Local SWAT team details account of Trump rally assassination attempt

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Published 2024-07-28
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, local SWAT details account of the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at his rally.

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All Comments (21)
  • @nate18268
    This is absolutely unreal. A girl scout troop could have done a better job than the Secret Service. Unless they did exactly what they were told to do.....
  • Thank you brave people for telling us the truth out loud about what we could see happening!
  • @micclay
    Let me get this straight. A nerdy 20 year old got on a building 130 yards from the president after carrying a ladder and a rifle to the event, got to the top of the building that had cops in it, had several minutes to position himself all while hysterical people on the ground are alerting there's a shooter on the roof?
  • @tcmazz
    Question at what time did the counter snipers on the right side decided to turn around? This is when the the potential suspect became a threat, from what I can gather it was a full 2 mins. When the suspect now became a threat is when Trump should of been taken off the stage. But no they didn't which should lead everyone to conclude that this was an inside job!
  • @masunshine2970
    I am so proud if those officers for telling the truth. God bless them for coming forward.
  • It’s actually scary that the secret service has failed on ALL aspects of their mission. No one was safe!!
  • Their stories keep changing and changing. Look at the earliest interviews w/ the Butler sheriff. Then look at the final story. He got on the roof ON. YOUR. WATCH. Right in front of you. No one’s buying your ever changing stories
  • @jaygunny8402
    I wanna hear from the officer who climbed on the roof and said the shooter pointed his weapon at him
  • @Narcolepsykid
    Took them 2 weeks to get their story straight. @1:20 Makes me think of our modern day philosopher Kamala Harris "What can be, unburdened by what has been"
  • @FlyWithMe_666
    Taking pictures, but not taking the initiative to do …. something …when a commmunication breakdown with SS occured.
  • @timdnew
    1 part is known to be false. Secret Service had the photo taken of the suspect. They sent text messages so there was some communication between local and Secret Service; maybe no face to face or Radio. See the Body cam footage where the Secret Service person is talking to local about the suspect and photos.
  • So the real question is you saw the shooter and youre swat members youre police officers and you didn’t go apprehend him, especially in your own jurisdiction???? But it’s just the secret services fault …. I’m sorry, but if I was the head cop in charge, I would’ve said something along the lines of screw Secret Service. Let’s secure this guy and then we’ll figure out what’s going on from there.
  • @DPoner
    The government let it happen. This wasn’t an accident.
  • @Melrose51653
    So, being trained officers they didn't ask for information or attempt communication with anyone else ? The local handling of this event has been questionable since day one.
  • That's what I wondered; why was there so little communication between local and secret service authorities?
  • @orianna1220
    So you have the interview, all recorded and are going to wait a day to release it????????????????
  • @mjkay8660
    I'm just kind of curious as to why the window was open in the barn behind the guy because you know somebody could have taken a shot from that position also