Whenever a headline is written to imply something without saying it, don’t trust it.
The words in the headline are not false, but they chose to cover this story nationally because they can write a headline that strongly implies that there was an attempt on the president’s life because they know that will entice a click.
If there was evidence of the exciting implication that would be the headline.
A depressed person attempting suicide by cop isn’t something relevant to a national audience, but people will click because of the headline.
Maybe it’ll prompt a copy-cat to what’s being implied, and we’ll get the headline we’ve all been waiting for.
“Near White House.”
That specific intersection has the Eisenhower Executive Office Building between it and the White House. Based on the details of the article:
Secret Service personnel later located the individual’s vehicle and spotted a person on foot who matched the description. “As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, …"
I’m willing to bet that the firearm which was brandished by the individual was a handgun. Even without the big office building in the way, the odds of a handgun being effective at that range are very low.
This sounds more like a “suicide by cop” situation than an actual threat.
Agreed. This likely has nothing to do with anything. If it did the headline would be vastly different and there would be people singing in the streets.
