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Sheriff defends officer who failed to stop Trump shooter moments before assassination attempt: ‘I would have done the same thing’
The New York Post ^ | 07/15/2024 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 07/15/2024 12:42:14 PM PDT by thegagline

The local Pennsylvania sheriff defended the armed officer who encountered former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks on the rooftop moments before the shooting — claiming it was the right call to retreat after the gunman pointed the weapon at him.

Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe confirmed Monday that a local officer made contact with Crooks after being hoisted up to the roof by another officer — but fled when the sniper pointed his AR-style assault rifle at the officer.

“I would have done the same thing, absolutely,” the sheriff said.

comment. “All I know is the officer had both hands on the roof to get up on the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer, and rightfully and smartly, the officer let go,” Slupe told KDKA.

The gunman immediately fired up to eight rounds at Trump, wounding him and killing a hero firefighter in the stands. Two others were also wounded.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cowardice; fecklessness; keyboardwarriors; pusillanimous; spinelessness
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To: thegagline

There is no law that says LEOs must put themselves in danger. Police have no duty to protect the public SCoTUS


181 posted on 07/15/2024 2:42:27 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: EnderWiggin1970; PDT

If he’s boosted up by another officer and hanging on the roof edge with both hands - just how is he supposed to pull his weapon and get off a shot?

Cutlass in his teeth? Movie hero vault?

Did he even have a firearm? Does SS let the local cops carry firearms?


182 posted on 07/15/2024 2:43:42 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: thegagline

Police retreating or hiding like little bitches is becoming a recurring theme.


183 posted on 07/15/2024 2:44:58 PM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

And to write tickets so that the ruling class can remind the peasants who is in charge.


184 posted on 07/15/2024 2:46:10 PM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: thegagline
2) Notice that the media still isn’t reporting the cowardly officers’s picture or name? Often the NY Post intentionally makes these omissions when the person is a member of the “protected class.”

Self preservation is not necessarily cowardice. IIUC, he was unarmed.

185 posted on 07/15/2024 2:47:08 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: pghbjugop

Some people said the shooter crossed from one roof to another. The ladder may not have been visible to the police.


186 posted on 07/15/2024 2:47:26 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: stig

bttt


187 posted on 07/15/2024 2:52:16 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Skwor

If it was a dog, he would have shot it.


188 posted on 07/15/2024 2:53:13 PM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I haven’t seen a photo yet. Thanks for the mention.

I was picturing a larger load than the 22LR, but used that
name in error. Is the larger load known as a Magnum?


189 posted on 07/15/2024 2:55:19 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: John S Mosby; E. Pluribus Unum

Yes, I should have referenced a different bullet.

If the Magnum is the proper name for the largest in the
series, that would be it.

My mistake.

Thanks for your comments. No, I don’t believe we do know
exactly what the gun was yet.

E. Pluribus Unum had some good stuff to say here.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4251545/posts?page=158#158


190 posted on 07/15/2024 2:59:39 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: thegagline

I suppose this cop could always apply for a position as a school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.


191 posted on 07/15/2024 3:01:42 PM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: DoughtyOne

Other people had said .22 LR besides you. I wasn’t specifically “targeting” you, pun intended.

There is also a .22 WMR rimfire that is more powerful, but I have never heard of an AR15 made for them. They are pretty much the same price as centerfire .223/.556, with far inferior ballistics. As I said, .223/5.56 is the most common caliber for AR15s.


192 posted on 07/15/2024 3:02:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: thegagline

Then the sheriff is a coward too. Fire shots in the air, over the roof edge, something to foil the attack. Uvalde, Texas is hiring.


193 posted on 07/15/2024 3:08:10 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: DoughtyOne

Widely reported. AR-style in 5.56, by FBI Kevin Rojek.


194 posted on 07/15/2024 3:08:53 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I haven’t seen the weapon, as you seem to have. That was
partly why I stated what I did.

It seemed to me they weren’t forthcoming.

I’ve kept my nose to the ground, so I wasn’t certain whey
we hadn’t seen it yet. Evidently you ran across something I
didn’t.


195 posted on 07/15/2024 3:13:19 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: jjotto

I had not seen the caliber mentioned prior to this either.


196 posted on 07/15/2024 3:14:01 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: thegagline

I guess the sheriff came from the Uvalde school of policing or something.

They are big and tough shaking down speeders in the name of ‘revenue enhancement’, but otherwise, not so much.


197 posted on 07/15/2024 3:19:53 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: thegagline

These small town cops are often little better than one those fat security guards you’d find at a shopping mall. The cop did not need to be Chuck Norris, but he could have called in the threat in a timely manner.


198 posted on 07/15/2024 3:23:56 PM PDT by Tipllub
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To: thegagline

Now that we know “he’s” a “he,” why did “he” not get on “his” coms and warn everyone. But it’s moot, if Crooks immediately opened fire, which I don’t believe. Crooks had to take the time to locate his target and line up his sights on him. Fortunately, between squeezing the trigger and the flight of the bullet, DJT happened to turn his head to the side, and thereby his life was saved by a Higher Power. But don’t tell me he was able to do all that in the twinkling of an eye after threatening the LEO and making him retreat. What a numb nuts. He froze and failed to communicate.


199 posted on 07/15/2024 3:27:19 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Clhild in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Magnum44

“Very different circumstances. Kyle was the one cornered.”

Kyle was a 17 year old hero.
This cop is a professional law enforcement officer who couldn’t hold Kyle’s jock


200 posted on 07/15/2024 3:28:05 PM PDT by map
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