WaPo to the Rescue
“The shot from the local officer caused the would-be assassin to temporarily recoil from his perch on a rooftop”~The Washington Post, July 30th 2024.
Author’s Note: Ronald Rowe, Acting Director of the Secret Service and Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the FBI both testified (lied) today in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and it was a total disaster. Both agencies must’ve dug deep into their respective crap buckets to come up with these two gems then put them both on full display for the American people. I’ve given up on being embarrassed for the dim bulbs we’re forced to acknowledge as “Director” or some derivation thereof to the point I’d rather hear from the line agents who hold no title, but rather made the honorable decision to hold onto their self-respect.
I never thought I’d give The Washington Post credit for anything other than lining the bottom of birdcages, but after seeing this article I have to admit they did some good work. Hopefully it wasn’t just an accidental foray into the world of honest reporting and journalism lest “Democracy Die in Darkness”:
https://headlineusa.com/report-local-cop-not-secret-service-stopped-the-trump-shooter/
Author’s Note: I linked the WaPo article through the Headline USA website (credit: Ken Silva) because the WaPo article is tucked behind a Jeff Bezos paywall.
“Trump rally gunman stopped firing after local officer shot at him”
The following is my assessment based upon the WaPo and Headline USA reporting and requires the reader to view this geographical rendering of the Butler County Farm area which hosted the Trump Rally on July 13, 2024. “Due North” is the 12 o’clock position of this picture.
A Local Officer left the roof of Barn 1 (Blue Circle) to engage Crooks on the roof of an AGR building (Red Circle). This Local Officer who “shot or shot at” Crooks was on the ground from about 110 yards away. This is HUGE news!!! Why? This means the Local Officer who “shot or shot at” Crooks before a USSS CS team did could see Crooks FROM HIS POSITION ON THE GROUND from a distance of approximately 110 yards.
Which means the USSS CS Team on the roof of Barn 2 (Yellow Circle) at a distance of 140-150 yards HAD to be able to easily see Crooks yet never engaged him…period. Not a single time. Not even after the aforementioned local officer did.
The USSS CS team on the roof of Barn 1 (Blue Circle) couldn’t see Crooks let alone engage him because its line of sight (LOS) was blocked by a tree or trees as seen from the attached geographical rendering.
A lot of people are going to great lengths in “providing cover” aka protecting the actions/non-actions for the USSS CS team on the roof of Barn 2 (Yellow Circle), and it must be for CYA purposes at the highest levels. It’s inexplicable to me as to why the Barn 2 CS team did not engage the assassin Crooks.
This Washington Post report marries a whole bunch of other things together too which all but confirms this was a coordinated plot to kill Trump, not a “colossal failure”.
For those who’ve been keeping score the colossal failure IS The Coverup.
It also corroborates earlier eyewitness accounts that there were ZERO local cops on the grounds of the AGR campus prior to Crooks climbing the roof and firing at Trump as a local officer originally stationed/positioned 140-150 yards away on Barn 1 (Blue Circle) was the first officer on site to engage him.
Author’s Note: If there’s a true standout officer who displayed heroism, guts, initiative, and determination it’s this guy. He went to the sound of the guns, and even though he was separated from the AGR Campus by a fence, he engaged Crooks with his weapon the first chance he got, unlike “that other officer” who ducked for cover when Crooks reportedly turned his rifle towards him. What the hell happened to “Protect and Serve”?
That means someone made sure no local cops would interdict Crooks and why Crooks KNEW he had freedom of movement to do what he did. There are simply no other logical or rational explanations. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
As for the personnel assigned to the 2nd Floor AGR building roughly 40 measly feet from Crooks’ rooftop location (one of whom’s name is Greg according to bodycam footage) those personnel are/were very likely fake officers playing a role and have since disappeared under the cover of a colossal failure OR were glorified dog catchers thrown in as spare parts at the last minute for appearances sake only, OR a combination of the two. This explains the texting because as glorified dog catchers they were at least smart enough to know Crooks was suspicious enough for them to do something, but had no idea what protocols to follow, so instead of issuing a RED ALERT WARNING on the radio, tacitly sent texts and pics trusting someone else with more brains and experience than they had would know what to do.
Evidently, “Greg” is Greg Nicol of the Beaver County SWAT team, but he’s no sniper. I’m not even sure he’s a good dog catcher, but the central thesis of my assessment regarding the personnel on the 2nd Floor AGR building remains. There’s something seriously wrong with the composition of whatever bunch that was up on the 2nd Floor.
https://headlineusa.com/local-sniper-who-lost-thomas-crooks-shot-himself-7-months-ago/
Somebody on that team wasn’t who they said they were. My gut feeling is at least one of them is now a ghost. There’s no video or pics of any of them (Greg Nicol included) at the window(s). They were in a perfect position to see everything and do what needed to be done to ensure Crooks got on the roof. For reasons still unknown (and just before the shit hit the fan), they had scattered/separated but were also located 150 yards away from the stage, AND on the other side of the fence with quick access to a parking lot where several vehicles were located. I guarantee no one cordoned off the area to prevent anyone from leaving until “whoever it was” was miles away, changed cars, clothing, and appearances.
Whitestown Rd to Hwy 68 to “Gone in Sixty Seconds”
Lastly, eyewitness Mr. Greg Smith (not to be confused with Officer Greg Nicol) saw the 2nd Floor bunch (dog catchers/imposters) before Crooks started shooting:
"We didn't see a single law enforcement officer the entire time until they were running around the (AGR) building looking for the guy. We didn't see a single bit of law enforcement."
Smith described seeing snipers out of the second floor warehouse building as part of the AGR complex. Some online have speculated that these individuals were Butler County Emergency Services snipers or SWAT responders, but so far that has not been made clear and officials are not providing any answers. But the witnesses described seeing the snipers in the windows of the AGR building.
"I was looking all around to get law enforcement's attention before the shots, and I could tell it was coming, because as I was standing there for several minutes I kept thinking 'why is Trump still talking?' You expect someone to be on the radio or whatever the protocol is, to get Trump off the stage. I was looking at the guys on the second story, my eyes were jumping three or four different places, I could see that they saw him (Crooks) and were looking at him and watching what he was doing, but they didn't do anything."
Today is July 30, 2024 or D+17 since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and for some strange reason we still don’t know how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to get on that roof.
Whaddya think WaPo? Should we give Chris Wray a couple more years to figure it out?
Or will Truth die in darkness?