Random guy who is not police or ss, on a roof, with a rifle, points it at cop. Cop should instant shoot him and radio to everyone to stop the event immediately.
If this video is true (Police climbs onto roof before shooting), that's fucking insane. LOL
You know what's flat-ass baffling? WTF could he have possibly said to the cop to get him to leave?
He's reported to have pointed his rifle at the cop (which alone seems awkward because he was prone and the cop would have been walking across the roof from behind him), so he says, "Beat it, flatfoot, I've got work to do", and the cop just strolls off?
Even if it developed into a stand-off, the cop has to think, "He's either gonna shoot me or shoot the President and innocent people in the crowd. I've got a sidearm, body armor, a tac radio, and someone is sure to see us here pretty quick. I can be a hero or at least go down as one taking out this soiboi, but maybe I'll just leave and act like I was never here."
Any possible scenario is totally nonsensical. All I can think is that a Secret Service mole overwatching the op saw the cop, got on the tac radio, and told him to GTFO.
In any case, for the record here's a link to a written version of the story, and that links in turn to the original reporting buried deep in a much longer story from AP:
Random guy who is not police or ss, on a roof, with a rifle, points it at cop. Cop should instant shoot him and radio to everyone to stop the event immediately.
You know what's flat-ass baffling? WTF could he have possibly said to the cop to get him to leave?
He's reported to have pointed his rifle at the cop (which alone seems awkward because he was prone and the cop would have been walking across the roof from behind him), so he says, "Beat it, flatfoot, I've got work to do", and the cop just strolls off?
Even if it developed into a stand-off, the cop has to think, "He's either gonna shoot me or shoot the President and innocent people in the crowd. I've got a sidearm, body armor, a tac radio, and someone is sure to see us here pretty quick. I can be a hero or at least go down as one taking out this soiboi, but maybe I'll just leave and act like I was never here."
Any possible scenario is totally nonsensical. All I can think is that a Secret Service mole overwatching the op saw the cop, got on the tac radio, and told him to GTFO.
In any case, for the record here's a link to a written version of the story, and that links in turn to the original reporting buried deep in a much longer story from AP:
Local Police Officer Confronted Would-Be Trump Assassin on Roof But Then Retreated – Shooter Proceeded to Try to Kill Trump (The Gateway Pundit 7/14/2024)