That list is impressive.
If he bought a ladder (and no one wondered why a dork was walking with a ladder and a rifle) he had to have planned that roof-—not dismayed that authorities would sweep it and station a cop on it as one past even where a cop was on each level of a city parking garage at a speaking event to make sure no one tried to come up and take a position with a weapon. He must have felt confident of it being safe or why buy a ladder and walk there from his vehicle?
Amazing he didn’t get a police uniform to wear and say “I’ve got this covered. Check the water tower.” to a real officer.
“Amazing he didn’t get a police uniform to wear and say “I’ve got this covered. Check the water tower.” to a real officer.”
Now that is an interesting thought. Maybe the DS wanted to be sure the sniper team would killed him? If he were in uniform, maybe the sniper team would not have shot him thinking he was a legitimate officer aiming at a threat in the crowd. Or maybe it would have delayed the sniper team from shooting long enough to give him the time he needed.