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onandup

(701 posts) Mon Jul 15, 2024, 08:47 AM Jul 2024

Secret Service says local police were responsible for building where the gunman fired shots from [View all]

The building where the gunman fired shots from on Saturday was outside of the designated perimeter of the Trump rally, so it was secured by local law enforcement, not Secret Service agents, said the agency's spokesman, Anthony Gugliemi. There were four counter sniper teams covering the rally, two from the Secret Service and two from local police agencies, he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/14/us/trump-shooting-news-biden

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Secret Service says local police were responsible for building where the gunman fired shots from [View all] onandup Jul 2024 OP

What bullshit. What would a FEDERAL agency responsible for protecting a candidate, leave that JohnSJ Jul 2024 #1

Secret Service always liaisons and coordinates protection with local law enforcement Prairie Gates Jul 2024 #4

You delegate that. They are responsible for the security lapse, and trying to spin that on a local agency JohnSJ Jul 2024 #6

As I said Prairie Gates Jul 2024 #8

I saw a post here yesterday that said they were former SS. yardwork Jul 2024 #10

"We put Roscoe P. Coltraine in charge of a rooftop 165 yards from Trump" Prairie Gates Jul 2024 #2

I remember reading that a local LEO climbed to the roof but left when Crooks pointed his gun at him. Lonestarblue Jul 2024 #3

Have to wonder how that breakdown occurred. 58Sunliner Jul 2024 #5

You mean it's NOT Biden's fault? 58Sunliner Jul 2024 #7

Doesn't strike me as a good strategy LisaL Jul 2024 #9

There was a long Twitter thread that was posted here about this Sympthsical Jul 2024 #11