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NYT: Officers Had No Duty to Protect Students in Parkland Massacre, Judge Rules
A lot of people don't believe this is true, but it is. I'm grateful for every LEO who does confront active shooters even though they are not legally obligated to do so. They do it to save lives.
Officers Had No Duty to Protect Students in Parkland Massacre, Judge Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/parkland-shooting-lawsuit-ruling-police.html?fbclid=IwAR2qB_3ZfNN6v2P4n_Rf78LXipBJNL2SJMbNgNoBbDylAzFZIJsRWcR_ts4
The school district and sheriff’s office in the Florida county that is home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had no constitutional duty to protect the students there during the deadly February massacre, a federal judge has said in a ruling.
The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by 15 students who said they suffered trauma during the Feb. 14 attack in Parkland, Fla. A total of 17 students and staff members lost their lives; 17 others were injured.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, 20, the former Stoneman Douglas student who is accused of opening fire at the school on Valentine’s Day. He has pleaded not guilty, but his lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
The Dec. 12 ruling, by Judge Beth Bloom, came on the same day that a county judge, Patti Englander Henning, came to the opposite conclusion. Judge Henning found that Scot Peterson, the armed sheriff’s deputy who heard the gunfire but did not run in and try to stop the attack, did have an obligation to confront Mr. Cruz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/parkland-shooting-lawsuit-ruling-police.html?fbclid=IwAR2qB_3ZfNN6v2P4n_Rf78LXipBJNL2SJMbNgNoBbDylAzFZIJsRWcR_ts4
The school district and sheriff’s office in the Florida county that is home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had no constitutional duty to protect the students there during the deadly February massacre, a federal judge has said in a ruling.
The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by 15 students who said they suffered trauma during the Feb. 14 attack in Parkland, Fla. A total of 17 students and staff members lost their lives; 17 others were injured.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, 20, the former Stoneman Douglas student who is accused of opening fire at the school on Valentine’s Day. He has pleaded not guilty, but his lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
The Dec. 12 ruling, by Judge Beth Bloom, came on the same day that a county judge, Patti Englander Henning, came to the opposite conclusion. Judge Henning found that Scot Peterson, the armed sheriff’s deputy who heard the gunfire but did not run in and try to stop the attack, did have an obligation to confront Mr. Cruz.
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