Video Shows U.S Secret Service Spotting and Watching Shooter Prior to Shots – Doing Nothing, Then Flinching with Inbound Bullets

https://theconservativetreehouse.com ^ | 7/13/2024 | sundance

[bitt]

July 13, 2024 | Sundance | 688 Comments I’m not going to narrate what you can witness with your own eyes and ears. The camera lens is pointed toward two U.S Secret Service protective detail snipers on the roof behind President Trump. One is the spotter. Turn on sound. You can clearly see both USSS spot the shooter, do nothing, wait for the incoming fire, then respond.

Again, video might not last. WATCH:

https://x.com/DogRightGirl/status/1812296246784065849?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yer insane. 😆

[wardaddy]

Erik Prince would likely take over till inauguration on the house if campaign provides adequate transport

Trump has to be very careful

No more outdooor events prolly

[butterdezillion]

Yes, you’re right. That is a more telling question.

There had to be some communication at some point. And that would totally take out the possibility of mere incompetence.

[wardaddy]

I disagree

A person on a roof with a rifle at a campaign event who’s not one of them

Is hot target for security
Jesus Calvin

[alexander_busek]

Dumbest post ever

I second that (or, by now, I guess that I am fifty-seconding that).

Regards,

[21twelve]

My son bought a silencer for his .300 “Blackout” rifle. A shorter round but as far as I can tell similar to a .223 AR-15 round.

When he fired it the first time I was a few feet to the side and behind him. It sounded like an air-rifle. He looks at it, then me - “Was that a dud?”

I was surprised at how quiet it was.

Also, I think the sniper kneeling in the foreground is primarily the “spotter”, and the guy a few feet farther away in the prone position is the primary sniper.

I’m no expert, but from what I can tell they did what they could. The shooter was on the far side of the building, hiding behind the ridge line. The one witness said that he was trying to get the SS attention, but said they could probably not see him.

So shooter pokes his head up. Maybe a second later the SS guy sees him. But by then the shooter has already shot. The prone sniper may have got him. It looked like the sniper that was kneeling was looking through the scope. Heard shots and had to look up to see where the shooter was and then reposition his rifle to aim before he fired a shot. Maybe the kneeling guy was focused on one of the other roofs. There was a taller building to the left of the shooter and farther away - it appears that MAY have been what the kneeling sniper was focused on through his scope.

I went to Google Earth and looked at the road views of the AGR facility in Butler, PA. No obvious means of getting on top of those roofs that I could see.

[21twelve]

There was an interview of a man that was in the crowd a few yards away from the man that was killed. He said they were in the bleachers behind President Trump and on the stage right side. He wasn't sure, but he thought the shots came from stage right (he was correct). So the man shot was standing between Trump and the shooter. I have no idea the angles, so the shot that hit the man may have been several feet off, or the man may have taken a bullet that otherwise would have hit Trump.

The eyewitness said the man that was hit died instantly, and that he had perhaps 4 to 5 acquaintances/relatives with him. Two of which were in extreme shock.

[mlo]

"Absolutely true. He’s too far away for them to say “drop your weapon.” They can’t fire until they directly confront him or he fires. I assure you that if you saw someone aiming a gun at you from 100 yards away while you were sitting on your porch, you do not have any legal right to kill them first."

That's wrong. Generally speaking, someone pointing a gun at you can be considered an imminent deadly threat. You do not have to wait for them to pull the trigger before defending yourself with lethal force.

There is no requirement that police tell someone to drop the gun first, if an imminent deadly threat has already presented. They want someone to drop the gun rather than shoot them, sure. But there's no rule of engagement that says they have to say that first, or wait for a shot.

[21twelve]

To clarify - the two snipers that the video is about did what they could. Why those nearby roof tops were not covered or restricted better, why the local police milled around for 2 to 3 minutes disregarding the eyewitness yelling at them that there was a guy on the roof with a rifle and they did nothing, I have no idea.

Well - as I’m typing, maybe the local police thought it was a SS guy on the roof?

“Hey Bob - this guy says there is a guy with a rifle on the roof!”

“Oh? Probably the SS - they have guys on all of these roofs.”

“But Bob - didn’t they say they would just be at the fairground, and that we would be patrolling out here?”

“That’s what we are doing - I didn’t see anybody. I think it is the SS guys. But if you want, I’ll contact them. Do you recall what frequency they are on?”

[CFW]

“If you knew anything at all about rules of engagement, the SS is not going to preemptively kill someone who is a potential threat. Legally, they must wait until the gunman opens fire.”

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No. Just no. No rules of engagement requires you to take the first bullet before returning fire.

[Rdct29]

If they were watching the sniper why didn’t they notify agents next to Trump about the threat? Did they just watch the guy crawl into position and say nothing to the people on the ground with Trump? We almost lost Trump today. A gay clown beat the secret service. That’s bullshit.

[SisterK]

How would an assassin know that the most obvious sniper perch is unguarded?

oops

[Liz]

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Democrat Bennie Thompson, ranking member, House Committee on Homeland Security

Democrat Bennie Thompson introduced the absurdly named "Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act (HR 8081)" on April 19, 2024.

Democrat co-sponsors include Reps:
<><>Yvette D. Clarke,
<><>Troy A. Carter Sr.,
<><>Frederica Wilson,
<><>Bonnie Watson Coleman,
<><>Jasmine Crockett,
<><>Joyce Beatty,
<><>Barbara Lee,
<><>Steve Cohen

Question: who put these Democraps up to facilitating a Trump assassination?

[central_va]

The bad news is the SS is incompetent ad/or corrupt. The good news is Trump is going to sail into the WH in November.....

[combat_boots]

Starting?

[dp0622]

Wasn’t he ex army?

What made anyone think this punk’s aim was that good?

I figured they would recruit someone with a bunch of experience with guns.

But what do I know? :)

[Calvin Cooledge]

I am willing to admit I may be wrong about the SS rules of engagement (they are classified). But I don’t agree it’s a SS conspiracy to let Trump be killed.

[Calvin Cooledge]

I have to agree. Dumb post.

[Hieronymus]

Perhaps, like Cal, you should stay silent.

[Calvin Cooledge]

Dumb post on my part. But not a government hit job.