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This link talks about a woman that was addressing Crooks by name in the crowd, and this is the first I've heard that mentioned anywhere.
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Cops found a remote detonator next to Thomas Crooks' cellphone
A remote detonator was found on would-be assassin Thomas Crooks' body alongside his cell phone after he was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.www.dailymail.co.uk
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The remote detonator is seen next to Thomas Crooks' cellphone.
Could be anyone that knows him, 50 miles is not that far. Maybe a former teacher?This link talks about a woman that was addressing Crooks by name in the crowd, and this is the first I've heard that mentioned anywhere.
Edit: It's a teaser to another article on this site located here: More unanswered questions from Trump rally shooting
The video in question isn't new, it's one of the first to emerge (you've probably already seen it) and the woman is yelling "Ross!" (or Russ) - it sounds like to one of her kids or something.Could be anyone that knows him, 50 miles is not that far. Maybe a former teacher?
I wonder who the sniper was (police verse Secret Service) and to whom he reported the range finder to?Thomas Crooks pictured ONE hour before he shot Trump: Sniper identified gunman acting suspiciously checking his cell phone and a rangefinder at rally when they took this photo
Do you have a link? I can't find itThe video in question isn't new, it's one of the first to emerge (you've probably already seen it) and the woman is yelling "Ross!" (or Russ) - it sounds like to one of her kids or something.
Thanks, @Arkay, for understanding how brainstorming works. It is an imprecise, messy process to test ideas, tossing what doesn't work, and honing on in what does make sense. And thanks for your thoughtful rebuttal - very good points.Hi neighbor…I know you’re just spitballing around your theory about Crooks identifying with Oswald, and somewhere you also wrote that you see somewhat of a physical resemblance between them.
I have to admit I don’t see it at all. I don’t see any physical resemblance, but beyond that I believe that at present, they don’t seem motivated by the same ideology.
Unless and until we learn more about Crooks’ motive, I agree that as yet we don’t know about any potential political issue he had with Trump in particular.
The opposite is true about Oswald. I think we are all familiar with his history, in that he was a fervent Communist at the height of America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union. He defected to the Soviet Union and gave up his American citizenship for awhile, and of course married a Soviet citizen.
When he and Marina did come back to America, Oswald tried relentlessly to get a visa to go to Cuba but he was rejected.
Therefore, JFK represented to Oswald an enemy of Communism and ergo a “justified” political target for assassination. Oswald’s Communist beliefs were not hidden and though he lived in a world without the Internet and cable TV, he blasted his beliefs everywhere he could.
Perhaps we will discover in time that TC had very strong opinions that led him to believe he had to dispose of Trump, but as of yet I don’t see anything that ties TC and Oswald together.
Just my opinion, too! Respect for yours.
Iran will always be looking for a way to kill Trump. Hope they never develop a Hellfire eTrump security boosted weeks ago over Iran plot to kill him
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Trump security boosted weeks ago over Iran plot to kill him
There is no link between the plot and Saturday's attack, but disclosure raises questions over how a gunman got so close.www.bbc.co.uk
So, if I understand all the reporting and punditry correctly, the security design originally approved was that local LE's job was to make sure no one got up on the roof of the building in which they were headquartered. Even assuming that the local officers were not normally assigned to security work, HOW HARD IS THAT ASSIGNMENT?
I think your reference to Paddock is very telling:In Paddock's case, I think he was just an evil man who shot up the concertgoers out of anger over his declining health and gambling losses. Total loser behavior
This one though. So challenging given that Thomas Crooks was a conservative like Trump.
tech proficientI strongly believe he was using a VPN to research.
Agreed.What was needed was security preventing access to rooftops by anyone who wasn't SS/LE... not necessarily a sniper ON that roof. Again, this seems to be basic preventative action... not rocket science.
jmo
So if he voted in the mid term elections in 2022, that is intresting. I wonder if he was intrested in local politics. I'll look and see what elections were going on in 2022 in Pa. Maybe he registered Republican because he supported some local candidates that are Republicans.. did he have a parting of ideas with anyone local.. has anyone locally (meaning state level) endorsed Trump publicly in recent months?
Neighbors said they saw pro-Trump signs in the Crooks' yard as recently as several months ago.
“There absolutely was MAGA-supporting signs for a while,” Little said.