Author Topic: Florida school shooting: 19-year-old accused of killing 17 is a 'broken child,' lawyer says (Read 1677 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** February 15, 2018, 09:02:53 pm »

Florida school shooting: 19-year-old accused of killing 17 is a 'broken child,' lawyer says

By Karma Allen
EMILY SHAPIRO

Feb 15, 2018, 3:25 PM ET

A day after the Valentineâ€™s Day massacre at a Florida high school left 17 people dead, the suspect's public defender called the accused gunman a "broken child."

Public defender Melisa McNeill appeared with the school shooting suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, at a brief court appearance today.

"My children they go to school in this community and I feel horrible for these families," McNeill said, adding, "and Mr. Cruz feels that pain."

Students, parents and faculty at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland are struggling to fathom why the former student allegedly opened fire there Wednesday as law enforcement officials searched for clues and the school district denied suggestions that it had been warned.

Besides the 17 killed, more than a dozen others were injured, some critically, after the suspect stormed the school.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/students-parents-desperate-answers-police-investigate-florida-school/story?id=53103817

Restored · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2018, 09:05:32 pm »

"and Mr. Cruz feels that pain."

He's just the innocent victim of an evil gun.

edpc · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2018, 10:32:55 pm »

I'm guessing the only reason this kid has a public defender is because Geragos and Allred took each other out in a collision, trying to get there first.

mountaineer · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2018, 10:45:18 pm »

Calling a 19 year old a child is part of the problem.

edpc · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2018, 10:52:28 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on February 15, 2018, 10:45:18 pm

Calling a 19 year old a child is part of the problem.

At 19, he's practically a baby compared to the 26 year olds that can stay on their parent's Obamacare plans.

mountaineer · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2018, 10:54:54 pm »

Quote from: edpc on February 15, 2018, 10:52:28 pm

At 19, he's practically a baby compared to the 26 year olds that can stay on their parent's Obamacare plans.

Also a problem!

Sanguine · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2018, 10:59:51 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on February 15, 2018, 10:45:18 pm

Calling a 19 year old a child is part of the problem.

Right you are!

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:04:12 pm »

It can be an assault on our sensitivities but the same Constitution that ensures our right to keep and bear arms allows for due process and legal representation for this hideous perpetrator.

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:22:45 pm »

"Yes the rumors are true. I am a bottom feeding shitbag lawyer."

WingNot · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:23:33 pm »

Quote from: Lando Lincoln on February 15, 2018, 11:04:12 pm

It can be an assault on our sensitivities but the same Constitution that ensures our right to keep and bear arms allows for due process and legal representation for this hideous perpetrator.

That is correct. This land abounds in ruffians and varmints. Their numbers are legion, their evil skills commensurate. Give the bastard a fair trail then hang him in front of every one in the town square

Jazzhead · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:34:06 pm »

Quote from: Lando Lincoln on February 15, 2018, 11:04:12 pm

It can be an assault on our sensitivities but the same Constitution that ensures our right to keep and bear arms allows for due process and legal representation for this hideous perpetrator.

Yes, that is true - and important not to forget. But I hope (assuming the death penalty exists in Florida) that prosecutors don't take the easy way out and let him plead guilty in exchange for avoiding a date with the gibbet jockey. As a taxpayer, the last thing I want to do is pay for this idiot's upkeep for the next sixty years. Justice, to be worthy of the name, needs to be swift and sure.

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:34:37 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on February 15, 2018, 11:23:33 pm

That is correct. This land abounds in ruffians and varmints. Their numbers are legion, their evil skills commensurate. Give the bastard a fair trail then hang him in front of every one in the town square

True enough - we've bastardized the process so it will take a lifetime to complete.

edpc · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2018, 11:38:32 pm »

Quote from: Jazzhead on February 15, 2018, 11:34:06 pm

Yes, that is true - and important not to forget. But I hope (assuming the death penalty exists in Florida) that prosecutors don't take the easy way out and let him plead guilty in exchange for avoiding a date with the gibbet jockey. As a taxpayer, the last thing I want to do is pay for this idiot's upkeep for the next sixty years. Justice, to be worthy of the name, needs to be swift and sure.

Florida does have capital punishment and prosecutors will likely seek it. However, that will take a lengthy process of appeals and you never know what future governor may commute the sentence to life. So, your last statement is correct.

edpc · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:26:55 am »

Cruz looks like the WV twins you find in a web search of 'inbred.'

LauraTXNM · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:35:13 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 15, 2018, 11:22:45 pm

"Yes the rumors are true. I am a bottom feeding shitbag lawyer."

I hope I never need a public defender. But I am glad that our system provides them for those who need them, guilty or not. And I'd bet this woman works for not much money -- nobody becomes a public defender to get rich.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:39:33 am »

Quote from: LauraTXNM on February 16, 2018, 12:35:13 am

I hope I never need a public defender. But I am glad that our system provides them for those who need them, guilty or not. And I'd bet this woman works for not much money -- nobody becomes a public defender to get rich.

DITTO....well said

WingNot · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:40:04 am »

Quote from: LauraTXNM on February 16, 2018, 12:35:13 am

I hope I never need a public defender. But I am glad that our system provides them for those who need them, guilty or not. And I'd bet this woman works for not much money -- nobody becomes a public defender to get rich.

Ah Jesus...another one of the misguided has landed here on our island..

mystery-ak · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:44:18 am »

Quote from: Wingnut on February 16, 2018, 12:40:04 am

Ah Jesus...another one of the misguided has landed here on our island..

Everyone is entitled to a lawyer, even this scumbag.

That is no way to welcome a new member..be nice.

WingNot · « **Reply #18 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:48:22 am »

Quote from: mystery-ak on February 16, 2018, 12:44:18 am

That is no way to welcome a new member..be nice.

Oh bullshit. I smell a rat. You want to be nice...have at it.

Restored · « **Reply #19 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:51:28 am »

I wish you would all quit bickering and eat me.

The nerve of this woman to say the shooter felt the pain of his victims' families. That's just beyond ....

WingNot · « **Reply #20 on:** February 16, 2018, 12:53:54 am »

Quote from: Restored on February 16, 2018, 12:51:28 am

I wish you would all quit bickering and eat me.

The nerve of this woman to say the shooter felt the pain of his victims' families. That's just beyond ....

Whatever is eating you died. It was a sign to others not to risk it.

dfwgator · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2018, 01:17:25 am »

Other 19 year-old "Children" with guns.....

WingNot · « **Reply #22 on:** February 16, 2018, 01:25:07 am »

Quote from: dfwgator on February 16, 2018, 01:17:25 am

Other 19 year-old "Children" with guns.....

What a bunch of Snowflakes.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #23 on:** February 16, 2018, 01:25:52 am »

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A day after the Valentineâ€™s Day massacre at a Florida high school left 17 people dead, the suspect's public defender called the accused gunman a "broken child."

I do not care.

LauraTXNM · « **Reply #24 on:** February 16, 2018, 01:29:16 am »

Quote from: Restored on February 15, 2018, 09:05:32 pm

"and Mr. Cruz feels that pain."

He's just the innocent victim of an evil gun.

No, he's just crazy.