• MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    There was a guy on the radio the other day who had been part of Bush's protective detail and talked about how the SS usually did 'close protection' meaning the guys around Trump and the stage and extended threat like the snipers we saw who would be aiming much further out. He said that the close-to-middle-distance that the shooter was in was usually designated to local police to secure.

    If that's the case, then it's even more unsurprising that the cops half-arsed it and reacted way too late.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Not to defend cops but they have a solid argument of "thanks to the gun laws in PA he didn't do anything illegal until he pulled the trigger"

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        I can't admire the president's visage through this rifle scope? I'm sorry, I thought this was AMERICA!

        • Adkml [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Crawling around on barn roofs with an ar-15 is basically the national pass time of that particularly blighted part of the country.

            • Adkml [he/him]
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              2 months ago

              It's like the Mythbusters episode where they tested climbing ducts with magnets and there was a shot of Adam standing there as you heard bang bang bang from the ducts and he was like "I think somebody is trying to break into my building" except that the cops weren't smart enough to figure that out.

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      2 months ago

      If that's the case, then it's even more unsurprising that the cops half-arsed it and reacted way too late.

      Are you?

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