i read another post that really pissed me off about the cops’ response. apparently, they saw him scoping out buildings with a rangefinder for a while beforehand, and watched him set up and take the shot without doing much to stop him.
Comment on i loled
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 months agoAlso, a local police officer was alerted to him. The cop then went up there, where he says Crooks pointed his rifle at him and he retreated to get help. So this added a bunch of stress and dramatically cut the time frame to take his shot. I think this may have played into the miss, assuming what the cop was reported saying, is what happened
finley@lemm.ee 2 months ago
thorbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah pisses me off too. They should have helped him more
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s a massive fuckup if there was someone on the roof with a rifle, and that wasn’t communicated to the secret service.
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
IIRC one saw him up there scoping around, but thought it may be SS, as their plans weren’t well communicated to the lowest ranks, the cops on the ground. However, when other people described him one cop went up there. He started shooting immediately afterward. So he may have notified them ASAP, like on his radio, but it was too late. Crooks spot got blown and it forced him to act.
Or so this seems to be the narrative at this early point
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah, that sounds like how it went.