A Very Concerning AP Report About a Cop Confronting the Trump Shooter Before Shots Were Fired

Red State ^ | 07/14/2024 | Nick Arama

[SeekAndFind]

There's going to be an investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. There are already big questions about how a shooter was able to get up on a roof within reach of the president, when all the roofs should have been checked out and secured. 

Trump was shot in the ear, rally attendee Corey Comperatore was killed after he bravely shielded his wife and daughter from the bullets, and two others were critically injured. (Happily, those two people are now reportedly in stable condition.) 

We reported how people were warning about the "guy on the roof" before he fired any shots. There was this upset witness, who was one of the people trying to tell the police about the guy. He said he was trying for minutes to alert police: 

this BBC interview with a guy outside the security perimeter who claims he saw the shooter before he fired is absolutely wild pic.twitter.com/vJpKZTxSAe— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 13, 2024

He also asked why the Secret Service was not on the roof to begin with, which is an excellent question. 

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There was also this video of people yelling that the man had a gun, seconds before the shots rang out:

Panic as Trump gunman opened fire: 'He's got a gun...he's on top of the roof!' https://t.co/40xEVxGti3 pic.twitter.com/Pm2H5K9IXa— New York Post (@nypost) July 14, 2024

But now there's another disturbing report from the AP:

AP: Local cop climbed a ladder to confront assassin. Assassin pointed a gun at him, he retreated. Assassin was able to fire off shots before being killed by Secret Service counter snipers

pic.twitter.com/o4AtXfeReM— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) July 14, 2024

Not long before shots rang out, rallygoers noticed a man climbing to the roof of a nearby building and warned local police, according to two law enforcement officials.

One local police officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and Crooks quickly took a shot toward Trump, and that’s when Secret Service snipers shot him, said the officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

This is incredibly concerning if true. We don't know all the facts, but it's obviously something that needs to be answered here. Why did the cop not respond more, if in fact he was there, confronting the man with the rifle? Why did he retreat down the ladder, which then allowed the shooter to take a shot at Trump? 

This report says the shooter "took a shot," when the shooter took multiple shots, according to other reports. The report doesn't account for that discrepancy. 

Then, where was the Secret Service? Why is a local cop going up a ladder? The counter sniper did take the shooter out ultimately. 

A lot of questions here. Trump's lucky to be alive, maybe because he was turning to point out the diagram about illegal immigration. Incredibly providential, as we could see in the series of pictures that NY Times photographer Doug Mills got. 

We'll find out more in the investigation, hopefully. But we'll need to hear when people start pointing it out, how long was it before there was a response, and why didn't they move Trump off the stage when it sounds like this period may have involved minutes? 

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[Tom Tetroxide]

What about all of the cops and Secret Service who were told, two to three minutes before the shooting happened, by the public that there was a guy with a rifle on the roof of that building and did absolutely nothing about it?

[blackdog]

We all know what went down here. Command and control for the Secret Service made a window of opportunity to have an asset or possibly others, shoot the former president, and then tie up the loose ends immediately.

[BipolarBob]

IF I’m going up on a roof to confront a sniper, there would be a loaded pistol in my hand with safety off.

[bigbob]

Anyone who’s every fired a gun knows that the only possible way the SS snipers were able to execute 5 or more kill shots on the shooter was that they had him in their sights all along.

Yet the Secret Service, who had ONE job to do, failed to do it. They failed to protect the President when all it would have taken is one radio call to take him to safety or at least to duck down behind the podium.

The SS failed. No other explanation is possible.

[BipolarBob]

Trumps team requested more SS agents than was there. SS spokesperson, “NO nobody requested any more agents”. Who do you believe?

[sevinufnine]

Biden has people in charge of every organization based on their gender, race, or sexual preference. Not because they’re nosy qualified. Secret Service included in that although Kimberly Cheatle appears to have credentials, #1 reason she was chosen is because she is a woman. Not because she was best for the position.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Cop? Oh really? What IF this "cop" who wasn't a REAL cop was part of the hit team on Trump, and posed as security on the roof then retreated for the shooter to go into action?

Use your f'in brain, Nick.

[bgill]

Major fail or intentional. Either way, this was beyond the pale and there needs to be firings at the very least to charges and prison sentences.

Stop the treasonous remarks from the POTUS to congress to social media to journalists.

[sevinufnine]

Oops! MOST qualified. Not nosey. Darn spell check.

[bgill]

Bingo. Smells of Uvalde.

[Big Red Badger]

Perhaps...
Finally Roast “Oink”.

[BipolarBob]

Anyone who’s every fired a gun knows that the only possible way the SS snipers were able to execute 5 or more kill shots on the shooter was that they had him in their sights all along.

The video made it look like he had him in his sights all along. Maybe there is another explanation but the video looked bad for the sniper to just observe until after shots fired.

[sevinufnine]

Does a sniper require an OK to fire or is it an “ at will “ thing in a case like this? I have no idea.

[eastforker]

According to the guy that filmed the shooter, the cop that went to the roof did not use a ladder, rather he scaled the building and when he got to the top and confronted the shooter and had the rifle pointed at him, he released his grip and fell to ground, so I understand how he could not have fired on him.

[PghBaldy]

Dan Bongino, former SS agent, says he knows people still in the SS, and the SS is lying when they say there were no requests for more resources. Also, SS says they will change nothing for Milwaukee as they are doing everything they can?

[BipolarBob]

IF he doesn’t have a fire at will order against snipers, then he’s useless. He’s not on the security team, he’s on the recovery team for survivors.

[RckyRaCoCo]

I don't trust THIS corrupted system of just-us to do ANYTHING that is justice.

We need outside investigators, who have COMPLETE ACCESS, to do this investigation.

Remember what Lord Obama said...

"we've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded".

He didn't need it.

WE do.

[PLMerite]

“IF I’m going up on a roof to confront a sniper, there would be a loaded pistol in my hand with safety off.”

Might have been expecting it to be SS. It would be really low-IQ (even for a lefty) to be so brazen.

[BipolarBob]

Trumps Team needs to go to the press and say we’ve requested more agents, where are they? Be public about every refusal for assistance. It happened at Jan6 and in happened again at Jun13 rally. Go to the press with every request so they can’r deny it.