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BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — In the days since a gunman tried to assassinate Donald Trump, a township in rural Pennsylvania has received a barrage of hate mail and angry phone calls blaming its officers for failing to keep the former president safe.
Now Butler Township Manager Tom Knights is pushing back. “They couldn’t be more wrong,” he said in an interview Tuesday.
Despite the dozens of local, state and federal law enforcement officers on the scene, Knights said it was four Butler Township officers assigned to traffic duty who bolted from their post and raced to confront the gunman, with one clinging to the roof where the would-be assassin was perched.
“Our officers acted instinctively, did their job, followed the training that they had,” Knights told NBC News.
Knights said the building was identified as a “point of interest” in two security meetings prior to the weekend rally. “That was something they were going to be vigilant in planning for,” he said.
Knights said he wasn’t clear which agency was supposed to be guarding the building. Officers from several agencies were called in to provide security at the event. The Butler Township Police Department has 12 full-time patrol officers.
originally posted by: quintessentone
So are you saying after the upcoming hearing with evidence and statements, you feel you still won't get an answer or believe in the findings?
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: quintessentone
So are you saying after the upcoming hearing with evidence and statements, you feel you still won't get an answer or believe in the findings?
what I'm saying is in the OP. read it or project what you want me to say in your head, your choice.
The bigger question will be, was the epic failure organic, or perhaps allowed to go that way. I don't know if we will get that answer, but it's the big one. at least for me.
originally posted by: quintessentone
So are you saying after the upcoming hearing with evidence and statements, you feel you still won't get an answer or believe in the findings?
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: quintessentone
So are you saying after the upcoming hearing with evidence and statements, you feel you still won't get an answer or believe in the findings?
what I'm saying is in the OP. read it or project what you want me to say in your head, your choice.
You typed this:
The bigger question will be, was the epic failure organic, or perhaps allowed to go that way. I don't know if we will get that answer, but it's the big one. at least for me.
After the hearing evidence why would there be any doubt in your mind either way?
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BREAKING - PunchBowl is reporting: Senate briefing on Trump rally shooting just concluded. Top lines, per 2 senators on the call:
—The shooter visited the rally site a few days in advance to scope it out
—62 mins elapsed between the time the shooter was photographed as being suspicious and when he fired the shots
—20 mins elapsed between the time he was spotted by snipers & when he fired the shots
—FBI Director Wray said there’s no known foreign nexus but no established motive as of now.
Shooter used encrypted comms and had little to no social media presence
originally posted by: nugget1
What ever happened to all of the agencies standar response of 'Sorry, we can't comment until we have all of the facts as this is still an ongoing investigation' ?
Why break protocol for this one incident and create such mass confusion?
originally posted by: quintessentone
So are you saying after the upcoming hearing with evidence and statements, you feel you still won't get an answer or believe in the findings?
The bigger question will be, was the epic failure organic, or perhaps allowed to go that way. I don't know if we will get that answer, but it's the big one. at least for me.
originally posted by: quintessentone
...
After the hearing evidence why would there be any doubt in your mind either way?
originally posted by: nugget1
What ever happened to all of the agencies standar response of 'Sorry, we can't comment until we have all of the facts as this is still an ongoing investigation' ?
Why break protocol for this one incident and create such mass confusion?
See below. Yes, it's Reddit, not sure it's legitimate but something could be seriously rotten in Denmark...or rather, in the SS...yes, seemingly, intentionally.