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Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is facing a no-confidence vote from his own deputies for his actions in the wake of the Parkland school shooting that have “crushed morale through the agency,†as the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association described it.The February 14th shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 students and teachers dead, and an additional 17 wounded. Israel has faced intense criticism for the dozens of visits to the shooter’s home that never resulted in an arrest, their policy of avoiding juvenile arrests even for serious and violent crimes, and the failure of his deputies to enter the school and engage the shooter.Israel’s actions in the aftermath of the shooting have only raised the volume from his critics — his grandstanding attempts to demonize the NRA and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at a CNN townhall, his scapegoating of his own deputies, and additional troubling reports about the shooter’s brother being arrested on campus and a BSO deputy getting caught sleeping while on duty that same day at Stoneman Douglas . . . . . . The vote from the union may help nudge Israel closer to resigning — even though it will be largely symbolic, a clear result against him will bolster the pending investigations against him, and provide political cover for any efforts to remove him from his position, elected by the people of Broward County . . .
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