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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: Pollard
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81 posted on 07/14/2024 2:48:32 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yeah, I’d have to agree with your assessment there.


82 posted on 07/14/2024 2:49:15 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: livius

Pre-engineer manufactured buildings often have built- in maintenance ladders.


83 posted on 07/14/2024 2:49:52 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: AnthonySoprano

That right there is inciting an assassination attempt. She should be tried for this major crime, sentenced to the appropriate 500 years, and promptly forgotten.


84 posted on 07/14/2024 2:49:52 PM PDT by Boomer (The dems and rinos have pegged the evil needle so hard, Satan now answers to them.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

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Thank you!


85 posted on 07/14/2024 2:50:17 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Old Man From WV
This story is so poorly written, I just don’t buy it. It sounds like the crap from the New York Times.

I agree. All around fake news.

86 posted on 07/14/2024 2:50:41 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Pollard

87 posted on 07/14/2024 2:50:43 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: rbg81

Im pretty sure I know how I feel about it.


88 posted on 07/14/2024 2:53:10 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: packagingguy

Assassination attempt guarantees Trump’s return to White House, political guru, Dick Morris says: ‘Race is over!’

By Social Links for Carl Campanile
Published July 14, 2024, 5:30 p.m. ET

Published July 14, 2024, 5:30 p.m. ET


89 posted on 07/14/2024 2:54:16 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (3+ years! That is the longest, the U.S.A. has ever gone without a real president!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

> Wait, the cop thought some guy with hair down past his shoulders (not even tied back for action) and not dressed like Secret Service, was Secret Service? Didn’t even ask? <

I wouldn’t bet money that was the case, but it certainly is a possibility. The shooter was prone, and was perhaps a decent distance away from that cop. “Oh,” the incompetent cop says to himself, “That’s just another SS guy. Who else could he be?”

I suppose the whole truth will come out once an honest commission does a thorough and complete investigation. In other words, we’ll never know the whole truth.


90 posted on 07/14/2024 2:54:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Shady

The building that the shooter decides to use is the building not secured. It is not unreasonable to assume that he was told to use that building. Do you think he went there thinking that building was free or do you think that he noticed the building was free and said what the heck and went for it?


91 posted on 07/14/2024 2:55:08 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: thegagline

I’m doubting the story.. cop goes up on the roof, shooter points a gun at the cop and the cop backs down... Not buying it.


92 posted on 07/14/2024 2:55:40 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: livius

RIIIIGHTTTT.....


93 posted on 07/14/2024 2:57:08 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: thegagline

The Secret Service was in on it.


94 posted on 07/14/2024 2:57:51 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: thegagline

If the officer felt it too dangerous to engage the shooter, he/she should have fired a round into the ground to get the SS attention.


95 posted on 07/14/2024 2:58:07 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: thegagline

I think this stinks way way beyond coincidence.

Please read these in order. I reposted the 2011 “Prof Raoul X” first, then saw the Laura Loomer Gateway piece.

This stinks light years past Pluto. IMHO, it should be screamed from every rooftop.

https://x.com/Matt_Bracken48/status/1812568690199581105

Western Rifle Shooters Association: Bracken: Professor Raoul X

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/what-trump-shooter-was-featured-blackrock-ad-2023/

https://x.com/Matt_Bracken48/status/1812601393150333335


96 posted on 07/14/2024 3:01:53 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: thegagline

Even when his head was not visible, that officer could just shoot rounds off into the air, which would alert everyone.


97 posted on 07/14/2024 3:02:10 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Grampa Dave; All

That clown has no idea what he’s talking about. Trump isn’t out of the woods yet. I doubt the mastermind of the attempt died yesterday. Does anyone know if Biden typically goes to church 5:30 on a Saturday?


98 posted on 07/14/2024 3:02:30 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: maddog55
I’m doubting the story.. cop goes up on the roof, shooter points a gun at the cop and the cop backs down... Not buying it.

The 19 students and 2 teachers of the Uvalde elementary school would like to have a word with you. Unfortunately, they can’t as the cops did nothing while they were being slaughtered.*

* Actually, the cops prevented civilians from rescuing the children and teachers.

99 posted on 07/14/2024 3:03:04 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: JudyinCanada

“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.”

The whole scene, yesterday from civilians trying to warn the local cops about a man with a rifle on that roof to the shots being fired by him. Then, he was shot in the head by a SS guy on another roof top. This happened in about 10 seconds.

This will be debated for the next 50+ years like the killing of JFK.


100 posted on 07/14/2024 3:06:14 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (3+ years! That is the longest, the U.S.A. has ever gone without a real president!th)
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