From The Vigilant Fox 🦊 X account
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No local law enforcement was on the rooftop used by the shooter.
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When law enforcement was notified by citizens of the shooter, there was no prompt action at the rooftop to neutralize the shooter.
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Local law enforcement failed to initiate active shooter protocol to protect Trump and the crowd.
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There was no apparent communication from local law enforcement to the USSS to get Trump to a secure location.
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Police snipers on the roof used binoculars to track the shooter's position and did not warn the USSS below to get Trump off the stage.
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Police snipers under scope vision allowed the shooter to get set and shoot six rounds at Trump.
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A police sniper got off the scope and looked with the naked eye to be sure the shooter had taken his shots and never looked down at Trump.
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Finally, a police sniper shot Crooks.
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No local police went up on the roof immediately after Crooks was shot to take away his gun and check on his status.
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All the while, there was no active shooter protocol, and no warning was given to Trump or the audience.
I want to add point 11 in the form of a question:
This just doesn’t add up to me.
I keep wondering about that as well. Ok, you saw him, and you told the police, and then did nothing yourself?
From the video I saw of the people that saw the shooter beforehand, they were on the opposite side of the building that the ladder was set up on. You can't even see the ladder from their vantage point. So what exactly do you expect them to do? Jump onto the roof of the building from the ground?
It also did not seem clear that they saw a gun, they just saw him. It would be pretty reasonable, if you did not see a gun, that the guy was just trying to get a better view. I've seen people do things like that at tons of venues, climbing up on things to get a better view.
In hindsight, sure they could have done more, but had it not turned out to be exactly what happened, any extreme action would seem pretty unreasonable.
Totally me Monday morning quarterbacking. My hope is that we learn from the experience. CONSTANT VIGILANCE! What movie was that from?