I totally get what you’re saying but I think like SO many people would fit that profile at first glance. He also could have looked like a computer nerd or a typical college kid. Especially in a rural setting, a lot of guys his age would have hair and clothing like his.
Yes, that sounds scary. You and Trump were both lucky, but it shouldn’t be a matter of luck in either case. Trump is one tough cookie, and seems more determined than ever. IMO
Some info on the father.
The dad appears like a run of the mill gun owner.
Online footprint ties gunman’s father to gun marketplaces
Details emerge on crucial element in assassination attempt: The AR-15-style rifle that was found with the shooter.www.usatoday.com
Secret Service head REFUSES to resign after Trump shooting
Follow DailyMail.com's U.S. politics blog for all the developments from the fallout of the Trump assassination attempt and the Republican National Convention.www.dailymail.co.uk
nypost.com/2024/07/15/media/morning-joe-pulled-from-air-monday-over-trump-assassination-attempt/
cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html
It also emerged that the roof from which the gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at Donald Trump had previously been flagged as a potential security problem by the Secret Service.
Red emphasis mine.
Curious if the secret service had mentioned this before -- or after -- the assassination attempt ?
Because if the SS voiced concerns before, one might think they would have told the local LE to get themselves up on those roofs and cover that area !
Imo.
Omo.
That is what I had thought, but it seems that the incident has increased interest in political rallies, and in support for Donald Trump. Going by social media more are planning to attend future rallies.
Good. It kinda reminds me of the defiant attitude following 9/11. "No one can push us around".
TBH, a field outside a small town is less expensive than a big-city venue.
I myself would be scared to, especially with that poor man who was killed. But I guess people assume, lightening never strikes twice.
SBM
Also maybe because now security will surely be ramped up for all political rallies.
What I remember clearly about the days following 9/11 (I live in Manhattan) is how the country UNITED, instantly.
I’ll admit I have to hand it to him for just being able to think of the crowd at all in that moment. It would have been really easy not to and it does seem like his gesture of “I’m okay” kept some chaos at bay.
On retrospect, in a country with so many guns like ours, maybe an outside venue was not wise.Bringing my post over from the first thread :
" Even if the perp accessed the roof fully outside of the rally perimeters, i.e., the area people had to pass through metal detectors --- then that was too small !
US - Shots fired at Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania as former president is seen with blood across his face, 13 July 2024
I think he wanted the shoes to protect his feet. Who knows what laid ahead in the path to the vehicle, rocks, gravel, broken glass. Sometimes I forget and walk across the road to visit a neighbor without my shoes. Everytime I step on a tiny rock is excruciating. Moo It reminded me of 9/11...
Roughly 150 yards was the distance from the perp to Trump, or 450 feet; and the perimeter was less than that, as it didn't include the buildings to the side ?
Since a bullet can travel much farther than that, why not secure as large a distance as a perp could reasonably shoot someone ?
They needed someone on that roof and prob. the building & roof behind that one as well.
This could have been even worse if there'd been more than the single perp.
I'm questioning if the secret service decided the area outside of the staging and crowd areas didn't need beefed-up security; and they thought the other buildings didn't pose a threat ?
And if so, why ?
My opinion and am saying this a layperson without experience in security --I would have made sure any rooftops had secret service in place as a precaution.
Too close and too tempting for a deranged shooter.
Omo."
Even if it was solely the local LE's responsibility, and not the secret service --I'm assuming the SS and possibly the PA LE would've known the other two buildings needed to be secured on their rooftops as well ?
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635097/Secret-Service-trump-assassination-Thomas-Matthew-Crooks.html
'This isn't a big place, there's not a lot of buildings around here, why is everything not covered.'
If a rally attendee/ordinary person observed a lack in security, wouldn't the secret service already known and taken steps in advance.
At the very least, if the person in charge of the SS had assumed the local LE was in charge of the other buildings-- I'd have checked to make sure everything was fully protected, including all nearby buildings.
Omo.
