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2021-08-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

'I did the best I could': School resource officer accused of hiding during Parkland massacre where 17 staff and students died breaks down outside court after child negligence hearing

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 You should face a firing squad promptly after your third conviction. Just saying.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-19 02:43|| 2021-08-19 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Nikolas Cruz was adopted. Not to say that his adoptive home worked out so well for him or others...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 05:03|| 2021-08-19 05:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Scot, sometimes you best is not good enough. Sometimes that's OK. Other times, not so much. Thinking St. Fauxi in the latter category with his creepy virus experiments.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 05:45|| 2021-08-19 05:45|| Front Page Top

#4 He's in the same boat as the airport security officers at Boston on 9/11. It was an easy job as to be called Retired on Active Duty, just doing your time. No seriousness beyond when's the next coffee break. More ceremonial than functional. Then one day, the fundamental reason the position existed came home. That's when you discovered he were wanting. The people who assigned you to the job also considered it the same. They too were wanting.

Fortunately, today, you have lots of company. The senior members of our military join you in failing at their fundamental jobs. A very large ROADie community.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-19 06:57|| 2021-08-19 06:57|| Front Page Top

#5 In the society that bested them, they'd be on the hook for blood money to over 300 people's families. In America, they are "sovreignly immune" from the consequences of their incompetence.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 07:11|| 2021-08-19 07:11|| Front Page Top

#6 3000 people's families - referencing 9/11

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 07:12|| 2021-08-19 07:12|| Front Page Top

#7 "I did the best I could."

But for whom?

Posted by Flavish Bucket5269 2021-08-19 08:11|| 2021-08-19 08:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Not everyone can pass their "Life Test". But most do their best not to fail spectacularly.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-08-19 09:02|| 2021-08-19 09:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Triiiied to do his best, but he could not...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 09:20|| 2021-08-19 09:20|| Front Page Top

#10 2nd degree murder.

Posted by Woodrow 2021-08-19 11:47|| 2021-08-19 11:47|| Front Page Top

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