Trump shot

How police officer confronted shooter Thomas Crooks seconds before he shot Donald Trump after bear crawling on the roof of building 100ft away as witnesses watched | Daily Mail Online

 

I thought you were LEO. Alive, it could've been informative to have questioned him.

 

Dan Bongino (who is a former Secret Service agent) stated that a decent sniper can easily hit a target out to 500 yards or more. So why is the Secret Service claiming the building the shooter used to fire at Trump (which was a little over 100 yards away) wasn't their responsibility? Other attendees of the Trump rally pointed out the shooter on the roof, yet nothing was done to eliminate the threat until he already fired shots at Trump. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I won't jump to any concrete conclusions, but something does smell fishy.

 

Bad News: The FBI Is Investigating | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

Excerpt:

"...the FBI joined the investigation but some realities were already clear. The FBI did nothing to prevent the shooting, perhaps because the bureau’s current priority is followers of Donald Trump, not those who might want to kill him. In similar style in 2017, the FBI did nothing to prevent Bernie Sanders supporter James Hodgkinson from shooting at congressional Republicans as they practiced for a baseball game, nearly killed Steve Scalise and wounded several others. The FBI played no role in the takedown of the shooter and claimed it was a case of “suicide by cop,” as absurd as the “workplace violence” designation for Nidal Hasan’s mass murder at Fort Hood in 2009. In that case, the FBI knew Hasan was communicating with al Qaeda terrorist Nidal Hasan but dropped the surveillance.

If the FBI knew about the potential Trump shooter and looked the other way it would be no surprise. Neither would hiding evidence about the shooter and his motive, as in the murders of DNC operative Seth Rich and DNC whistleblower Philip Haney...."

 

Five unanswered questions over assassination attempt on Donald Trump including why was rooftop unsecured despite being identified as a security risk, how Matthew Crooks got on the roof and why it took so long for snipers to take him out | Daily Mail Online

 

Even out past 1,000 yards, and some non-military extreme rifle enthusiasts are hitting targets at that distance. Often the chosen cartridge is a version of one available for hunting deer and other big game. The sniper's bullet and powder load will likely be specialized, the rifle is much heavier than the usual sport hunting model (and usually fired from a rest) and the optics (scopes, rangefinders) are far beyond what the deer hunter would need.
An aerial pic had the sniper-to-Trump distance as 148 yards, not a particularly long shot for the average deer hunter. However, in my hunting for deer (since 1956), only once have I missed with the 1st shot and still filled my tag. For a 20-year-old non-military-trained (afaik) person, shot #1 would be the only chance to do anything but kill bystanders.

 

Yes the article is not completely right.

Is it not normal practice for secret service personnel to be on every rooftop and vantage point which a shooter can use?

This guy was very close to Trump and I am extremely surprised that he was missed by the SS

 

I can remember when George Bush Jr visited London, the papers reported that he was protected by a small army of about 800!

 

How comes the crooked Clinton's are not in jail?

 

It is like here in the UK, where prince Andrew should be in jail but protected by the corrupt royal family

 

I listened to an interesting speech from Matthew Murphy who is a retired Green Beret and level 1 sniper in counter assassinations voice his two cents on what happened. It clearly sounds to me like law enforcement dropped the ball. No excuses.

 

Just saw a story that the company “Blackrock” pulled a video that featured the shooter.

Did they train him? Blackrock stands to make billions rebuilding Ukraine and DT has promised to end the war.

Curiouser and curiouser………

peace to you