▲ 828 ▼ Gunshots reportedly fired at Donald Trump rally - as former president rushed off stage (news.sky.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 563 comments fedilink hide all child comments Video clip: https://x.com/Acyn/status/1812249329203286464
[+] memfree@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) At this point, we know very little, but with what we do know at the moment - for this, you'd need: someone willing to be taken out as the shooter, willing to or being tricked into shooting blanks, or an extremely elaborate plan to switch in a body (you also have to acquire and prepare somewhere) in front of witnesses and potential cameras someone without blanks firing to explain the other bystanders dead from bullets complete control over the subsequent investigation, to make sure no one looks into it properly, which would make all the people involved in the know It is still an extremely, extremely unlikely scenario permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] memfree@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Agreed. Further, Chozo@fedia.io in this post commented that we can hear the rounds hitting before the report, and since blanks don't hit, we can presume this was not faked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They literally did this plot on the Boys like a week ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Or just use a razor and actually cut your ear. I'd say someone took their shot and missed. He happened to turn his head at the last moment, or the shot would have made a solid hit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) At this point, we know very little, but with what we do know at the moment - for this, you'd need: someone willing to be taken out as the shooter, willing to or being tricked into shooting blanks, or an extremely elaborate plan to switch in a body (you also have to acquire and prepare somewhere) in front of witnesses and potential cameras someone without blanks firing to explain the other bystanders dead from bullets complete control over the subsequent investigation, to make sure no one looks into it properly, which would make all the people involved in the know It is still an extremely, extremely unlikely scenario permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] memfree@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Agreed. Further, Chozo@fedia.io in this post commented that we can hear the rounds hitting before the report, and since blanks don't hit, we can presume this was not faked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They literally did this plot on the Boys like a week ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] memfree@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Agreed. Further, Chozo@fedia.io in this post commented that we can hear the rounds hitting before the report, and since blanks don't hit, we can presume this was not faked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They literally did this plot on the Boys like a week ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Or just use a razor and actually cut your ear. I'd say someone took their shot and missed. He happened to turn his head at the last moment, or the shot would have made a solid hit. permalink fedilink source parent