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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

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To: thegagline

The deep state was in on this. Beware


41 posted on 07/14/2024 2:24:35 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: packagingguy

“Local cop”?


42 posted on 07/14/2024 2:25:38 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: thegagline

You’re catching on.


43 posted on 07/14/2024 2:25:47 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: Phoenix8

Like Uvelde?


44 posted on 07/14/2024 2:26:19 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: thegagline
By the way, this sentence total obfuscates:

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

It should be known that by saying "the officer" it avoids identifying gender. Also, by saying "at them," in avoids identifying gender.

The latest psycho leftist journalism trend is to identify as single person as "them" to avoid identifying their gender.

Here is probably what is meant:

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

45 posted on 07/14/2024 2:26:26 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: JudyinCanada

Why was it even permitted for even a ladder to be there? The shooter must have brought his own ladder, climbed and and crawled across the roof in full sight of everybody.

It also seems to me that this means there was pre-planning and he definitely knew where to go, probably because he had rehearsed it or at least been there to check it out.

As for the cop who backed down the ladder, it’s possible that he thought that the shooter himself was some part of security. This seems to have been a total clown show where nobody knew what anybody else was doing or even what they should be doing themselves.


46 posted on 07/14/2024 2:26:44 PM PDT by livius
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To: thegagline

“I’m beginning to think that the government was in on this.”

Nothing gets past you, does it?


47 posted on 07/14/2024 2:26:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: thegagline
IMG-1869
48 posted on 07/14/2024 2:27:35 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: thegagline

Remember, police officers are not there to help anyone or stop illegal activities.

As this occasion proves, they are there to back down, give a thumbs up to whatever crime a criminal wants to do, and, instead, apparently spend time harassing only innocent people, with abandon.

They are your local version of UN Peacekeeping troops. You pay for the privilege of having such a service.

And if a president is directly at risk and can be encouraged to be killed by such people, you can plainly see how they were expected to behave for people like you.


49 posted on 07/14/2024 2:27:48 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: The Old Hoosier
Bears repeating.

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

50 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:26 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: JBW1949

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

Shooting at a presidential candidate is a terrible crime. But for some people, a greater crime is accidentally using the wrong pronouns when talking about someone.

Hence, the “them” for one person, instead of taking a risk and picking either “him” or “her”.

It’s all part of the idiotic new world brought to you courtesy of the “progressive” Democrat Party.


51 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:28 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: hecticskeptic

In the coverage, saw a number of female secret service agents fumbling around. If the primary force around President Trump are men, why aren’t the secondary force? Not a chauvinist here, you just use the right tool for the job. Your NFL running back isn’t going to be a woman, even if she’s built like Rosie O’Donnell or Michelle Obama.


52 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:33 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: lightman

Hard to climb a ladder carrying a loaded gun?


53 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:37 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: over3Owithabrain

“Climbing up the ladder without their gun drawn as if they were checking on a cat stuck in a tree is inexcusable.”

They probably draw their guns for cat interactions.

We’ll have to see how this plays out. It could be BS, or a bunch of other things, most of them reflecting poorly on the cop(s) involved.


54 posted on 07/14/2024 2:28:46 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: thegagline

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

AYFKM???


55 posted on 07/14/2024 2:29:30 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: thegagline

It is blatant. Period.
We all saw, in real time, what happened. Donald Trump came within millimeters of being assassinated.
A rooftop was within firing distance and was not secured by the USSS.
Fire was not returned until after many shots were fired.
The information on the assassin was that he was a “Republican..”
The personal records/phone/etc are being “investigated” by the same FBI that had orders to shoot to kill on a raid of the former President’s home.
The Junta cannot “sanitize for their protection” because every rational person can see what happened here. The Junta tried to assassinate Donald John Trump. Why? You fill in the blanks. Thank heavens the shooter missed.


56 posted on 07/14/2024 2:29:51 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: hecticskeptic

That or one of the cops from Uvalde got a gig in Pennsylvania.


57 posted on 07/14/2024 2:30:08 PM PDT by yukong
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To: livius

> As for the cop who backed down the ladder, it’s possible that he thought that the shooter himself was some part of security. <

I haven’t seen that mentioned before. But now that I think about it, it’s quite possible. You’ve got the Secret Service there, plus the PA State Police and local police from many jurisdictions.

The Secret Service site commander was probably a political hire. That’s just how today’s government rolls. So, yeah. As you noted, it could have been a total clown show where nobody knew where anybody else was.


58 posted on 07/14/2024 2:34:16 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

I RE-POSTED yhr video of her saying that again.


59 posted on 07/14/2024 2:34:21 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Made In The USA
This one is quite the brave warrior type of gal


60 posted on 07/14/2024 2:34:33 PM PDT by Pollard (Will work for high tunnel money!)
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