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.”
There are two cowards of the county. At the least, he could have fired into air to alert good (if there were any) security people.
Had that officer even fired his pistol up in the air when he backed off the assassin sniper when he got an AR pointed at him, then the SS sniper counterfire team would have been searching and ready to fire, even according to their own effed up ROEs. IMO, Uvalde heroism on that officer’s part.
i call BS ... a properly trained LEO radios in a mayday as he climbs the ladder with one hand, and then continues to climb one-handed, with his firearm readied in the hand that had been operating his vest radio, and the first thing over the top should be his firearm aimed across the roof and ready to shoot ... the ladder is a 24’ aluminum extension ladder laid against a two story building ... pretty much any physically fit LEO should have little trouble climbing such a ladder with one hand ... a little slower than with two hands, but still quite doable ...
Putting aside what the cop did or didn’t do - let’s stay focused on the fact cops and the Secret Service knew there was a threat.
People in the crowd alerted them to the shooter. Based on that a local cop went up to investigate.
But still no one scrambled to a Red Alert Condition. Instead good guys watch the sniper fire into the crowd.
Based on the story reported here, the officer in question had no opportunity to shoot at the would be assassin, or to otherwise disrupt what he was trying to do, simply because he had both of his hands on the roof while attempting to gain access to the roof. It’s not like he had a third hand in which to hold a firearm. This story also reports that the shooter began shooting at Trump immediately after this officer retreated. So, according to the story, the Officer not only had no opportunity to do anything about the shooter, but he also had no time in which to radio for help of any kind.
The real question here is: is the story above actually what happened, or is it derived from the testimony of a guy trying to save his ass for failing to do his job? Right now, none of us knows whether that officer was telling the truth or not. I think that it is only fair to find out if his version of what happened is the truth, or not.
Meanwhile, I would focus a lot more on the actions of the Secret Service, and particularly on decisions made by supervisory agents and the higher echelons of the Secret Service. It is, after all, the job of the Secret Service to handle security for Presidential candidates. I have also heard, from a friend who is familiar with Secret Service procedures, that no local law enforcement is allowed to carry loaded firearms when a President or Presidential candidate is anywhere nearby - I honestly don’t know if that is true or not, and would welcome more definitive information from anyone here who knows for sure, one way or the other. Another factor that needs to be investigated is that both Harris and Jill Biden were in Pennsylvania on Saturday, each with their own Secret Service protection (and the combination of 3 protective details resulted in less coverage for Trump. There are 50 states in the union, and just by sheer coincidence the first lady and the vice president are in the same state on the same exact day that Donald Trump is there? I find such a “coincidence” to be entirely too convenient for a political party and an entrenched, corrupt bureaucracy to have not planned to leave some holes in Trump’s security, and to have thus allowed this guy to gain access and be able to get shots off. Sorry, after the JFK assassination, it is impossible to entirely trust the government, because there are always some people, who are corrupt and willing to murder others to protect or enrich themselves.