Are we allowed to ask questions? Are we allowed to have skeptical minds? Apparently not if it flies in the face of the establishment’s narratives. In those cases, you’re considered a “conspiracy theorist,” a “crackpot,” a “loon.” But that doesn’t negate the fact that conspiracies do exist, and people are going to theorize about them from time to time. Sure, some theories are crazy. But most come from analytical minds that simply want answers to questions that most people would ask given whatever evidence they’re presented with.
Saying as much, what the heck actually occurred in the hour prior to the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life last Saturday? Was it incompetence? Was it a miscommunication? We need answers to questions like those to quell thoughts that this could’ve possibly had some sort of “planning” or “conspiracy” attached to it.
Pittsburgh’s WPXI reported on Monday that authorities noticed the shooter about half an hour before the assassination attempt on Trump.
Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man scoping out a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person.[…]
According to multiple sources, a law enforcement officer had also previously seen Crooks on the ground and called him in as a suspicious person with a picture prior to 5:45 p.m. Our sources tell us an officer checked the grounds for Crooks at that point, but did not see him where the first picture was taken.
26 minutes after the second picture of Crooks was taken by law enforcement and the information called in, shots were fired from the roof of the American Glass Research building.
So that was WPXI’s perspective on the situation. Here’s what the Daily Mail reported:
The gunman was also acting strangely around the metal detectors that attendees were forced to walk through before entering the event grounds. Witnesses said that Crooks was furiously checking his phone and operating a hunting range finder.
He attempted entry around this point but set the detector off and was refused, sources said.
Around 5:30pm, the picture of [the shooter] crawling on the ground was circulated to various members of the Secret Service after reports about his suspicious behavior were made to security.[…]
At some point, officers lost track of [the shooter]. He was next seen climbing to the roof of the American Glass Research building. Around seven minutes later, he opened fire on Trump.
Trump took to the stage at 6:03pm, an hour behind schedule. The gunfire rang out at the venue approximately 6:11pm.
Okay, so now is where the questions come in.
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If they knew about this guy, and he was a person of interest, how in the blue hell do officers lose track of the suspect? And once he was seen again, why was nothing done until after the shooter acted?
From all accounts, about two minutes passed between people in the crowd pointing out the shooter on the roof to authorities and the attempt occurring. All those members of law enforcement and Secret Service, at the very least, have radios or walkie talkies. Why was there no communication to either get Trump off the stage or a call for snipers to take the shooter out?
And, why was the call made not to have anyone stationed on that roof? Well, we actually know the answer to that.
“That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point,” Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle told ABC News. “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.
And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside,” Cheatle added.
Roofers go on sloped roofs all the time with special shoes so they don’t fall off, and home roofs are typically more sloped than the building in question. I’m sure there was a way for Secret Service to have someone stationed on that roof. And the shooter didn’t seem to have a problem stationing himself on that roof.
And even if that wasn’t possible at all, you mean to tell me that none of the agents tasked to “secure the building, from inside” could tell someone was trying to get on the roof, let alone station themselves on it?
Something doesn’t add up, folks. I’m not saying this was planned. I’m not saying there’s some grand conspiracy afoot. I’m simply asking questions. And the last time I checked, that is part of my Constitutional right to free speech.
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