The whole secret service letting him climb out over top of them with the American flag being lowered in the background and press being moved into the front doesn’t help his credibility
Or the fact that I have seen 2 seperate videos of people seeing the guy that shot laying on the roof and going to security/police officers who just ignored it.
Or the fact that the clearly visible secret service snipers had a perfect look and shot at that roof.
Or the fact that Trump never brings it up anymore.
Or the fact that we never saw pictures of the guy that did it. Or proof that he was killed. Or anything about his motives. Compare this with the guy that shot at Charlie.
Or the fact that the clearly visible secret service snipers had a perfect look and shot at that roof.
To reinforce this line of thinking:
Four seconds after he began firing, a member of the Butler County Emergency Service Unit shot at him and hit Crooks's rifle, preventing him from firing more shots. Twelve seconds later, Crooks was shot and killed by the Counter Sniper Team of the United States Secret Service.
I mean that part makes sense, never know if dude has another gun. If this actually happened for real, you would probably not extend the courtesy of restraint against someone attempting to assassinate the President and make sure they were 100% neutralized.
But in this case it's probably because you never want that kid to say a word.
Four seconds to mentally process that shots have been fired, locate the approximate location of the shooter based on the sound of the shots, line up a shot, and fire.
The local police were trying to get ahold of the secret service agent who they were supposed to coordinate through so they could ask if the dude was with them or not, they didn’t get a response and didn’t know if he was hostile or friendly until he shot.
There's body camera footage of cops trying to get on the building before the Crooks fires. They knew he was somewhere on the roof but the snipers weren't able to get him because of the roofline.
IIRC from coverage at the time, the shooter took his shot at Trump right when some of the cops had actally climbed up onto the roof based on the tips from the people who saw him up there
(edit: at a quick glance I can't find where I saw that bit but a breakdown of events suggests he was pointed out to the cops 2 minutes before he opened fire so they basically knew where he was)
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u/SeisoLikesPizza 13d ago
The whole secret service letting him climb out over top of them with the American flag being lowered in the background and press being moved into the front doesn’t help his credibility