[EnderWiggin1970]

I think it's a fair statement that if you poke your head up in a situation like that and someone starts bringing a rifle around to bear on you, you are going to duck if you have any sense at all. So I don't fault his conduct (and I find much to fault all over the place elsewhere in this whole situation).

My instinctive reaction, though, would have been to immediately unholster my firearm and fire off 2-3 shots into the air ASAP, as a way of sounding a general alert that the guy on the roof really is a threat. Maybe that's not proper police protocol (I am not LEO), but that's my gut response one what I would have done in that situation. At the very least it would have drawn attention and maybe kicked some reactions into effect that would have helped.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“...immediately unholster my firearm and fire off 2-3 shots into the air ASAP”

Exactly. ANY gunfire would have caused the SS to immediately take Trump to the ground, cover him with their bodies, and then hustle him into his vehicle.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I was about to post the same.

[Valpal1]

Bullets fired into the air fall to earth and kill people. Fire into the dirt.

[j.havenfarm]

That was my reaction as well

[heartwood]

If he’s boosted up by another officer and hanging on the roof edge with both hands - just how is he supposed to pull his weapon and get off a shot?

Cutlass in his teeth? Movie hero vault?

Did he even have a firearm? Does SS let the local cops carry firearms?