Local cops were likely in charge of the crowd, but not having every rooftop manned was definitely a mistake. Were there fewer police/security because the campaign is notorious for never paying them maybe? Time MAY tell…or may not.

"...Were there fewer police/security because the campaign is notorious for never paying them maybe? ??

So you just talking out of you ass again ???

And down vote? Why because the shooter missed?

I’m just asking questions, I made no statement there.
Questions like WHY can’t we see Obama’s long form birth certificate, and WHY won’t Trump stop raping girls?

The Secret Service uses multi tiered defense. The inner tier is close support, Secret Service agents who rush in and provide physical cover. Mid tier is mid range/crowd control, usually covered mostly by local police who are temporarily added to the security detail and have liaisons to communicate to the Secret Service. Outer tier (snipers) are looking outward for long range threats.
He was in the mid tier range, and reports say the crowd notified police (not Secret Service agents) well beforehand, but the Secret Service obviously didn’t get the info. Is it because there weren’t enough police? I don’t know but maybe. If so, would that be because he’s well known for not paying for security after agreeing he would and they didn’t want to do extreme crowd control for free? I don’t know but it’s likely.

Down vote for the instant blaming the Secret Service without knowing any details, who failed in what duty, or much of anything….and because this cracked out living in mommy’s basement “lone wolf” (really bad wardrobe choice for this topic) always deserves a downvote every single time.

As tempting as it would be to do so, I don’t support political violence, unlike MAGA that needs a gun in every political ad, usually pointed at their opponents name or likeness, or puts their picture out with crosshairs (right before they got shot), or calls for second amendment solutions to political disputes, or actually fomented a violent coup on Jan 6 and tried to steal the election by force, or celebrated and had the best time dismissing it as nothing when Pelosi was attacked. Patriots believe in democracy even when it fails us.

It wasn’t a democrat.
He wasn’t progressive.
It wasn’t an undocumented immigrant.
It wasn’t an LGBTQ+ person.
It wasn’t an African American.
It wasn’t any of the people he says are “poisoning the blood of America”.
It was a young white male registered Republican conservative gun advocate.

He was also a TERRIBLE shot, kicked off the high school shooting team for missing every target and hitting one wall of the range from the other side of the range. Classmates say he was conservative, a loner, a gun advocate but poor shot, and loved to make terrible insulting far right jokes.
Many have said he was bullied mercilessly daily in high school.
Don’t let the lying right try to paint him as a Democrat like they have already tried to do…claiming with zero evidence that he registered Republican to vote against Trump…classmates say he was staunchly conservative. He is one of theirs, unequivocally, undeniably, 100% red.

SHOCKER!
I’m correct.
Local police were tasked with 1) clearing and securing that building 2) searching the crowd 3) controlling the crowd and keeping them off structures 4) covering that rooftop with local police snipers 5) responding to being notified there’s a shooter on the roof.
Local police failed at every single step.
They swept the publicly accessible building EARLY THAT MORNING not near the event time, they allowed a crowd within view of the candidate but outside security, they had no one watching those elevated positions or keeping people off them, the local sniper assigned to watch that set of buildings seems to be missing or never assigned, they 100% dropped the ball when they were told a man with a gun was seen in the area acting suspicious long before he was on the roof, and again once when he was on the roof for near a full minute while the crowd pointed and screamed.

Ultimately the Secret Services responsibility, but not their failure. They followed long standing procedure to the T from every report. Still no word on whether there were fewer police than requested…or why….but non payment of dozens of past security bills, sticking it to the venues would be a likely reason if there were.

Another shocker, initial reports are correct, he is a conservative Republican gun advocate (but awful shot) lone wolf white male American. Right wing media reports claiming that he’s really a Democrat who registered Republican to vote against Trump in the primary have been proven to be outright bold faced lies. He was unpopular at his mostly liberal high school because he was a staunch often insulting conservative and did not hide it at all.

Moving this video to bobknight33's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

OMG….this joke seems to be turning out to be true.

All indications so far imply that he was not actually hit by a bullet at all and is just milking a slight shrapnel scratch for all it’s worth.