Posted on 07/16/2024 6:13:01 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has learned from multiple sources that Thomas Crooks was spotted at the rally, photographed as suspicious and officers were actively looking for him when he made his way onto the roof and fired at former President Donald Trump.
Sources say the Secret Service was aware something was wrong, and the snipers were in position, but the pitch of the roof Crooks was on prevented them from seeing the 20-year-old until he moved to the peak and fired his weapon
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He’s expendable. We know that much.
Pitch of that roof is no steeper than a wheelchair ramp.
My brother sent me the close-up of the dead sniper. The hole I’m referring to is below the right ear on the sude of his neck.
The cops weren’t incompetent. They were just up against a smart kid. He got into Pitt Engineering (#45 nationwide). The average SAT score for Pitt Engineering is 1400.
https://i.imgur.com/Po3fbzy.png
Assuming he’s merely average among admits, that puts him in the 95th percentile.
https://www.appily.com/colleges/sat/1400
In other words, he’s smarter than most of the security entourage. It’s like getting a 97 on the ASVAB.
It’s called “defilade”. Daniel Morgan used it at Cowpens.
Stonewall Jackson used it Bull Run. Israeli Armor used it in the Golan Heights.
That seems different than what they were talking about on the other thread, which was on his actual ear.
I wondered how they would be able to shoot him in the head and leave his face intact. So did they shoot him through the neck then?
Do you know what direction the water tower was from everything else? I’ve tried to find a photo or diagram that included it but none of them extended out far enough. Was it at an angle that would match an exit wound on the neck?
Shielded by the peak of the roof from the SS counter-sniper team, but not people on the ground on his side.
I agree that some very fishy things were going on. But I want to get a good timeline and see everything war-gamed out.
I heard/read somewhere that he took one round at an angle and then a .338 round in the mouth for good measure.
That’s what I was thinking too.
Republicans should make note of the fact that incompetence is the hallmark of the Biden Administration. Also, no one pays the price for being incompetent.
Try Google earth. I seem to recall it was to the left of the shooter, so a neck shot would be likely. The blood pattern on perp from tbat spot looks pretty thick and wide and ran from that location down to his face. That seems to fit as well since he was in the prone position
So much easier to security at a biden rally. After staff, media, and security are all vetted the handful of people who do attend are easy to check out. Most likely when insano gun guy shows up they won’t let him in.
They’d probably just demolish the buildings and bury the rubble, like they did at Waco and OKC, IIRC.
There’s a water tower. I have read that there was a countersniper there, and that he was the one who killed Crooks. Whether either is true, I don’t know.
Search online maps for the satellite view of the Butler Farm Show. It looks like the water tower would have the rooftop in full view,
Now if you don’t put a lookout at least on your tallest point, the watertower, you aren’t doing your job. Better, lookout plus sniper plus drone.
Crooks could disappear in the narrow passage between buildings, far side of buildings, or into buildings, and that’s where ground teams should have found him.
“Is that a rangefinder?” “I dunno, could be he’s holding binoculars sideways.” “Is that a ladder?” “Yeah, maybe he’s painting or something?” “Is that a backpack?” “Yeah, but he’s outside the zone.”
Should have been two LEAs on that roof,than no one else could occupy it.
Maybe the shouting, for a half hour, of spectators that saw him toting his rifle should have been a clue??
Nah, That’s just crazy talk.
You know this how???
He was???
Trump should hire Erik Prince for security.
Wait, so we’re supposed to believe that this 20 year old pops up and fires his rifle in 1 smooth motion and missed a headshot on his target by 2 inches?
I’ll have some of what THEY’RE smoking.
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