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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: shanover

Exactly right. The would-be assassin is distracted and turns his rifle to the police officer. Why wasn’t he killed instantly when he threatened the police officer?


41 posted on 07/15/2024 12:55:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Apparently not but we will never know since the local cop didn’t try
Or even just fire his weapon into the air


42 posted on 07/15/2024 12:56:27 PM PDT by RWGinger (FJB)
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To: thegagline

Is anyone surprised?


43 posted on 07/15/2024 12:56:39 PM PDT by redgolum
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I thought he alerted the SS immediately after moving away. Read that. Who knows where?


44 posted on 07/15/2024 12:57:07 PM PDT by madison10
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Yes, like the BS story of one officer boosting another onto that roof. It was too high for that. There are pictures of the ladder the shooter used to get up there. The cop, if one really went up there, used the same ladder the shooter did.


45 posted on 07/15/2024 12:57:38 PM PDT by NorthWoody (Half of all people are below average, and half of those are in the bottom 25%.)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

I was about to post the same.


46 posted on 07/15/2024 12:58:00 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: thegagline

We do know you would have done the same thing. Maybe you’d even have offered to be his spotter. You never-Trumpers should not be here, especially now.


47 posted on 07/15/2024 12:58:08 PM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: clashfan
Why didn’t the officer go up there with gun already drawn? I would have.

I've been thinking about it. And, without being there, and not knowing the actual facts, I can give this officer some benefit of the doubt. Have you ever climbed onto your roof from a ladder using only one hand (if he's supposed to have his weapon drawn)? It's not stairs. He was using both hands to try to lift himself onto the roof, so he wouldn't have ready access to his weapon. The perp supposedly aimed his rifle at the officer.

The officer's head and torso would be exposed and then his legs as he swings them up to get on the roof. If he stands on the rungs and tries to peek over and shoot, he's still exposing his head and possibly torso, trying to maintain balance on a ladder, and trying to possibly get a shot off shooting toward the perp, and from the location of the ladder, shooting toward the perp would also result in shooting toward President Trump and the crowd if he misses a shot.

Again, this is armchair quarterbacking. I wasn't there. There is video of the perp climbing the ladder and crawling across the roof, but I have seen any video of the LEO who climbed up the ladder after the perp.

48 posted on 07/15/2024 12:58:22 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

1) The deputy should have used the ladder the perp used.
2) you are correct, at a minimum you fire shots in the air to alert everyone.
3) We won’t talk about the deputy simply radioing the security detail. They are all in sync with the SS, they literally do this all the time everytime a prez or candidate comes to town, they pull state and local police from surrounding communities. Forgot the point of fleeing the perp. Most people, even LEO, are hesitant to shoot at people, just human nature. What not normal is not shooting warning shots and doing everything possible to alert the security detail.


49 posted on 07/15/2024 12:59:09 PM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

1) The deputy should have used the ladder the perp used.
2) you are correct, at a minimum you fire shots in the air to alert everyone.
3) We won’t talk about the deputy simply radioing the security detail. They are all in sync with the SS, they literally do this all the time everytime a prez or candidate comes to town, they pull state and local police from surrounding communities. Forgot the point of fleeing the perp. Most people, even LEO, are hesitant to shoot at people, just human nature. What not normal is not shooting warning shots and doing everything possible to alert the security detail.


50 posted on 07/15/2024 12:59:14 PM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: Seruzawa

> You mean to tell that if some nut pointed a rifle at you you wouldn’t retreat? <

That’s a valid point. On the other hand, none of the Secret Service agents next to Trump retreated as the bullets flew. The small female agent even tried to shield Trump with her body.

I dunno. Maybe we shouldn’t expect the same level of dedication from a sheriff as we would from a Secret Service agent. (I’m not being sarcastic there. It’s just a comment.)


51 posted on 07/15/2024 12:59:47 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: CatOwner

Protect and serve means that they protect and serve their paymasters, the government and themselves.


52 posted on 07/15/2024 1:00:34 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

Thank you for posting that. That is exactly what it says — he was being hoisted up by another officer and had his two hands on the roof edges (maybe even a gutter) trying to push up.

There was nothing else viable for him to do but drop down, and then the shooting started immediately.

This situation never should have occurred in the first place. We should not be going after the officer who tried to get up there. There are many other issues with this event.


53 posted on 07/15/2024 1:00:44 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
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To: PeterPrinciple
You can all sound brave, BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE.

When I saw 2 blacks shooting a zip gun at a Korean grocery in NY, although I was unarmed, I chased them away. I didn't do this because I was brave. I did it because it was the right thing to do.

The officer here, was derelict in her/his duty.

54 posted on 07/15/2024 1:00:53 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: goodolemr
Uvalde is hiring.

55 posted on 07/15/2024 1:00:57 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

This stinks of BS.

Cops are int the news almost daily gunning down someone that had a firearm in hand.

This cop runs away?


56 posted on 07/15/2024 1:01:10 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: clashfan

“ Why didn’t the officer go up there with gun already drawn? I would have.”

Duck below roof, grab gun, immediately go back up.
But I wasn’t there…


57 posted on 07/15/2024 1:01:53 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: thegagline

Choice

Hero and stop the shooter

Or

Coward and retreat to mayhem and death


58 posted on 07/15/2024 1:02:00 PM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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To: thegagline

“…claiming it was the right call to retreat after the gunman pointed the weapon at him.“

BALONEY!!!!

If it were a DOG, the cop would’ve shot it down, not cower in fear.

If it were ME, I’d have had my head blown right off.

But no.. this guy was there to kill Trump. “..Yeah, better back off and give him his space..”


59 posted on 07/15/2024 1:02:09 PM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: thegagline

Not sure if that is fair… you don’t just charge to get shot.

The roof needed to be secure… once he had eyes on the weapon the order to shoot should have come from Secret Service… if he doesn’t retreat he just gets shot.


60 posted on 07/15/2024 1:02:21 PM PDT by rwilson99 (How exactly would John 3:16 not apply to Mary?)
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