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Security failure. Again.

Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:31 pm
Posted by TFH
Member since Apr 2016
3418 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:31 pm
I’m not bashing anyone. I don’t know how personal security works. But I feel there is room for question here.

Why is the high ground not being secured? It seems to me that there are two logical threats for events like this and Butler: close up and far away. Any roof within 500 yards needs to be secure, physically or visually.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94713 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:32 pm to
quote:

Why is the high ground not being secured?


1. Security is incompetent

2. It is on purpose


There is no third option.
Posted by LSUMANINVA
West Virginia
Member since Sep 2004
9152 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:33 pm to
Yeah, there was a video of a guy yesterday that saw the guy on the roof. Those outdoor events need to have a hotline for anyone that if they "see something, say something"
This post was edited on 9/11/25 at 1:58 pm
Posted by Scott68
Washington Coast
Member since Mar 2020
245 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:34 pm to
I can't stop thinking the EXACT same thing.

One person in a position of overwatch, even if they aren't armed, would make a significant difference, and in this case, probably a lifesaving one.
Posted by DalenSA
2024 DAT RotY
Member since Jan 2023
9090 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:34 pm to
You would think sweeping roofs or flying a drone to check roofs would be common practice, especially after the Trump situation. Wild that it's not
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
37870 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:34 pm to
How much security did he typically have? For all we know what was there was SOP for him
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
10303 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:34 pm to
This is not presidential security or even government security.


This is a private citizen. If he wanted enhanced security, he would have to pay for it.
Posted by TFH
Member since Apr 2016
3418 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

Yeah, there was a video of a guy yesterday that saw the guy on the roof.

I was just watching that video. Literally get on the highest roof in the vicinity and watch the other roofs.
Posted by prouddawg
Member since Sep 2024
6906 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:35 pm to
Seems like simply flying a drone would eliminate rooftop threats. Or hey at least keep an eye on the roofs for a change.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13212 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:35 pm to
Universities typically make conservative guests pay for their own security. But sweeping every parking garage, with them still being in use for the rest of the university is probably not reasonable. If he was the Pope or POTUS, of course, but he's wasn't.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71217 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

Why is the high ground not being secured? It seems to me that there are two logical threats for events like this and Butler: close up and far away. Any roof within 500 yards needs to be secure, physically or visually.

is it normal for someone of Kirk's stature to have that type of security at an event like that? Butler was different , it was a presidential candidate and former president with SS protection. A political commentator isn't going to have that type of security unless he pays for it himself
This post was edited on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
26019 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:35 pm to
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2. It is on purpose



I wouldn't put it past the CIA/deep state to have orchestrated this. Charlie Kirk was becoming too popular with younger generations and they feared the influence he had.
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
34869 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
The tour schedule was posted here a few weeks ago and my first thought was “why is he doing this? Some leftist trash is going to try and kill him”

God Bless the Kirk’s. Charlie is now legend!
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
62362 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
This will definitely create changes in how security is handled in the future for people like Charlie


Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
19325 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

I don’t know how personal security works.

Personal security doesn't set up a perimeter at 200 yards nor canvas it.
Posted by ElDawgHawg
L.A. (lower Arkansas)
Member since Nov 2012
3583 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
Campus security is part of my job as a school admin. Never should there be a high profile person on a campus that size without having every one of those buildings secured far in advance. So many things I saw wrong with security on that scene.
With the world we live in today, securing a scene for any political event should be standard protocol. Should have a standard 1 mile high ground clearance and no fly zone protocol.
I know 1 mile is a stretch but with drones and what not you have to take a lot of things into account.

Sad we have to think like that in America today but we do.
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
2256 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
I imagine he has a minimal security team.

Dudes company was worth 150 Million

Wish he would have put some more money on his own personal security.
Posted by TFH
Member since Apr 2016
3418 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
True. But he did have security and did have at least six police officers present.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170566 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:36 pm to
I think you're going to start seeing these events go indoors only in auditoriums where they can screen anyone entering and leaving.

Sad but that's probably what needs to happen
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71217 posts
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

This will definitely create changes in how security is handled in the future for people like Charlie


I do think we've send the end of outdoor events like this. So much more difficult to provide security outside than inside an arena.
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