ding ding ding ding... winner.... winner.

Faux news is already reporting he was a "registered republican" and I also saw a report that he "donated to Biden".

Come on, man...

MACS wrote:

No, you common, man!
Explain why is this a L v. R and Dem v. REP issue in any way at all?

rfenst wrote:

Another story about a local policeman confronting the shooter and backing away.

"Officer encountered Trump rally gunman moments before shooting: Source | NewsNation Now"

Gene363 wrote:

A single scared cop, not fulfilling their oath to serve and protect. Sounds like Ineptitude.

Think of the 30 officers paralized with fear in Uvalde. If that can happen, this can happen.

Thanks for the share, Gene.

8trackdisco wrote:

LEO hiring standards have fallen considerably. Departments across the country are understaffed because it’s fast losing its appeal as an honorable profession.

About 10-12 years ago I had to attend two weeks of mandatory training because in my off days I detailed as a School Resource Officer. Every thing we did was based off running towards the sound of shots being fired. Our mandate was to do whatever necessary to protect the students even at the peril of our own lives. Now it seems that every time there is an active shooter situation LEO’s seem to be running away.

Abrignac wrote:

At this point it is just a story, I do hope we do get the full story.

Gene363 wrote:

This video includes diagrams of the buildings and the actions of the various Secret Service teams.

Secret Service Sniper Drops Would-Be Assassin

Gene363 wrote:

At this point it is just a story, I do hope we do get the full story.

Gene363 wrote:

LEO hiring standards have fallen considerably. Departments across the country are understaffed because it’s fast losing its appeal as an honorable profession.

About 10-12 years ago I had to attend two weeks of mandatory training because in my off days I detailed as a School Resource Officer. Every thing we did was based off running towards the sound of shots being fired. Our mandate was to do whatever necessary to protect the students even at the peril of our own lives. Now it seems that every time there is an active shooter situation LEO’s seem to be running away.

abrignac wrote:

The answer needed is why the shooter was able to get shots off at all?

If you get a piece of audio stream with the shots in the background, there are distinct differences in the sounds of the rifle reports. First several almost click sounding "pop, pop, pop" followed by several lower frequency reports. My assumption here is that the assassin's rifle report was the first and the response from the SS Sniper(s) was following.

In this snippet

https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/secret-service-blames-local-police-says-it-was-tasked-with-securing-properties-surrounding-trumps-pa-rally/ 

go to 00:40 and listen to the event. If the recording of the rifle reports is what I assume above, it presents a bit of a problem. The SS sniper team takes how long to zero in on a target once identified? I am not a rifle guy, but it seems it would take longer than the span of time between the rifle reports. So either the sniper team was already acquiring or had already acquired the target and was prepared to shoot.

If the delay was due to actively acquiring the target, the failure is a different circumstance than if the target had already been acquired and the SS sniper waited to shoot until after the assassin opened fire.

Tiver wrote:

The officer may have alerted the SS too. I did see a post from the guy that supposedly took out the shooter, that he was on him, but permission to fire was withheld for some time, kind sounds like BS though.

Gene363 wrote:

It gets worse and worse...

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1812642041391915384 

DrMaddVibe wrote:

The more footage that comes out from the rally, the less it looks like incompetence. Watch this, how ??

I do not believe he needed permission. !00% discretion. That makes sense to me.

rfenst wrote:

It makes sense to me as well, however even in Afghanistan permission had to come from above to allow shooting.

Gene363 wrote:

Yup, same this on Instagram.

Another video of people telling the police there is a guy on the roof:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9ccj6RilP3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

Gene363 wrote:

No doubt.



Regardless I stand by my assessment of the state of LEO hiring. It seems that on more than one recent occasion when there were mass school shootings LEO’s didn’t immediately run towards the sounds of gunfire. If one isn’t willing to fulfill all the obligations of wearing the badge one shouldn’t be wearing it.

Abrignac wrote: