• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    Idk that saying “they didn’t do their jobs” when they didn’t do their jobs is really throwing them under the bus. SS counts on local law enforcement to do things, it’s just a fact.

    Ignoring that one of their snipers saw him pull out a rangefinder though…

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      4 months ago

      If you’re the Secret Service, you rely on small-town cops to prevent a sniper from shooting Trump, and those small-town cops don’t do a very good job, that’s your fault not theirs.

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        I think you have an unrealistic expectation of the size and funding of the SS, but they also clearly have unrealistic expectations of the competency of cops (any) so maybe that’s fair anyways.

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      4 months ago

      Ignoring that one of their snipers saw him pull out a rangefinder though…

      Well just seeing that probably shouldn’t be enough to use lethal force. At that point he’s effectively just a guy looking through binoculars or a monocular.

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        Then you ought to have someone remove him nonviolently, just to make sure he’s not a threat. Maybe send a cop up there to instruct him to get down?

        Cop is threatened with a gun

        Okay at that point you’d expect a radio call to go out “Person on X roof just threatened a Law Enforcement officer with a gun” which I’d consider license to fire.

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        4 months ago

        You’d think the counter-sniper would maybe keep his sights on the guy pulling out sniper equipment.

        Especially when he pulls out a fucking rifle.