John Parker

[J. Beckert]

(02-18-2013 08:12 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Pendel and Crook would know what his job responsabilities were.
At the same time, Parkers actions, or lack of action, reflected badly on all the White House guards.

I agree, Gene. Parker's admission to Mary Lincoln that he never thought someone would harm Lincoln doesn't absolve him of his sin. I believe the Ford's placed a chair for him right outside box #7. Whether he was dismissed by Lincoln or chose on his own to abandon his post, he was- in my opinion- grossly negligent. No record of him even being in the theater or its environs exists after the shot was fired. He dropped the ball.