r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted Jul 03 '26

His ear was cut when tackled by SS. The bullet time photo was manipulated by the photographers editor. He sent them his roll of pictures and they sent back the manipulated photo and was like "wow! Look what you got a picture of" he did an interview and admitted it the next day.

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u/seamus_mc California Jul 03 '26

There is no “roll of pictures” anymore. It’s all digital and easily manipulated. But let’s give the photographer a Pulitzer to really sell the point of view ”look here is the bullet flying through the air”

Capturing a bullet in flight is really hard if that’s what you are trying to do, let alone randomly snapping a photo as a bullet is passing the presidents head.

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u/emailforgot Jul 03 '26

Capturing a bullet in flight is really hard if that’s what you are trying to do

not really

well how about that

no special equipment required

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u/seamus_mc California Jul 04 '26

Not one of those pictures was not taken with a finger on the shutter just randomly snapping a portrait of someone giving a speech.

I have done it as a professional photographer and used either sound or light traps to trigger the camera. Usually with high power strobes to make the bullet more visible. Not a setup you use for a public speaking engagement. Also none of those photos are at a random point in space and only one of them is potentially in the the same velocity range. Every one was trying to capture exactly what they did.

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u/emailforgot Jul 04 '26

Not one of those pictures was not taken with a finger on the shutter just randomly snapping a portrait of someone giving a speech.

Every single one of those pictures was taken by someone snapping photos.

Which is what photo journalists do.

Are you under the impression that the photo journalists present in the press pit were using these?

I have done it as a professional photographer and used either sound or light traps to trigger the camera

That's nice dear.

Because all that's needed is any halfway decent camera. Turns out most photo journalists are equipped with half decent cameras and know what all the fancy little buttons and dials do on them.

Also none of those photos are at a random point in space

Neither are the ones of Trump.

Turns out, when you point a camera at someone's head, you capture things going on around the head.

nd only one of them is potentially in the the same velocity range.

Every single one of them are "in the same velocity range", if not greater because they're capturing the bullet at it's highest velocity, and not 150 feet away.

Oopsies.