What we know about the investigation

Thousands of police officers have been deployed in Milwaukee, United States. Gantries and concrete have been installed to secure the Republican convention, the conservative party’s grand mass where Donald Trump is due to attend, on Monday, July 15, two days after being the target of an assassination attempt. He describes himself to a few journalists as a survivor, a miracle. “I shouldn’t be here, I should be dead”he told the New York Post. The investigation continues and the American police must now understand how the killer managed to position himself so easily on a roof. For the “secret service”, the unit responsible for protecting personalities, did it not eliminate him in time?

The men of the “secret service” had delegated surveillance of the roof to local security forces. The other big mystery concerns the motivations of the shooter Thomas Crooks, aged 20. In his high school, he is described as a studious boy and good student but often harassed. For his part, Joe Biden calls on Americans to calm down. The president, with a hesitant gait, explains that politics cannot be a battlefield.