Thomas Crooks - what we know
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@Mik said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
I think the truth is that a sad, lonely young man made a very bad decision.
Yup, I think this is it. I heard that when they searched his phone, there were searches for both President Biden and President Trump. My guess is that if President Biden would have had a rally in the area rather than President Trump, he would have been at it. Quite sad.
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Trump signs in his yard?
Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.
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"The assassin was your guy", say the people who hate the guy who the assassin targeted.
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Education is extremely important.
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Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
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Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
@jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
Seems to be the other way around. George’s post is from a guy who runs an alt-right twitter clone, who wants to assure us that the shooter was the lone libtard on Gab.
“The assassin was your guy” is implicit in the messaging that was sure to lede with “registered republican” as they described the shooter. GK’s post was I’m sure more nuanced.
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"The assassin was your guy", say the people who hate the guy who the assassin targeted.
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
@Horace said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Yup. He wasn't from one side or the other. Just from the crazy side.
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@Horace said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
My own perspective remains that it doesn't matter what this young crazy guy had in his addled brain. We know about this for reasons other than what was going on in his brain. Most importantly, a ridiculous faceplant by the secret service.
Yup. He wasn't from one side or the other. Just from the crazy side.
@taiwan_girl said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
He wasn't from one side or the other.
I was assured he was a registered Republican.
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More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Elbows up!
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
The Brad
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
@George-K said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Of course.
But there was so much chatter about the fact that he was a registered Republican.
Chatter is synonymous with gossip. Plenty of that from all sides of the spectrum of current mendacity. No cause to pass any of it along.
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@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
@LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
Wasn’t aware of that. Diagnosed with what?
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@LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
Wasn’t aware of that. Diagnosed with what?
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
@Renauda said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:
More like an unregistered psychiatric patient.
Nope, he was diagnosed.
Wasn’t aware of that. Diagnosed with what?
Hmm, early on there were reports that he had been diagnosed with a depression disorder, now I am just seeing that he researched the term.
Both of his parents are licensed counselors and social workers and I know I saw an article detailing an illness. Now it’s gone.
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Something else we now know. How is it that this is coming out 4 weeks later?
Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin, logged dozens of visits to a local sportsman’s club for rifle practice before shooting Trump and three other people at a July 13 rally in Butler County, according to records provided Thursday to the media by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
The information released by Grassley showed that Crooks visited a rifle range the day before he opened fire at the Butler Farm Show grounds, striking the former president in the ear, killing rally-goer Corey Comperatore and seriously wounding two others.
Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, made frequent visits to Clairton Sportsman’s Club to practice his shooting, including on some holidays.
Crooks became a member of the club — which spans 180 acres in West Mifflin and Jefferson Hills and boasts more than 2,000 members — on Aug. 10, 2023, according to the records from Grassley’s office.
The club has several rifle ranges, including at least one that is 200 yards. Investigators have said Crooks fired an AR-style rifle at the former president from the roof of a building less than 150 yards from Trump’s stage.
Crooks signed in for target practice 20 times within the first four months of his membership, the documents showed, and averaged three to six practices per month this year.
In total, Crooks signed in at the range 43 times.
Grassley’s office described Crooks’ visits as “intense preparation in the months prior to his attempted assassination of the former president.”
Crooks spent about 80% of his time at the gun club on rifle practice, according to the records.
Attendance logs show Crooks never brought a guest with him to the range, even when he spent holidays there. He logged time at the range on Valentine’s Day this year, and on Christmas and Halloween last year.
Crooks’ last visit to the gun range was logged at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, July 12 — the day before the rally, where he was fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper.
