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Are Federal agents are botching the assassination investigation? Will this fuel conspiracy theories for years to come . . .?



Photo above - will the real Thomas Matthew Crooks please stand up . . . ?

My condolences to the relatives of the bystander who was shot, and the 2 additional injured attendees in Butler Pennsylvania. That said, there are a LOT of errors being made in this investigation.

1. Failure to secure nearby rooftops before the rally. The rooftop – 130 yards away – is approximately the same unobstructed distance that Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy and Connolly from. And they were moving targets in a motorcade. Trump was standing motionless.

2. Thomas Matthew Crooks was photographed near the entrance to the rally, avoiding entry because of the magnetometers. He was allowed to depart without being searched or questioned.

3. Attendees on the ground later noticed Crooks crawling on a nearby rooftop carrying a rifle, and alerted the police officers nearby. Either that information was not conveyed to the Secret Service, or it was ignored.

4. Immediately after the shots were fired, Crooks was killed by a single headshot even though he was not wearing body armor. An eyewitness said “they blew his head off”. From 130 yards away, Secret Service agents had the same unobstructed view of Crooks, as the assassin had of Trump.

5. The rally site was cleared almost immediately, allowing potential eyewitness to depart, without securing attendee videos or stills of the shooting. The departing attendees could also have removed evidence like shell casings, and items with fingerprints.

6. It took nearly 3 hours to disclose the shooter had been killed immediately, and that he shot 3 attendees in addition to Trump.

7. Crooks wasn’t named for an additional 8 hours. The dead and injured bystanders still have not had their names released.

8.Crooks' residence – the one he shared with his parents – wasn’t entered for 5 hours. There was a police cordon more than an hour earlier, but they did not enter. This would have given an opportunity for occupants or co-conspirators to destroy evidence.

9.There is a report that Crooks was one of 11 million subscribers to a popular YouTube gun channel. He had been wearing “hunting gear” to public school for years. But there has been no identification of which shooting range Crooks practiced at. He didn’t develop these skills by watching TV. Lee Harvey Oswald received weapons training while a US marine. Who trained Crooks?

I'm just askin' . . .
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Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SusanInFlorida

Another consideration is that Crooks may have had some assistance from someone within the SS or various police agencies, or facility staff. As much as I’d rather not think that, there were probably hundreds involved in the planning, details, etc., and considering all the negative rants coming from Biden, who knows how far someone will go.

Also my understanding that one reason why police have so much trouble with protest riots like BLM or the Pro Hamas riots on college campuses is that there are sympathizers within the police ranks who communicated police strategies and plans to riot organizers. We learned this when some police jurisdictions tried to secretly plant police informants within the riot groups but failed because some police insiders disclosed the identities to the riot organizers.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Heartlander It is high time that the average citizen comes to the realisation that the government is an entity unto itself and acts only in its own best interests. Of course its best interests are MORE POWER!
SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
@Heartlander when faced with a question that could be answered with "incompetence" vs "collusion", and government agents are involved, my impulse is usually to check the incompetence box.

CNN was interviewing some retired secret service agent this morning. In 5 minutes this guy pointed out 5 blunders the Secret Service made in securing the site . . . before the shots were even fired.
SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
@hippyjoe1955 this is true in every country. America is not unique in that regard.

we even have "state affiliated media" now (PBS, and NPR)
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@SusanInFlorida Here in Canada the media is kept alive by government handouts. Well except the CBC which is owned and operated by the government.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SusanInFlorida incompetence is the easier answer because it requires no proof. Collusion requires some degree of proof. The more transparent the investigation the more reliable the conclusion, especially if the investigator has a stake in the conclusion. There is also what’s called a silent conspiracy. It’s when someone ignores a threat or knowingly leaves gaps in the security. Even more difficult to prove than collusion. With stakes so high, I believe it’s important to hold collusion and silent conspiracy as possibilities.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@Heartlander There is no way on God's green earth that the SS and police could be that incompetent. The site was scoped out weeks if not months ago. To give the best 'shot' in the place to the would be assassin is incomprehensible. Unless the SS is staffed by the clones of Mr Magoo....