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| Sheriff faces mounting criticism over Florida school massacre |
| 2018-02-26 |
| [REUTERS] A Florida sheriff came under mounting criticism on Sunday for his deputies’ response to this month’s deadly high school shooting and potential warning signs as dozens of state politicians called for his ouster and the governor ordered an independent inquiry. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel insisted that only one of his armed deputies is so far known to have been at fault for staying outside the school while it was under attack rather than entering to confront the gunman who shot 17 people to death. That deputy, identified as the school’s assigned resource officer, Scot Petersen, has resigned rather than face suspension and possible dismissal after his actions were caught on video during the massacre, the sheriff acknowledged last week. News outlets including CNN and NBC have since reported that at least three more armed Broward County sheriff’s deputies were present on the scene, taking cover behind their vehicles instead of immediately going into the school. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 "Coward County Sheriff" I'll bet someone out there has already reworked the last verse of "Coward of the County." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-02-26 18:29 |
| #11 Well they didn't want to have to arrest anyone - it'll mess up their crime stats! A sheriff *has* to have his priorities! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-02-26 16:05 |
| #10 Possibly there are many [now] shredded memos directing first responders to secure the scene and wait for the special teams. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-26 15:54 |
| #9 News outlets including CNN and NBC have since reported that at least three more armed Broward County sheriff’s deputies were present on the scene, taking cover behind their vehicles instead of immediately going into the school. I can believe that one guy failed but four is beginning to smell a little fishy. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-02-26 15:42 |
| #8 Waste of skin, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-02-26 10:36 |
| #7 #3 The Congressional district is run politically by Debbie Wasserman Waste of a Hyphen. Waste of more than a hyphen. Waste of a sexual liaison, waste of a vote, waste of air...need I go on? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-26 10:29 |
| #6 surprised people aren't calling his the "Coward County Sheriff" |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-02-26 08:36 |
| #5 "AWESOME leadership!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-02-26 07:43 |
| #4 In a system which rewards failure and punishes success guess what you get more of? /rhet |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-02-26 07:39 |
| #3 The Congressional district is run politically by Debbie Wasserman Waste of a Hyphen. Does anyone need any more Blues Clues from the dog about where this comes from? |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-26 03:30 |
| #2 According to Sundance, the failures of Broward County Sheriff Department were not caused by incompetence but by a concerted plan to reduce racial imbalance and reported incidence of crime by high school students in the county by not reporting many crimes including felonies and not arresting students for committing them. That is why Mr. Cruz had no criminal record, and why a large number of reports about his behavior were ignored by the Sheriff's office. This disgraceful behavior by the Sheriff's department earned the Broward School system praise and financial rewards from the Obama administration and the state of Florida for its supposed prowess in reducing crime by its high school students, and equalizing crime rates among racial groups. My question is: was the FBI aware of this, and did its failure to react to reports stem from its cooperation with this scandalous behavior by the Broward Sheriff's department? |
| Posted by: Daniel 2018-02-26 00:56 |
| #1 Every "involved" government employee of each agency that failed, no matter what agency, should be fired and NO PENSION AND MADE INELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT. Was there a single agency at any level that did their job? It's for the children |
| Posted by: Maggie Grundy1299 2018-02-26 00:25 |