[JonPreston]

The very least he could have done is fire warning shots to alert the SS detail at the podium.

[M. Thatcher]

One 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 former President Donald Trump

Weird, awkward language usage avoiding pronouns — "one officer" "the officer" "the officer" — tells me the officer is female.

[BigEdLB]

Service revolver? Where was it?

[suasponte137]

Did some of the Uvalde police force move to Pennsylvania?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

article: "… Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder"

Profiles in a courage, a man born to eat donuts.

[ifinnegan]

This doesn’t sound right.

[JBW1949]

BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PeterPrinciple]

The officer retreated down the ladder and Crooks quickly took a shot toward former President Donald Trump,

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Little things are important in the battle. What if the officer had not distracted the shooter?

We all need to be involved in little things to win the war.

[captmar-vell]

Raises more questions than it answers.

This is not a battle against flesh and blood.

[Churchillspirit]

"......the officer retreated down the ladder"

Any LEOs here know if that is SOP ?

[bunkerhill7]

SIghted Suspect
Scrammed from Same

[moviefan8]

The article didn’t say if the officer do anything to warn others.

Not good for the officer.

[right way right]

Remember that the AP lies.
If this is true, the police officer should be fired.

[AppyPappy]

Think about this. The shooter still managed to hit the President despite getting surprised by police.

[Skywise]

The officer didn’t draw before going onto the roof?

Didn’t check the roof from the eye line?

Didn’t have their revolver out once on top of the roof if they didn’t see anything?

Ultimately this is more fallout from the summer of love 2020 and destroying our police forces nationwide.

[blueunicorn6]

Always always always get on the radio first if you can’t immediately influence the situation.

[mass55th]

Retreated? He didn’t have a f-ing radio on him?

[PghBaldy]

AP trying to blame local police to protect the Secret Service.

[Biblebelter]

Blame locals?

The counter snipers had the shooter in their sights and they let him get off eight.

[elpadre]

One thought has been bothering me has to do with the SS snipers who killed the perp. Why did they not see the perp on the roof beforehand. The guy probably accessed the roof with a ladder, then crawled to his firing position, then had to get into a proper position to make a kill shot all of which takes time. If the SS snipers saw him after the five shots, why not before??