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274 sats \ 33 comments \ @kepford 16 Jul news

I don't claim to understand what happened but this doesn't look good at all.

They kept the rooftop open, watched the shooter, kept Trump on the stage, and didn’t do a damn thing until after he had been shot. And we’re supposed to believe it was an innocent oopsie?

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1 reply \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

To be clear, when I post a link to an article it is not an endorsement. The reason I posted it was because I think it is concerning that the reports are making articles like this harder to debunk.

People that really believe in the police and military like most Trump supporters do will find it hard to believe that the Secret Service just suck this bad right now. I mean the more I hear about this event the worse it looks.

Frankly, I'm not super concerned about Trump or Biden. I am more concerned about how the empire crumbles and the consequences.

55 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 17 Jul

Sad this has to be said.

99 sats \ 9 replies \ @k00b 16 Jul

And even as snipers on the roof near Trump saw a gunman on the other roof, Biden’s security regime refused to have agents immediately surround Trump or remove him from the stage to protect him from being shot.

I don't think this has been corroborated. There are videos of a CS looking out to that side (which they were doing the whole time), but after shots are fired he repositions as if he wasn't looking at/couldn't see the target beforehand. The explanation I've heard for this is that USSS CSs are tasked with 3rd tier threats >300 yards away.

Also quoting their own article for the “source familiar with Trump’s security detail” isn't very compelling. The DISGRACED act is evidence of intent though so if they had better evidence of support denials it'd be pretty damning even to a moderate. Watching RFK Jr. get denied USSS detail for nearly year, after numerous real threats and his obvious familial history, is enough evidence for me that the administration is willing to politically assign protection though. That on top of all the primary rigging and age gaslighting gives a reasonably clear sketch of the administration's character imo which is consistent with this article's claim.

155 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

I take no joy or excitement in thinking maybe this was intentional incompetence or intentional. I don't want that to be true but it could be true. But I'm not the average person. My guess is that most Trump supporters are either thinking it was intentional or considering that as likely.

Its not good at all.

99 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 16 Jul

Most of what I see on twitter from the new right implies if not hypothesizes intent. Most of what I see from the new left are attempts to excommunicate the shooter from the party (as if that matters), avoid party blame, and at best bite their tongue through Trump's status come up. Most of what I see from moderates is disgust at the incompetence.

All things considered, it feels like intentional incompetence to me but hopefully we eventually get evidence to suggest otherwise.

44 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

That's pretty much what I see as well.

99 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 17 Jul

I'm afraid for what happens regardless. While this isn't reported as related, blocks from the RNC a homeless man was shot and killed by police crossing the street. Emotions are heightened and they tend to be very leaky.

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jul

Anyone in law enforcement is gonna be on edge now. Even far away from these politicians.

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Its a mess.

65 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul

RFK finally received Secret Service protection yesterday.

They must think we are blind and dumb. Or they don’t care. I would probably vote for brazen, a prominent trait for the Biden Administration

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

If you were RFK would you want SS protection at this point?

65 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul

Good point

78 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jul

The excuse they gave as to why there was no one on that roof is absolutely laughable.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told ABC News on Monday that the reason there were no security personnel atop the structure where a gunman took shots at former President Donald Trump was because of “safety” concerns about the slope of its roof.

“That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” she said according to Fox News. “And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-boss-explains-why-no-one-was-stationed-on-roof-where-gunman-shot-at-trump?topStoryPosition=5

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Yeah, that's BS.

68 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 17 Jul

Not sure if it was malice or incompetence but clearly they didn’t send the A team to cover Trump.

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 17 Jul

Just watched a former Navy Seal share his thoughts and he confirmed a couple things I thought the other day.

There was a failure in the planning outside of the actual execution of protection
They should/could have used aerial surveillance with drones or choppers.

He was pretty brutal in his criticism. I think many of us that have had at least a little bit of training with firearms could see many of the flaws but I suspect we will start hearing from more and more actual experts in security.

Before this interview I didn't realize that Seals get assigned to protection detachments in different situations. I have a friend that was a Marine sniper. I'm curious what his thoughts are on all this. I suspect I know.

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 17 Jul

I have seen a couple expert interviews as well. They all seem to come to the same conclusions this guy did.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul

Plus denying the request for more agents

best case scenario is gross negligence

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

I do find it interesting that many of these stories are coming from the corporate press sources. I expect the head of the SS to resign or be fired within a week at least.

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Three snipers were stationed inside building used in Trump assassination attempt

There were three snipers stationed inside the building the shooter used during Saturday's shooting of former President Donald Trump, a local law enforcement officer with direct knowledge of the incident tells CBS News.

One of the snipers inside saw Thomas Matthew Crooks outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, a local law enforcement officer tells CBS News.

Crooks came back, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the snipers took a picture of him. Crooks took out a rangefinder and the sniper radioed to the command post. Crooks disappeared again and then came back a third time with a backpack. The snipers called in with information that he had a backpack and said he was walking towards the back of the building.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 17 Jul

No one saw the shooter climb up a ladder and onto the roof with a gentle slope?

That part is still a mystery to me

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jul

Apparently law enforcement saw him and radioed it in. They were trying to get on the roof when he was killed.

Aerial surveillance would have prevented this
Placing a local officer or SS sniper on the roof would have prevented this.

No excuse for these failures. Zero.

13 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Secret Service identified rooftop security risk before Trump rally shooting

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul

I can’t believe I what I am going to say

The House and Senate need to hire outside investigators

DOJ FBI SS DHS can’t be objective because they have too much on the line

13 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Why can't you believe it? Seems obvious to me.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul

It is obvious with a caveat: outside or special investigators have been controversial lately but controversy is no reason for shirking responsibility

The executive branch can’t investigate itself with integrity and credibility

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 16 Jul

Even if they do this, only a fool would trust the government investigating itself. That's where I land.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 17 Jul

Im pretty sure Trumps and Bidens security details are different. Lol

23 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jul

For sure. What's your point?

13 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 17 Jul

What l mean is that biden isnt running trumps security detail. He probably had no input whatsoever in that shooting fiasco.

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jul

To be clear. Biden isn't over his security detail team either. But he is over the head of the Secret Service. I think you may be reading to much into the title.