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Local cop who interrupted Thomas Crooks but failed to stop him is a hero who saved Trump’s life, sheriff says
NY Post ^ | 7/17/2024 | Steven Vago and Social Links forDavid Propper

Posted on 07/17/2024 8:31:25 AM PDT by frogjerk

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To: SaveFerris

He should have first, radioed it in to the SS and got his weapon out and ready before climbing the ladder. Instead of actually saving everyone’s lives, he pulled a Uvalde. Truth be told, the interruption may have killed Corey and may have sent the bullet closer to Trump. No, he needs to be disciplined and fired for not doing his sworn duty and eliminating the thread.


61 posted on 07/17/2024 9:29:03 AM PDT by bgill
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To: frogjerk

I’m guessing that Mr. Comperatore’s family don’t think that cop is much of a hero.


62 posted on 07/17/2024 9:29:06 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: JayGalt

[The attached story confirms the ladder was there at the time & Federal agents noted it.

“Chillingly some images show a ladder, hidden by dense shrubbery, propped against the side of the AGR building, leading directly to the rooftop across which witnesses later told law enforcement they saw Crooks scramble.

The images of the strategically placed ladder have emerged as Secret Service admit they did not sweep the building where the shooter took his position, but instead entrusted that role to local law enforcement officers. Federal agents could be seen inspecting the ladder which, from the ground, would be all but invisible.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635887/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-images-roof.html]


The best that can be said of the Daily Mail is that it is often early. But it is also often wrong. It is the only account that mentions a ladder propped against the building. IIRC, it once referred to the assassin being a Chinese national.

The building doesn’t exactly cover a square mile. It defies logic that cops wouldn’t take the 10 or so seconds needed to loop around the building looking for an easy way up, so they could get to the roof armed and ready, instead of panting and out of breath, helpless as a newborn babe, barely holding on to the edge with both hands.


63 posted on 07/17/2024 9:29:42 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: bgill

👍👍👍


64 posted on 07/17/2024 9:32:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Chengdu54
address their own ignorance.

Boy! You got your nerve, accusing others of ignorance. Self awareness is non existent in you.
65 posted on 07/17/2024 9:37:08 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: JoSixChip

Were the local cops armed? Crowd control guys, not sniper teams.

Was it the armed sniper team in the building who tried to take a look at the roof, or were their orders not to leave their post?

Was it the foot patrol? Does the USSS permit the ordinary assisting police officer to carry a firearm? I don’t know if they should - my instinct would be no. Duties would be unarmed crowd control, risk assessment, communication.

I could be wrong.


66 posted on 07/17/2024 9:37:17 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: frogjerk

Yes.. I heard the interview early on, giving the whole story on this cop who interfaced with the shooter.

Then the coverage portrayed that officer as only running away.

Bad rap by drive-by media, who didn’t yet know there even *Was* a ladder. ☹️


67 posted on 07/17/2024 9:38:22 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. )
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To: Sacajaweau

“Are you telling me that no one that was IN that building walked the perimeter?”

That’s kinda what I’m thinking too.

I admit that I’m no planner of security for events like these - but i couldn’t help but wonder why the parking lot behind the GRS building was not manned by a couple of LEO’s to shoo people away? To me, it looks like the shooter walked unimpeded right up to the building.


68 posted on 07/17/2024 9:38:57 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: armourenthusiast

He did.


69 posted on 07/17/2024 9:39:01 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. )
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To: heartwood
Were the local cops armed?

It's hard to take you people serious.
70 posted on 07/17/2024 9:39:43 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: frogjerk

Funny how the media isn’t saying much about ROE, waiting for authorization before CST can pull the Trigger.


71 posted on 07/17/2024 9:41:42 AM PDT by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: JoSixChip

Are you joking? Or do facts not matter to you?


72 posted on 07/17/2024 9:41:53 AM PDT by Chengdu54 (This is a time for which the 2nd Amendment was intended. )
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To: JoSixChip

They probably got issued one bullet like Barney Fife.


73 posted on 07/17/2024 9:43:56 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: frogjerk

If it happened the way its been described, that event may have forced the little moron to hastily take his first cold-bore shot.
FWIW, anyone that’s been involved with precision rifle shooting knows that a cold bore shot can drift off quite a bit....as much as a couple of inches at a 100 yards based on conditions. Unless one (professional sniper types, bench rest shooters, etc.) is intimately familiar with one’s rifle & the performance characteristics of the specific ammo being used, it can really be tough to compensate for when speaking from a precision performance perspective.
Regardless of how it went down, it’s only by the grace of God that Trump survived it. And for that, I’m very thankful. Thank you, Lord!


74 posted on 07/17/2024 9:45:57 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: JoSixChip

Consider all the cops who affiliate with BLM, LGBTQ. The Muslim cops. Feminist pro-abortion literally Hitler cops. The cops corrupted by the Narcoterrorist-human smuggling gangs. Unstable cops. Cops with heartfelt grudges. Christopher Dorner cops.

A lot of motives out there. More in some places than others.


75 posted on 07/17/2024 9:48:04 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: ChessExpert
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle called “me to thank our office and of course other local law enforcement officers for their duties and the high respect they have for what we did.”

That’s the best endorsement he’s got?

Yep!... that's it. Washington blows a little smoke up your A$$ and you're supposed to be happy and content!

76 posted on 07/17/2024 9:48:09 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: frogjerk

I wonder if we’ll ever really know what happened... I mean, before the Oliver Stone movie comes out.


77 posted on 07/17/2024 9:49:03 AM PDT by Egon (I collect spores, molds, and fungus.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Planned incompetence for deniability.

In addition, the gunman knew where to go and had confidence that he wouldn’t be stopped.

Inside job.


78 posted on 07/17/2024 9:50:56 AM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: cdcdawg

Correct. Ask Corey Comperatore’s family if he should be called a hero.


79 posted on 07/17/2024 9:51:45 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Gender dysphoria is now a federally protected mental illness.)
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To: Chengdu54
Or do facts not matter to you?

You've got no facts, and you lemmings seek to defend the indefensible. The guy had a job to do, he failed miserable. People were injured and one died. My God the past/next POTUS was damn near killed.
80 posted on 07/17/2024 9:54:50 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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