If you watch how they dog piled and surrounded him with their bodies to take anymore incoming shots, I’m not sure how you can say that. There were screwups but I doubt it was because they didn’t care about Trump’s safety.
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Someone posted earlier that it was to a Democrat PAC in Chicago and IIRC, it was around the time of Biden's inaugration.
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This article is from 2023, so it does not directly reference this assassination attempt, but it addresses the unique situation of protecting Trump as both a former president and a presidential candidate.
Former presidents are covered for life but presidential candidates (other than an incumbent, of course) begin coverage 120 days before a general election. I believe that is now as the election is November 5th.
However, former presidents, while receiving lifetime protection, do NOT receive the intense amount of protection that a sitting president receives. IMO this is just, as there is only one president at a time and that is not Trump right now.
I know that there were not as extensive frozen zones in Manhattan when Trump was in court or at Trump Tower as when I was stuck in frozen zones for a sitting President passing through Manhattan, and when Jimmy Carter was a candidate I’ve mentioned already that we were given complete access to him in the 1970s on my college campus. In fact, when he was done speaking I ran around to the back of the hall where he spoke and was face to face with him as he rolled down his limo window. Of course he was only a candidate then and not yet president or a former president.
However, this article states that if Homeland Security determines that a particular candidate needs ramped-up Secret Service protection, a decision for that can be made. When Carter was running, of course we did not yet have a Department of Homeland Security.
Clearly things change as the threat profiles change. After all, Secret Service began as part of the Treasury Department and not as a protector of presidents.
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I am still waiting to see proof of him walking around with a gun. There were metal detectors at the event according to statements.
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Yes I agree they did dog pound him. All those tall men managed to secure position behind Trump, placing a much shorter female directly in front of Trump's body.
Not providing security and oversight for the surrounding area is all on the secret service. All the reports of the shooter and the secret service didn't respond is all on the secret service.
Creating an assessment, acknowledging weaknesses and unsecured areas, and doing nothing, is all on the secret service.
The secret service is required by federal law to protect previous presidents and their spouse.
I've been investigation is complete that charges will be filed against some of these agents. According to law they are 100% responsible. They can and do used partner agencies but the bottom line the law holds them accountable.
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The metal detectors were to get inside the venue itself. Although he allegedly was spotted near them, he ultimately fired from outside the perimeter.
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Gunman bought ammo at Bethel Park gun store hours before deadly shooting at Trump rally, sources say
The gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump purchased 50 rounds of ammunition at Allegheny Arms and Gun Works in Bethel Park hours before the...
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A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said investigators were able to quickly trace the gun Crooks used.
"ATF was on the scene within minutes and completed an urgent trace through ATF's National Tracing Center based on out of business records from a closed gun dealer," spokeswoman Kristina Mastropasqua said in a statement.
She said bureau investigators traced the gun within 30 minutes, helping the FBI and Secret Service to identify Crooks.
Ms. Mastropasqua said the bureau was also helping to investigate the explosive devices and apparent bomb-making material.
Federal authorities say they're investigating Saturday's shooting not just as an attempted assassination, but a possible act of domestic terrorism.
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yes, but statements have been made that they saw him walking around the event with the gun... I have seen no proof supporting that, if that were true , he would have passed through the detectors and there is no way that happened.
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purchase was a legal transaction, gun used was legalGunman bought ammo at Bethel Park gun store hours before deadly shooting at Trump rally, sources say
The gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump purchased 50 rounds of ammunition at Allegheny Arms and Gun Works in Bethel Park hours before the...
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A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said investigators were able to quickly trace the gun Crooks used.
"ATF was on the scene within minutes and completed an urgent trace through ATF's National Tracing Center based on out of business records from a closed gun dealer," spokeswoman Kristina Mastropasqua said in a statement.
She said bureau investigators traced the gun within 30 minutes, helping the FBI and Secret Service to identify Crooks.
Ms. Mastropasqua said the bureau was also helping to investigate the explosive devices and apparent bomb-making material.
Federal authorities say they're investigating Saturday's shooting not just as an attempted assassination, but a possible act of domestic terrorism.
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I posted the law a couple of times it doesn't delineate a reduced protection.
Now the secret service might try to spend that story, but that is not what the law states. The only loophole I found is if a president declines coverage and Trump has not denied coverage.
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This case is hot news in my country in Europe (Poland)
From my country's MSM
"According to a military expert:
'American services should have immediately received a 'red flag' when they saw a 20-year-old man lying on the roof.
- No one lies alone on the roof and no one works alone.
(in military/special services)
All over the world people work in pairs and even in threes.
We have a spotter who sees what's happening nearby.
He has a larger angle and better visibility.
And next to him is a sniper who has a scope and can see the target.
And they communicate with each other.
If someone told me that there was one person lying on the roof,
the reaction of the services should have been immediate' - says a former military man.
'During this type of events,
the services protect individual sectors.
There is a division of sectors, and unfortunately, responsibility for safety in them often overlaps.
If the information that someone was on the roof reached one of the sectors, there could have been a scuffle between the services.
No one wanted to take responsibility for this particular place with the gunman on the roof.
Already then,
precious seconds were running out'
- says a security expert and veteran of Military Unit."
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From my country's MSM
"According to a military expert:
'American services should have immediately received a 'red flag' when they saw a 20-year-old man lying on the roof.
- No one lies alone on the roof and no one works alone.
(in military/special services)
All over the world people work in pairs and even in threes.
We have a spotter who sees what's happening nearby.
He has a larger angle and better visibility.
And next to him is a sniper who has a scope and can see the target.
And they communicate with each other.
If someone told me that there was one person lying on the roof,
the reaction of the services should have been immediate' - says a former military man.
'During this type of events,
the services protect individual sectors.
There is a division of sectors, and unfortunately, responsibility for safety in them often overlaps.
If the information that someone was on the roof reached one of the sectors, there could have been a scuffle between the services.
No one wanted to take responsibility for this particular place with the gunman on the roof.
Already then,
precious seconds were running out'
- says a security expert and veteran of Military Unit."
Zamach na Donalda Trumpa. "To snajperska walka lufa na lufę"
- To była odległość ok. 120-140 metrów. Zamachowca nie zlikwidowano wcześniej, bo najwyraźniej zawiodła komunikacja między służbami – mówi WP Paweł Mateńczuk "Naval", ekspert ds. bezpieczeństwa, weteran
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I am not a gun person at all, although I am a parent of young adults.
Whenever something happens on the road or at school events or workplaces my children might be involved with, my mind immediately snaps to their safety.
A kid swerved into a tree? Where are my kids is my first question.
So, I think if I had an AR15 and knew my child borrowed it, I could imagine that my first thought when there is a shooting is, "Is my child okay?"
It doesn't strike me as that unusual that a parent would think of his child first when something is going on.
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I don't see this person as a "sniper" I will go as far as gunman but I personally do not feel this was a well planned "mission" just my thoughts. I think we have a lot of lone wolf shooters here. And we know that one officer did call it in was that for back up or? He did not get very many shots in I feel he was taken down quickly, I mean preferred would be he was taken down prior but there are protocols and communications were ongoing between officers I believe. Great to see a foreign perspective though. I heard maybe 6 shots, and some of those were from LE so they got him very quickly in my opinion.This case is hot news in my country in Europe (Poland)
From my country's MSM
"According to a military expert:
'American services should have immediately received a 'red flag' when they saw a 20-year-old man lying on the roof.
- No one lies alone on the roof and no one works alone.
All over the world people work in pairs and even in threes.
We have a spotter who sees what's happening nearby.
It has a larger angle and better visibility.
And next to him is a sniper who has a scope and can see the target.
And they communicate with each other.
If someone told me that there was one person lying on the roof,
the reaction of the services should have been immediate' - says a former military man.
'During this type of events,
the services protect individual sectors.
There is a division of sectors, and unfortunately, responsibility for safety in them often overlaps.
If the information that someone was on the roof reached one of the sectors, there could have been a scuffle between the services.
No one wanted to take responsibility for this particular place with the gunman on the roof.
Already then,
precious seconds were running out'
- says a security expert and veteran of Military Unit."
Zamach na Donalda Trumpa. "To snajperska walka lufa na lufę"
- To była odległość ok. 120-140 metrów. Zamachowca nie zlikwidowano wcześniej, bo najwyraźniej zawiodła komunikacja między służbami – mówi WP Paweł Mateńczuk "Naval", ekspert ds. bezpieczeństwa, weteran
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Thinking aloud, I wonder if the detonator and the wired car was his escape plan, if they started coming towards him , explode the car and run....regardless LE did not let him have a chance to cause more damage with an explosion.
Some people would freeze in a situaton where they had been shot like that, but President Trump's instincts kicked in when he heard and felt the bullet hit him, and he got down immediately.
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Yes. But he thought his son was the shooter, as opposed to a victim of the shooter. That’s a big difference.
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Watching the ABC News exclusive now with the SS Director.
She’s not going to resign.
Also, how did I miss this - local police were INSIDE the building as the shooter was up on the roof?
What? Why were they inside when Trump was already on stage?
She’s not going to resign.
Also, how did I miss this - local police were INSIDE the building as the shooter was up on the roof?
What? Why were they inside when Trump was already on stage?
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