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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.

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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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I’m beginning to think that the government was in on this.
1 posted on 07/14/2024 2:02:29 PM PDT by thegagline
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“The officer”. They seem to be leaving out some details.


2 posted on 07/14/2024 2:04:02 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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I have no doubt.


3 posted on 07/14/2024 2:04:28 PM PDT by daler
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To: thegagline

No pronouns.


4 posted on 07/14/2024 2:04:56 PM PDT by fhayek
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Might be conspiracy. Might be a growing list of full-on cowardly cops.

https://images.app.goo.gl/bwkywHiofsLMzThTA

https://images.app.goo.gl/uCtBVjuu8qk2iftC6

And many more.


5 posted on 07/14/2024 2:06:19 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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“The officer”. They seem to be leaving out some details.

= = =

They probably meant “They” officer, a ? girl.

Or maybe not.


6 posted on 07/14/2024 2:07:40 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: fhayek; CatOwner

Tells you something... I would put money on ‘the officer’ being a woman. This idiocy of pronouns certainly has opened up the door for some additional creativity on how to obfuscate, hasn’t it...


7 posted on 07/14/2024 2:07:46 PM PDT by hecticskeptic ( )
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To: thegagline

“Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday,” Get the facts correct.


8 posted on 07/14/2024 2:08:06 PM PDT by Fungi
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9 posted on 07/14/2024 2:08:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: thegagline

If this is true, that police officer needs to be charged with murder and attempted murder for his failure to act while cloaked in the authority of his jurisdiction


10 posted on 07/14/2024 2:09:08 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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..aim and loosed eight shots...

who writes this garbage.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 2:09:12 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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Let’s see, clot shot, conspiracy theory now true.

Coven man made conspiracy theory, now true.

Covid lock downs conspiracy theory, now true.

Pee dossier conspiracy theory, now true.

Trump trials in New York conspiracy theory, now true.

Trump trials in Georgia, conspiracy theory, now true.

Biden a vegetable since 2020 conspiracy theory, now true.

Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy theory, now true

Now this assassination attempt, gee I just can’t understand why anyone would be suspect of our government and democrat leaders at this point, for Pete’s sake people open your eyes! How much more does a person need to see????


12 posted on 07/14/2024 2:10:33 PM PDT by Skwor
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To: 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 ...


13 posted on 07/14/2024 2:12:59 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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“...at them...”

A woman officer.


14 posted on 07/14/2024 2:13:12 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Why didn’t the officer approach with hist weapon drawn?


15 posted on 07/14/2024 2:14:14 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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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.


16 posted on 07/14/2024 2:14:19 PM PDT by rbg81
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The bravery of a frightened mouse, the skill and professionalism of the uvalde cops, they are... Butler PA PD!


17 posted on 07/14/2024 2:14:24 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: thegagline

Every LEO present should be fired.


18 posted on 07/14/2024 2:14:41 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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It should never surprise us to hear about the cops that slink away from confrontation. If untrained, unprepared, and the adrenaline is in retreat, forget it. That aside, the fact that the cop approached the alleged assassin indicates no information was adequately relayed to, or received by, the SS in a timely manner. Something fundamentally egregious transpired.


19 posted on 07/14/2024 2:15:27 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: fhayek

It could just mean they don’t know.


20 posted on 07/14/2024 2:15:48 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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