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paddirn ,

Wish there had been this much scrutiny of the police’s behavior on Jan. 6.

thisbenzingring ,

govinfo.gov/…/january-6th-committee-final-report?…

I’m wondering how you might have missed the whole Congressional Committees report on it.

paddirn ,

I meant to add, “from Republicans”.

callouscomic ,

So… I guess cops literally aren’t here to protect anyone.

Whether you’re a kid in school, or a former president. Cops ain’t here for you.

catloaf ,

Yeah, that was shown in Warren v. DC, in 1981.

kbin_space_program ,

We knew this already?

The local sniper team was alreqdy reported to have sent this up the chain but got no response until that guy climed onto the roof and was about the shoot.

odium ,

When everyone thinks it’s someone else’s problem and that person will deal with it.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I mean, ACAB, but I do relate to not wanting to die for Donald Trump, and preferring texts to hostile in person meetings.

geekworking ,

This seems the most likely reason. It is sort of like they teach in first aid. You don’t say someone call 911 because everyone thinks someone else will. You need to tell one person directly.

The problem here is that it is not a group of untrained bystanders stumbling upon a surprise emergency. There is supposed to be a pre-established chain of command and group to take these reports and ensure that they are investigated.

Hell, I was part of events where governors made appearances, and the county had their communication command post setup and even gave radios and a briefing to our volunteers at gates and all of the area leads to report anything directly to the command post.

Tire ,

So I’m guessing that no one from a foreign government has even tried to take out presidential candidates? Because this kid got extremely close all while openly researching past assassinations, scoped out the rally site before the secret service, flew his drone and even got spotted multiple times. I could only imagine how easy it would be for real professional killers funded by a government.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You don’t have to imagine. It was 9/11/2001 that proved it.

2xsaiko ,
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RIP President Twin Towers. Never froget

andrew_bidlaw , (edited )
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How did they wear trousers, like this


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FiniteLooper ,

I bet they will be now

d00ery ,

Perhaps the only reason it’s not been attempted is that Trump is the best bet for most enemy foreign governments.

Rhaedas ,

I like to think that there's been a regular effort to stay ahead of those who might try things, and often they get thwarted early on and we just don't hear about it. Because if that's not what's been happening for years, and things that do happen are only because of mistakes or blatant removal of the efforts (looking at you, Cheney)...then no one except the few historically acts has bothered to try anything, and that seems really unlikely given how much the rest of the world "loves" us so much.

Hardly a fan of Trump, but he is a former President and due the protection that apparently was not fully engaged. Why it wasn't in place needs to be discovered and fixed. For all sides, this isn't partisan, this is basic security. And if this is broke, what else is?

aodhsishaj ,

ACAB

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I mean, I wouldn’t have stopped him either.

aodhsishaj ,

Lazy cops being lazy cops. Politically I don’t think there is any world where Trump is a net positive, even if you’re an accelerationist. However, if you’re a cop, you’re supposedly a steward of public safety. Any interdiction before that kid grabbed his backpack could’ve saved lives. Including the shooter’s if there had been any de-escalation success.

ACAB

expatriado ,

this will totally fuel the right media conspiracies

ganksy ,
@ganksy@lemmy.world avatar

Can’t wait to see these photos

solsangraal ,

“hey u see that guy on the roof with a rifle?”

“yah lol”

Blackbeard ,
@Blackbeard@lemmy.world avatar

“Must be a good guy with a gun.”

YurkshireLad ,

“It’s ok, everyone here has way more guns. That’ll make him stop and go home, mark my w…. Oh shit!!”

mecfs ,

To be fair they went to confront him and he pointed his gun at their head. Since those who went to confront weren’t armed, they retreated and sounded an alert, but the dude shot towards diaper don before anyone could do anything about it.

frog_brawler ,

Where did you read any of that?

mecfs ,

Yesterdays NYT article on it. They had a long one in the print.

catloaf ,

independent.co.uk/…/local-cop-trump-shooter-rooft…

It doesn’t say whether the cop was armed or not, but given that he was holding the ledge, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything anyway.

givesomefucks ,

The texts showed that an officer spotted Crooks occupying a suspicious area more than an hour-and-a-half before the July 13 rally commenced at 6 p.m. Previously, Secret Service officials said Crooks was first spotted an hour before the rally—an amount of time many lawmakers already considered to be egregious at a presidential candidate’s rally.

Other texts obtained by the Times revealed that an officer spotted Crooks using a range finder about 20 minutes before the rally began and snapped photos of him—but didn’t approach him.

The strangest part of this is people expecting cops to do something that might plausibly put them in harms way

Modern cops are almost exclusively all lazy cowards at this point.

Boddhisatva ,

It has also been ruled repeatedly that police do not have a duty to protect you. There is no requirement that they risk their lives to keep you or anyone else from harm unless they have a “special relationship” with you, meaning you are in their custody. The cops were there to work the metal detectors and direct traffic. There’s no way in hell they were going to take a bullet for Trump. That’s the Secret Service’s job.

ThePantser ,
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Thanks SCOTUS, you ruled cops don’t have to protect and this is the result.

Boddhisatva ,

Hey, it’s nice to see that once in a while, we are all equal in the eyes of the law.

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