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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks was not a member of rifle team, wasn’t bullied despite previous reports, school claims
NY Post ^ | 7/20/24 | Olivia Land

Posted on 07/20/2024 12:05:20 PM PDT by hardspunned

Failed Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ high school further deepened the mystery surrounding the disturbed shooter’s teen years Saturday when officials denied allegations that he tried out for its rifle team, was bullied and threatened to shoot up the school years before carrying out his sinister plot.

Bethel Park High School “has no record” of Crooks, 20, trying out for the school’s rifle team, it said in an updated statement Saturday.

“The coach does not recall meeting him. However, it is possible that Crooks informally attended a practice, took a shot, and never returned,” the statement read.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Yorlik803

LOL.


41 posted on 07/20/2024 1:03:16 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: GSWarrior

We don’t yet know the details of Trumps injury either.


42 posted on 07/20/2024 1:04:04 PM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: marktwain

See post 32. He wasn’t self taught. He didn’t learn at home.

Crooks was trained to do this job not knowing he was a patsy. Never to leave that rooftop alive.


43 posted on 07/20/2024 1:05:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: jjotto

I can’t tell when anyone is being sincere, or playing a game, on these Crooks threads.


44 posted on 07/20/2024 1:06:15 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Yorlik803

Those facts could be rumors. But they pale in comparison to the most hideous, awful, vomit inducing thing that’s been said....

He had a picture of Fani Willis on his cell phone. Perhaps he got some self loving out of them?


45 posted on 07/20/2024 1:09:16 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Vermont Lt

“good old crazy and lazy can account for every mistake made here”...

except one.

Nobody notified SS on stage of the clear and present danger.

That is comm sabotage imho.

That is an “active measure”.


46 posted on 07/20/2024 1:11:15 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: John S Mosby
'Rob Bootay, a lawyer for the club, confirmed in a statement that the younger Crooks was a member.

'The club, which has about 2,000 members, features a rifle shooting range that is roughly 200 yards long, according to a CNN analysis of satellite images – longer than the distance between Crooks and Trump when he fired at the former president while perched on a nearby rooftop. The range is tucked into 180 acres of woodlands in the hills south of Pittsburgh.

“The Club fully admonishes the senseless act of violence that occurred,” Bootay said, adding that he could not “make any additional commentary in relation to this matter in light of pending law enforcement investigations.”


https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/us/thomas-crooks-trump-rally-shooting-invs/index.html
47 posted on 07/20/2024 1:12:16 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Kathy in OC

We don’t yet know the details of Trumps injury either.

___________________________

I know. Official White House physician to President Trump - Dr. Ronny Jackson - examined Trump after the shooting and pronounced him fine.

https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/us-news/former-trump-doctor-gives-update-on-ex-prezs-wound-after-assassination-attempt/


48 posted on 07/20/2024 1:12:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: hardspunned

He was just your typical hard working dietary aide who obviously got radicalized at his place of work which was a nursing home.

The FBI has long considered nursing homes a breeding ground for Ak-47 wielding and bomb making terrorists.

The FBI is committed to fighting the war on terror wherever they may find it, whether it be at these hot beds or local school board meetings.


49 posted on 07/20/2024 1:16:44 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: hardspunned

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Lies.

Fill the arena with Lies.

Obfuscate and close Investigation in 6-7 years.


50 posted on 07/20/2024 1:17:15 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Jamestown1630

Very interesting. So the Clairton Shooting Club trained Crooks how to get into position, find the target, adjust the scope as needed and then fire a bullseye?

All in a few seconds?


51 posted on 07/20/2024 1:20:08 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: hardspunned

There was never a claim made that he was a member of the school riffle team. Never never was that claim made.

The claim was that he tried out to be a member of the rigle team and was rejected.

Big Big difference. As there would probably not even be any record that he ever tried out.

I just hate the deception here.


52 posted on 07/20/2024 1:21:00 PM PDT by Revel
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To: TauntedTiger

What east-coast schools even have “rifle teams” anymore?


53 posted on 07/20/2024 1:22:27 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: cgbg

Incompetence doesn’t equal conspiracy.


54 posted on 07/20/2024 1:24:48 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m sure that wasn’t the only place he ‘learned’ things.

How do you suppose he learned to put together explosives?
Anything anyone wants to know is out there now, free but for the keystrokes.


55 posted on 07/20/2024 1:28:29 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Vermont Lt

It figures a nevertrump troll such as yourself would carry water for the deep state. They knew the kid was on that roof at least 20 minutes before the shooting and did nothing and let him take the shot. This is more than just incompetence.


56 posted on 07/20/2024 1:31:06 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: cgbg

Incompetence doesn’t equal conspiracy.


57 posted on 07/20/2024 1:31:16 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t see anything special in his shooting, in basic when my ancient open sight AR-15 jammed as we were shooting the 300 yard targets a range sergeant helped me unjam it, as I was standing there watching him I realized the target was going to drop in seconds, I snatched the rifle from him and hit it, standing instead of in the prone position and without careful aiming.

We don’t even know if Crooks was aiming at the head from that fairly close distance or if he was using open sights or a scope, but a close one out of several at that distance isn’t impressive.


58 posted on 07/20/2024 1:31:38 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ohioman

Who, exactly, knew?


59 posted on 07/20/2024 1:34:27 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

I need mental floss for that image....urg


60 posted on 07/20/2024 1:34:38 PM PDT by Yorlik803
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