Hide, deny, spin, threaten: How the school district tried to mask failures that led to Parkland shoo

[mountaineer]

Hide, deny, spin, threaten: How the school district tried to mask failures that led to Parkland shooting
Brittany Wallman, Megan O'Matz and Paula McMahon
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Nov. 30, 2018

Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong.

For months, Broward schools delayed or withheld records, refused to publicly assess the role of employees, spread misinformation and even sought to jail reporters who published the truth.

New information gathered by the South Florida Sun Sentinel proves that the school district knew far more than it’s saying about a disturbed former student obsessed with death and guns who mowed down staff and students with an assault rifle on Valentine’s Day.

After promising an honest assessment of what led to the shooting, the district instead hired a consultant whose primary goal, according to school records, was preparing a legal defense. Then the district kept most of those findings from the public.

The district also spent untold amounts on lawyers to fight the release of records and nearly $200,000 to pay public relations consultants who advised administrators to clam up, the Sun Sentinel found.  ...  Read entire article

[Wingnut]

Finally a Newspaper that actually practices journalism.

[Frank Cannon]

This explains why the MSM has dropped this shooting as a cause celeb for gun control.

[mountaineer]

Finally a Newspaper that actually practices journalism.

Indeed. It's almost a shock to see this sort of thing anymore.

[ConstitutionRose]

Hubby and I attended a class for citizens on Active Assault Events offered by the local police dept.  It included a review of the changes in how law enforcement react to these events and what current doctrine is and what to expect from the police. 

According to what I learned, the police did NOT use current doctrine at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.