A Death at Trump’s Rally – Call the PA Police

by Mary W Maxwell, PhD, LLB

Time’s a-wastin’ with regard to all we need to do to save our world. So I hate to bog down on the new ‘shootin’ incident, but I have just read a unique piece by someone whom I completely trust, Dee McLachlan. She uploaded her “speculation” to GumshoeNews.com in Melbourne, of which she is the founder (and of which I am the opinion editor). She has written many scripts for action movies, so has a keen eye for clues.

First, the official narrative:
Donald Trump was speaking at a podium during a rally on July 12, 2024. There was a young man with a rifle, crawling on the roof of a nearby building. Trump turned his head (unrelated to any crisis) and then we see him raise his hand to his ear, then quickly bend down behind the podium. Secret Service (SS) soon surrounded him and escorted him away. An SS man [no name given] shot dead the roof-crawler, whose name is Crooks, age 20. A large ladder was found near that building; it’s the likely way that he got to the rooftop.

And now for the speculation of Dee McLachlan:
Crooks is a patsy who did not even get to shoot. "He had not yet raised his rifle." The assassin’s shot came from a taller, windowless building, via a hole in the wall thereof, such as a vent. “Dee’s” sharpshooter inside that building may have been apprised of Crooks’ role [as a distraction] but this did not interfere with his own task. He used a high-tech gun and aimed for Trump’s temple. But for Donald’s last-minute turn-of-the-head, that shot would have been fatal.

To follow up on Dee’s idea, we would need to interrogate the SS officer who shot Crooks. McLachlan assumes his action was proper -- once any shot was heard, it was his duty to immediately terminate potential attackers. She also thinks that the SS guy may not have even seen Crooks, who was on the lee side of the roof. Thus, the Dee story does not point to any police “stand-down.”

To carry the investigation further, McLachlan recommends that we inspect the film from two surveillance cameras on the building (which, she can see, are positioned in a way that would capture the shooting action). Also, she sees the huge ladder as a definite clue to official chicanery. That is, its presence was not dealt with prior to the rally, which is ridiculous.

I note that journalist Candace Owens, who is well schooled in SS protocols, says that the SS was remiss; Trump should have been better protected. But Owens has seen the SS protect a serving president -- a candidate for office does not usually get the full Monty of SS men.

And how, I ask, would it help a candidate – or even a serving president (think JFK) – to have his body well covered by SS if there's an inside plan to kill him?

Does Not Justify a Civil War

The legacy media seem poised (unless I’m imagining this) to interpret the violent event of July 12 as a reason to escalate everyone’s anxiety. “Wow, the Dems and Repubs will hate each other all the more, and they will start riots.” [Translate: The authorities had better head this off with curfews, censorship, etc.]

Or media may hope at least to sow confusion about the election. “Wow, days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the delegates might have been faced with the job of picking a new candidate!”

I’m here to say, Keep your shirt on, everybody. As far as I could tell from the 1992 Los Angeles riots over the acquittal of police who beat up Rodney King, and the 2022 riots subsequent to George Floyd’s death, a major role was played by agents provocateurs.

Fool me twice, shame on them. Fool me three times, oh come on already….

As for election difficulties, again I say Keep your shirt on. The Framers of the US Constitution were smart guys. They provided whatever we might need if this or that leader drops dead, or quits, or whatever. I won’t go into it now. This article is only meant to publicize what looks to me to be a major step forward in analyzing the “assassination attempt.”

Call the Police

If Crooks’ gun did not emit any bullets, and he’s just a poor old mind-controlled 20-year-old (how many of those have we met?), then an accounting must be made for two deaths: that of Crooks himself and the member of the public who sat near the podium and got shot incidentally.

We’ve been told that millions of dollars have poured in, over the weekend, to Go Fund Me or other receptacles, in sympathy with that family. That shows that people care. Fine, let them care enough to follow through on Dee McLachlan’s idea. It’s no disqualifier that she is speaking only speculatively. All of us can only speculate, given that our government(s) stopped being accountable decades ago.

The caring public needs to take off their blinkers, and also rustle up some muscle in the righteous wrath department. At least one unwarranted murder has taken place – of the man who unfortunately sat in the audience. Two others are seriously wounded.

Who dunnit? Happily, we don’t need any help from the Secret Service or from the FBI on such a case. It’s a matter for Butler County, Pennsylvania. Just call the police!

-- Dee McLachlan's article is entitled "A Second Shooter -- My Speculation". She can be reached at McLachlanDee@gmail.com. The present scribe can be reached at MaxwellMaryLLB@gmail.com. Her most recent work, concerning David Quigley, is at substack.com