Trump shot?

[Blaine91555]

I'll bet you'd have a completely different opinion if it would have been Biden standing on that stage last Saturday!!  (...or anyone other than Trump).

As for me, I want to know who the woman was screaming for Crooks to come back (to the group), and who the group was.

Oh, and you don't think the Secret Service has some blame here for their comedy efforts at security???  Of course not!  LOL!!

...but I'm just "pearl clutching", I guess.

Please, it's been made clear from the start that angry partisan debate is not wanted here. This is the wrong place for that. I'd ask that you not start that here, please. I'm not a Democrat or Republican and never will be. Review my many years of posts at ATS and you will find I've not deviated from that. I've been a true Independent since the 80s.

My message was simple enough. When someone commits a horrible crime it is they who are guilty. It's not a political opinion in any way. It's my general take on where the guilt is. My logic is simple. Brooks pulled the trigger. The gun did not do it, nor did anyone else other than him.

As to the LEO's, mistakes were made, but they were mistakes, not intentional acts. Its up to their superiors to deal with the reasons for the mistakes.

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In December 1944, during World War II's Battle of the Bulge, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division, famously replied "Nuts!" to a German ultimatum demanding the surrender of American troops in Bastogne, Belgium within two hours or face "total annihilation":

Apparently the topic changed

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Here's some more juice on him. He has an AAS degree

Thanks.  I suspect that when looking into any of these types they are usually very smart and their mental illness was overlooked or ignored.