This is what in my opinion the Zapruder film shows.
And then they “sped” to Parkland Hospital at the breakneck speed of 50 mph. ( 2 H 121 )

This was not human error, this was a cold, calculated move taken when the shooting started, to make sure that whoever was doing the shooting would be successful in killing the President.

This was just one of the secrets they were hiding when they locked away the Zapruder film—that the Secret Service agents assigned to protect Kennedy were complicit in his assassination.