Revenge of the Thin Blue Line 44: Thomas M. Crooks and the Police Officer who backed down and how God (and hand-picked Federal Judge Aileen Cannon) saved Traitor Trump

"You think a gun makes you a tough guy?  It's when the other guy has a gun and he pulls his out then we see who the real tough guy is..."  - A Bronx Tale (1993) 

So, I've been steering clear of the Corporate Media circus surrounding Trump's near miss but I came across an AP article which had the following passage;

A local law enforcement officer climbed to the roof and found Crooks, who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and the gunman quickly fired toward Trump, the officials said. That’s when U.S. Secret Service gunmen shot him, the officials said. 

Whomever this Officer is, I hope he's got a ready bag prepared and has contacted his Union Rep and gotten legal advice because this LEO is about to find out how quickly the MAGA Mob can turn on Police Officers who they view as turncoats.  Based just on that passage, I'm not going to adjudicate the Officer a coward, say he froze in the moment, or was just happily walking around complacent but, in hindsight, it appears to be he came upon one of those No Shit moments of truth every thinking Officer contemplates, perhaps dreads, and has to steel themselves up to act decisively and... did not.

Whatever the actual truth of that moment, a split second before the shooting started I feel pity for that man because his life, no matter what the outcome, is over.

But, more importantly than the Near Miss is the breaking news Trump continues to win as disreputable Aileen Cannon has dismissed the charges against Trump after sitting on them for months to delay, delay, delay.  Perhaps, Cannon seeing that Trump is protected by the Hand of Providence decided she cannot thwart the Will of God.  Understand Republicans don't give a shit about Rule of Law now, not that they ever did.  The Republicans plan on keeping the trappings of democracy and the Rule of Law whilst they embark on a murderous campaign to reshape America into the White Power Evangelical Nation of Terror.

Like, everything Republicans espouse the so-called vaunted Rule of Law was just another cudgel to bash the left and dupe the normies.

This is a Dark Summer indeed.  Everything appears to be breaking in favor of the Fascists and Traitor Trump.  But, that's not Divine Providence as Republicans would have their base of rightwing drones believe but a 50 year campaign to subvert, infiltrate, and undermine the American Democratic Republic and replace it with a NeoConfederate Theocratic Dictatorship.  We, still have the power to stop Trump's election but, I'm certain morale and spirits are low amongst Democrats and Liberals, the only solace I take today is that maybe Trump is living in fear right now.  

And while I don't want Trump to get over it, if he is living in fear the rest of his miserable life well that could be bad for Us because a scared Trump with Power means pogroms and orders to round-up and liquidate everyone who scares him.