jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoOfficers Texted Each Other About Trump Shooter but Didn’t Approach Himwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down17
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minus-squaremecfs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoTo 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.
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minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago90 minutes before that, probably: officer:1 “You guys see that kid walking around the neighboring building with a gun, lol?” officer2: “Yeah, I waved at him, somebody should make sure he’s not here to shoot the president lol”
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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agohttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/local-cop-trump-shooter-rooftop-retreated-b2580106.html 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.
minus-squaremecfs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoYesterdays NYT article on it. They had a long one in the print.
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.
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90 minutes before that, probably:
officer:1 “You guys see that kid walking around the neighboring building with a gun, lol?”
officer2: “Yeah, I waved at him, somebody should make sure he’s not here to shoot the president lol”
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/local-cop-trump-shooter-rooftop-retreated-b2580106.html
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.
Yesterdays NYT article on it. They had a long one in the print.