Broward Sheriff Scott Israel tells staff he's being suspended over Parkland response
Source: Miami Herald
It appears that Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is preparing to pack up his office.
The two-term sheriff, the object of fierce criticism over BSOs handling of the Parkland massacre, told his top commanders that he will be removed from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis, sources have told the Miami Herald.
Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article224080655.html
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is evidently going to remove Democrat Sheriff Scott Israel. Does Israel deserve this, or is he just being made the fall guy?
pecosbob
(7,900 posts)but if one of your lieutenants calls in artillery on your own batallion by mistake, you have to eat the sword
Atticus
(15,124 posts)Is it that different in Florida? Does Trump's biggest fan have the authority to fire Israel?
obamanut2012
(27,710 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)obamanut2012
(27,710 posts)Why is he? Because the NRA is telling him to. DeSantis is worse than Scott, and I am looking forward to the next four years.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)election and install his boy, eh?
Helluva system ya got there, Florida!
obamanut2012
(27,710 posts)I know PA has something similar, and, like FL, it involves a trial in the state Senate. It is usually political, but not always -- sometimes people are corrupt.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)Shemp Howard
(889 posts)It's my understanding that the Florida governor can remove any Florida sheriff. But then the Florida Senate gets to decide whether to reinstate the sheriff, or to make the suspension permanent.
I suppose this power was given to the governor because many Southern sheriffs were (are?) corrupt.
Turbineguy
(38,243 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,798 posts)Rocky888
(297 posts)Demanded stronger gun laws and he became their number 1 target.
Then Rubio found a way to blame Obama era changes to how minorities are disciplined imore harshly and often than white students responsible for white boys buying AR-15s and mass murdering classmates.
So a democrat who was elected by the people is fired and ms. Devos changed school discipline rules back to harsher, more often discipline of black and brown students. MAGA
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this Guy's Campaign?
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)When a J.O. puts the ship on a reef, the Captain is still responsible.
JI7
(90,233 posts)Baitball Blogger
(47,690 posts)Republicans in my area are steep in corruption and no one does anything about rectifying their overreaches. They wash each other's back. But if they want someone out of their way, they will be the first to nail them for their incompetence. Support for each other's "stellar" reputations, despite their misdeeds is a bonding ritual.