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Local cop confronted sniper Thomas Matthew Crooks before he shot former President Trump, saw he was armed but failed to stop him: report
The New York Post ^ | 07/14/2024 | Alex Oliveira

Posted on 07/14/2024 2:02:29 PM PDT by thegagline

Local police encountered attempted-assassin Thomas Crooks just moments before he tried to kill former president Donald Trump — but failed to stop the gunman despite the clear threat, according to a report.

After rallygoers spotted Crooks on the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were notified and one officer climbed a ladder to investigate, law enforcement officials said on the condition of anonymity.

There the officer encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them.

The officer then backed down the ladder, and Crooks immediately took aim and loosed eight shots at the former president – grazing him in the ear, killing one bystander in the rally crowd, and gravely wounding two others.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20240713; actblue; assassination; assassinationattempt; assassinationplots; donutwatch; ladder; leo; police; rally; rooftop; thomasmatthewcrooks; trump; trumprally
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To: thegagline

“ There the officer encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them.”
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Them? The officer was a Siamese twin? Jeez, they let anyone become a cop now.


21 posted on 07/14/2024 2:16:01 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: thegagline

Muddy Waters was not just a blues performer. It will only get worse from here.


22 posted on 07/14/2024 2:16:17 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Why would the officer climb the ladder? Investigate? If he’s on the roof with a rifle at a Trump rally, shoot first, ask questions later.


23 posted on 07/14/2024 2:16:40 PM PDT by JudyinCanada (The left is loathsome, beyond anything I could have believed.)
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To: thegagline

As others have asked, just who is this “officer“? But for all its faults, the New York Post will usually report the facts about government corruption. As will the UK papers.

So if the whole truth ever comes out about the shooting, it will come from them and not from CBS, etc.


24 posted on 07/14/2024 2:16:44 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Gene Eric

What I want to know is why the Secret Service wasn’t on top of that roof.


25 posted on 07/14/2024 2:17:22 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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To: thegagline

Tuesday???


26 posted on 07/14/2024 2:17:49 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: thegagline

I am still waiting for all of the other shooting conspiracies over the past 40 years to come to fruition.

If an officer went up a ladder, their voice would be on tapes of the radio communications. You would think the guys who saw the shooter would have mentioned it in their interviews.

I am somewhat skeptical.


27 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:01 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Darksheare

It doesn’t say they were from Butler, PA. When I have been to Trump rallies there were police from other jurisdictions.

Often rallies are out in the countryside so they have to bring in more police from elsewhere.


28 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:31 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: rbg81

They were told the guy on the roof had a gun. Climbing up the ladder without their gun drawn as if they were checking on a cat stuck in a tree is inexcusable


29 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:36 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: The Old Hoosier

To begin with... agreed


30 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:40 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: thegagline

The guy that warned the police and the SS, stated nobody paid
any attention until after shots were fired.


31 posted on 07/14/2024 2:18:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: Jonny7797

AI


32 posted on 07/14/2024 2:19:17 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: thegagline

If the cop informed the SS and they did nothing, then, definitely the feds are a corrupt criminal enterprise.


33 posted on 07/14/2024 2:19:41 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: thegagline
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34 posted on 07/14/2024 2:19:52 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: The Old Hoosier

Yup. The roof should have been secured to begin with. This little douche just rather casually went up there


35 posted on 07/14/2024 2:19:56 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: rbg81
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m guessing the cop did not have his (her) gun drawn when they got to the roof. If so, that put them at a real disadvantage.

Correct. The average cop only finds his courage after he's got the black guy down and handcuffed, and he can kneel on his throat in perfect safety. Prior to that, not so much.

36 posted on 07/14/2024 2:20:05 PM PDT by DSH
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To: thegagline
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37 posted on 07/14/2024 2:20:54 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Smellin Salt
Dereliction of duty.
38 posted on 07/14/2024 2:21:04 PM PDT by mware
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To: thegagline

Probably was ordered to back out. SS already had him in their sights. Officer was a distraction and may very well be why the sniper was slow on the trigger.


39 posted on 07/14/2024 2:22:17 PM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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To: thegagline

“...There the officer encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them...”

OK...Was it ONE officer as the first part says, or was it MORE than one as the second part says “them”????????

Who writes this sh*t????


40 posted on 07/14/2024 2:23:21 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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