SWAT Operator Assigned To Butler Rally Details 'Critical Failures' That Led To Assassination Attempt
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- During a forum on the attempted assassination of former President Trump, Ben Shaffer, an operator on the Washington Regional SWAT Team, spoke about failures made by local law enforcement and the Secret Service that enabled the shooter to fire at Trump.
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Brave man for coming forward, Thank You Sir!
To quote a retired USSS presidential protection detail friend of mine “It was a catastrophic failure! People need to be FIRED!”
No dogs, no drone coverage, no central command between SS and local law enforcement, nearly non existent communications with each other, no one on the AGR roof, SS did not attend the briefing with local law-enforcement and no coverage of the water tower. A six-year-old could’ve done a better job. I’m beginning to think this was criminal intent.
Of course it was
Led by Mayorkus.
intentional negligence to achieve specific results
Secret Service was the lead agency and full blame goes to them for the failures that day.
Why was CNN “live streaming” the Trump Rally in Butler when CNN normally never gives Trump Rally’s any media coverage? Why that day in particular?
Why was it first time with SS counter-snipers were there, why did SS Refuse local radios left for them, why didn’t they get trump off stage, why was there only 1 original member of his close support present ( as Jill Biden had an event at same time) why was no one on the rooftops , why was the complex excluded in the SS area of responsibility, and many more why,s
@@shanerobertson6267 ... why did the guy begin farting around with the tripod right then ...?
@@centurione6489 yea and why did the Swat sniper get of shot 9 from the ground remarkably quickly (with no spotter) and then it takes Ss counter snipers who were 15feet ? higher
another 10 seconds to fire (when they were looking that way for 40 odd seconds.)
Bullocks, no one is this ignorant at this level. It was deliberate failure.
You worded it nicer than I would have and I definitely agree with you Trump has the use of the secret service for the rest of his life he is an ex-president he has the best security the secret service and there's no way that young man should have gotten as close as he was they secure the area around the event to where you can't even drive up that close
It was incompetence within the SS.
@@ataxpayer723 They're not that incompetent unless by direction.
BS
It was their operation and their boy missed
So who pocketed the 3 Billion dollar increase in their availability of money for that year? Where'd that go apparently not on Equipment or qualified serviceman? Are you gonna follow that money ?
it went to administration
My guess is that it went to Raises , Bonuses , Vacation Pay , and Office parties .
It went into marketing for recruiting more women. It's been the mission of the ss when Kim got promoted by Jill biden.
Jill campaign donations
No way this was merely catostraphic failures at every level. This was allowed or planned to occur.
In other words, a "total failure!"
How will this series of errors be addressed forward
Please, in the holy name of Jesus, please do not let this be yet another futile, useless government forum. To say this was merely ineptitude on the DSSS is insulting to our intelligence.
Has Greg Nicol been fired for leaving his post overlooking the roof and then telling everyone Crooks was heading away from the rally?
Greg should be interrogated Thoroughly !!!
Gn goes missing - around the same time TC acquires his back pack with ar15. Gn comes out of building many minutes later after shooting looking like there is no danger and acting pretty weird considering what just happened. Unless Tc hid his backpack in the rear alcove area as supposedly the push bike with backpack was not his.
@@davidmann6902waterboarding works.
To many failures by "experts", cannot be happenchance, you don't need the witness's incredible skill and knowledge to see the holes
A freaking Junior high cheerleader would have known to secure the closest rooftop....shame on SS
I doubt any of the victims’ families are satisfied by this testimony.
YOU DON'T NEED DRONES TO SECURE A ROOFTOP!
The more I hear and see, it seems the Secret Service wasn’t just grossly negligent, They allowed this to happen. Perhaps it was criminal intent.
The cover up is Beaver County ESU covering for Greg Nicol leaving his post overlooking the roof and then telling everyone Crooks was heading away from the rally
Exactly 💯 mate . Greg needs to be interrogated, be FULLY ACCOUNTABLE for his where abouts for every minute , his actions ,his in actions .
His body language when he walks out of the building, very suspicious after a shoot out on the roof , he casually walks out .
@@davidmann6902yep- and the other sniper comes out of the building much later when all the other LE go in and does that suspicious swap of tool/weopon after putting his long rifle somewhere away. I don’t think anyone realised that patrol car was recording
...and the rats keep jumping ship...
Basically a re-hash. He could have given his name and title, then said, "Yes it was a cluster F" and leave the room.
but that would be too blunt
"failures"? No. ON PURPOSE
Covering his ass for allowing shooter to operate. Just excuses for botched job.
🕊🇺🇸A little too late🇺🇸🕊
YOU DROPPED "the glass ball."
True story
I still cant understand why none of the police,Secret Service never thought to just fire their revolver in the air to alert everyone there was a threat and get Trump off the stage
because bullets fall if you fire in the air. danger
Are you freaking serious? You never fire a weapon into the air. Where do you think the bullet comes down?
Actually, a good idea. They had a second to think that, you had five weeks. It would have just been a good idea to put a cop on the roof in the first place.
@@mmcgahn5948please tell me you don't own a firearm
ANSWER. If an officer fired a shot into the air, they would immediately be taken out by the counter snipers, as a possible threat.
Yeah, blame the locals for the Secret Service failures
Did you expect anything different ,decison making isn’t what you think
Greg Nicol left his post overlooking is the roof and then told everyone that Crooks was heading away from the rally
Despicable
Shit rolls downhill...
Where is the Doritos lady,she got a higher paying job with the democrats?, counter sniper looking at someone with a rifle pointed towards Trump..needs to be told what to do,and waits until the person fires the shots..all u can say communications was slow
Criminal negligence or WORSE.
Ben Shaffer a swat from Washington regional,he never states where he was posted or what he saw!
Local forces was totally lost here
Local forces were ignored by the arrogant Secret Service.
Hell a local guy took the 1st shot ive been told?
@@HerecomesthethruthSWAT shot 9 , I think this hero is him, fired from standing position after facing those shots.
Buden😂said " he will do everything in his power to stop Trump from the white house again. Deep state at play
Unbelievable
What a useless video! We already know WHAT went wrong, what we need to know is WHY?
Best way to determine if it was intentional is to see if the same things they claim they "over looked" are over looked on other protecties. I'd be willing to bet that will be their smoking gun in determining that it was intentional pullback to put Trump at risk.
I have absolute respect for these men in this room. I wish I was a fly on the wall during this meeting! 2 former Marines, and a former SS agent. God bless them all and thank you for coming to our desperate need for resolution to this horrific incident of the attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump. The FBI, SS, and HLS has failed the American people with multiple cover ups, hiding evidence, lying to the public and congress! With your experience i pray you can help congress to get to the bottom of this and hold those accountable and arrest those responsible for the plan to assassinate President Donald Trump.
[sorry: wrong button] [sorry, thought it was to eliminate cow farts]
So just where was this SWAT officer assigned to? Where was he supposed to be? Is this the one that abandoned his assigned position?
Beyond the obvious failure to prevent the attempted assassination, there remains the failure to fully understand the shooter’s past and motivation. In spite of his having suspicious encrypted messaging accounts, the FBI quickly (too quickly) announced he acted alone before anyone could possibly know that for sure. Strangely, this event was the first Trump event to have multiple counter sniper assets on the scene yet that did not prevent the shooters shots. It simply guaranteed the quick neutralisation of Crooks after his shots were fired. That is strangely similar to and suspiciously like Lee Harvey Oswald’s quick death after he shot at JFK.
How many days in advance of July 13 was the Butler PA location selected?
Ultimately the SS was responsible and should have had direct communication with all local agencies! With their (SS) budget, there is NO reason a portable comms system doesn’t travel with them to be handed out upon arrival to local teams while review and implementation of the SS security plan is collaborated on days ahead of the event. BUT this failure was also purposeful from those at the top 🤬
Unified command would have taken care of communications issues.
The Water tower 👏
Anyone with a functioning thought process already knew on 7/13/24
I have something important to add: this dude looks like former QB Trent Dilfer. 🤓
There is a "window" that leads out from the two story building and onto the lower roof. This is no ordinary window. It is a FIRE ESCAPE! By law and building codes you must provide a fire escape on second floors. There are no other fire escapes. They must be clearly noted throughout the 2nd floor, so people know quickly where to go. Usually, those signs are posted with RED letters and an big ARROW. They must be posted in the hallway(s) and the room which contain the egress fire escape. The snipers would also have swept the rooms clearly seeing this signage, and the enlarged window exit. Though, when Greg comes out of the building, does he inform his associates they can simply come into the building, go up the stairs, and use the fire exit? No, he does not. Then they all run around in circles, as if they don't know how to use a telescoping ladder. They were using those building as a staging area. They are all interconnected with open passageways. Open, because in research and manufacturing you need unrestricted access while moving goods form one section to the next. So then the question arises, how many of them went upstairs, and saw this signage. Why the play-acting of finding it difficult to get up on the building. OH please...they don't know how to use a telescopic ladder? Approx. 10 minutes were needed to fuss over the body. Additionally, there is a midsection between the two passageways. It has a AC unit in it, and there is a door for servicing it. You can easily reach the roof using a telescopic ladder there, and be virtually hidden. Businesses have 24-7 camera protection for theft. An alarm system. Where is that footage, as it is usually WiFi and sent offsite to another location. That would be interesting to view...
He seems to think the goal of this meeting is figuring out how to prevent this situation in the future.
Intentional failures are obvious
Repeated everything we already know and have heard 💯 times over, waisted my 4 minutes
Nothing new. As he states repeatedly, he is "echoing" others.
B SHAFFER...INDEED, LET THE PEOPLE LEARN THE TRUTH.....
Is he the same dude the disabled the shooters gun? The butler swat guy with an ar?
He could have skipped mentioning his merits in the profession...*It was embarrassing...*The only value of this statement for the public was that he clearly separated the responsibility for the attempted assassination from the local services and pointed to the responsibility of the SS, and that he pointed to the SS's failure to man the water tower...*Other than that, he brought NOTHING NEW to the matter
This guy's lying. "Many heat casualti5that day"?
The temperature high that day was 73°F
Why didn't
The swatt officer who took the picture of crooks actually detain him and conduct a field interview?
Nobody is responsible for Trump
Yeah, right, blame it on others.
What was the point of that? Completely useless rehash, he needs to comment on what he witnessed that in hindsight looks like malevolent intent
This was just a tiny part of the hearing, a chance for him to introduce himself and make a brief statement before all the questioning began. Check out C-span.
This guy should never get a protection job again. If this is his best then.....
Can we have information about crooks encrypted accounts??? Seems highly unusual
The gunman ran a rooftop concourse of his own choosing, north to south, nearly the length of a football field. How would agents on the controversial Agr "sloped roof" have stopped the gunman?
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A WAY TO ACCESS THE ROOF IF THEY HAD TO!
@@joevarga5982 Hey Joe," try try again.". I remember that story as a youth
@@FaithfulServants123 What's your point?
@@joevarga5982 Brau, I appreciate your comment. I'm was trying to be in harmony with your thoughts that they could not even if they wanted to get on the rooftop. I figure you had imagined the police may tried some alternative approaches.
@@FaithfulServants123 I see. They shouldn't have had to try different approaches. They should have been PREPARED for any eventuality. This was gross incompetence on another level.
It's obvious and clear
Loyal Democrats in the USSS created an opportunity. Apparently several opportunities to have DJT done away with.
By orders from Mayorkus ?
skip to 1:27
Question is, who in the Democratic Party order this hit, and rigged it to make look like it was secret service that was at fault.
Were you on usss sniper team?
😂😂yeah thanks for the opportunity to be forced to show up
It was a set-up. Trump needs to travel with smarter people. The risks should have been spotted by his people immediately.
Now there are repports that the Shooter was a. Different man and not the Boy they claimed was the shooter, the guy on the roof. Isn't it strange that the story just keeps changing?
Why is the body on the roof wearing different clothes than Crooks wearing tshirt and shorts on the ground ? Is that Maxwell on the roof ?
It's all clear as mud
Funny how all the excuses can be stated openly but anything of real concern must be danced around endlessly like a dog chasing it's tail until it finally collapses and gives up. The only thing that went wrong that day is Trump lived. Perhaps somewhere in some room this is being discussed?!
Local and State LE were just there to assist...traffic and crowd control....this is 100% on the Secret Service... Smoked by a 20 year old punk...if the kid had a scoped rifle....it probably ends different...
Is there a Butler Jihad here somewhere. Must a mentat calcultion went wrong.
You failed.
Bio please
SATAN IS DEAD AND I CAN PROVE IT SINCE DEBORAH LYNN MASTERS
Misdirection here.
missed him by 🤏