[iontheball]

Just so you know.....tha officer who hung there was standing on the shoulders of another officer...there was no ladder.

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Where was that mystery ladder? All those officers were carrying sidearms. Why didn’t they start shooting rounds into the ground or into the air when they were by the building if they couldn’t get a bead on the shooter. At least it would have alerted everyone in the area and may have distracted the shooter. After the perp pointed his gun at the officer, all present on the ground knew the guy on the roof was not a good guy.

[caww]

Do you really think they're going to take a walk around the building to locate a ladder hiding behind trees when the threat, (if it was or wasn't just some kid trying to get a roof top view of Trump)? The public is not always right in what they see. ...officers know that.

Would you start firing knowing the Secret Service will fire? Unless you have the ‘go’ you better not fire...you'll be the one down.

The shooter fired immediately after saw the officer....he knew he'd been had.

[SJackson]

Rounds fired in the air do come back to earth. It did occur to me that after pointing what the officer thought was a rifle they could have fired through the roof. And if the kid was using an assault camera

for his photography class the officers could enjoy jail. Rounds fired in the ground would have alerted/panicked those nearby, but also would have distracted the Secret Service sniper. They alerted the Secret Service, who was in charge, as they should have. And attempted to intervene, but lacking a target which could be indentified, firing "warning shots" would be irresponsible. It's possible the SS sniper could have fired on them.