Police bodycam shows confrontation with Thomas Crooks before Trump shooting
Crime,Politics,Trump Assassination Attempts
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Police bodycam footage from the day Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shows an officer trying to get onto the roof and spotting the shooter mere seconds before the first shots were fired. In the newly released videos, a Butler Township Police Department officer is seen climbing onto a fellow officer's back to try and get to the gunman on top of the warehouse that was just outside the security perimeter where the former president was speaking on July 13. Dropping back to the...
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