Sunday, February 25, 2018

Scott Israel: Resign

Republican lawmakers in Florida are demanding the Sheriff Scott Israel be suspended. Governor Rick Scott has launched an investigation.  

In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, multiple disturbing failures have come to light. The school resource officer, Scot Peterson, failed to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (SDHS) and engage the shooter. When additional deputies arrived, they also failed to enter SDHS and engage the shooter. In the lead up to the shooting, Israel's department was warned. He and his department did nothing.

Broward County's Sheriff Office failed. Their failure cost lives, and they should b ashamed of themselves. And evidently they are. Why else would they lie? When asked how many times they responded to complaints involving the shooters family, they said 23 times.

The real number is more like 45. Whether that number is calls made or calls acted on, it amounts to the same thing: a failure to connect the dots. 

Sheriff Israel, resign.

  

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