New Footage From Trump Assassination Attempt Raises A LOT Of Questions

Posted • August 9, 2024: A video from the Butler police officer’s body-worn camera shows how the officer was hoisted up by his colleague onto the roof, quickly dropping down after he sees the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Approximately 40 seconds later, Crooks turned back and fired eight shots at Trump, who was hit in the ear. Seconds later, a Secret Service sniper shot and killed Crooks. After the encounter, the officer runs around to another side of the building before running to his police car to retrieve a rifle. “F**king this close bro,” the officer who saw Crooks says to another officer. “Dude, he turned around on me.” One officer asks where the shooter is and the officer, panting, says, “He’s straight up.”

It's a lot to process, and it raises a lot of questions. It’s the last :60 seconds of this video that is most chilling. Hearing the frustrated law enforcement officer repeatedly say “I told the Secret Service to post someone over here” is maddening. Has anyone been fired yet? Last we checked, no. (…)

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