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Title: Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman
Post by: mystery-ak on December 13, 2018, 07:27:23 pm
Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman

A judge has rejected a deputy's claim that he had no duty to confront the gunman during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parent of a victim, Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning found after a hearing Wednesday that ex-deputy Scot Peterson did have a duty to protect those inside the school where 17 people died and 17 were wounded on Feb. 14.

Video and other evidence shows Peterson, the only armed officer at the school, remained outside while shots rang out.

The negligence lawsuit was filed by Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the attack. He said it made no sense for Peterson's attorneys to argue that a sworn law enforcement officer with a badge and a gun had no requirement to go inside.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjory-stoneman-douglas-shooting-judge-rejects-officer-scot-peterson-claim-he-had-no-duty-to-confront-gunman/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjory-stoneman-douglas-shooting-judge-rejects-officer-scot-peterson-claim-he-had-no-duty-to-confront-gunman/)
Title: Re: Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman
Post by: Wingnut on December 13, 2018, 09:04:45 pm
The fact is this creep was and is a coward.  If he wasn't he would have eaten his gun by now.
Title: Re: Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman
Post by: Absalom on December 13, 2018, 09:22:40 pm
Quote from: The Ghost on December 13, 2018, 09:04:45 pm
The fact is this creep was and is a coward.  If he wasn't he would have eaten his gun by now.
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Character is destiny (foretelling behavior in a crisis).
Equally guilty is that bleep Police Chief who hired
this scumbag.
Title: Re: Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman
Post by: Wingnut on December 13, 2018, 09:27:36 pm
Quote from: Absalom on December 13, 2018, 09:22:40 pm
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Character is destiny (foretelling behavior in a crisis).
Equally guilty is that bleep Police Chief who hired
this scumbag.

Israel. What a human expletive. Why that SOB is still sheriff of Coward County is so telling of how that socialist crook Gilligan got so many votes for Gov out that shithole.
Title: Re: Judge rejects embattled school deputy's claim he had no duty to confront Parkland gunman
Post by: verga on December 13, 2018, 11:16:45 pm
We are not allowed to carry firearms at my school. That doesn't mean I am unarmed or that I don't have access to improvised weapons.
When you take a job at a school I don't care if you are an administrator, teacher, cafeteria worker, or janitor, you have a DUTY to protect.