Sheriff deputy at scene of school shooting failed to act

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So. last night on CNN’s anti-gun propaganda theater one of the stars was Broward County Sheriff and Hillary Clinton booster Scott Israel.

Israel had started burnishing his gun-grabbing credentials on Wednesday even as word was leaking out that his department had an extensive history of contacts with the shooter.

On Wednesday evening, as the country picked through the wreckage of another mass shooting, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, flanked by a Republican governor with an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, made a pitch for gun control.

“I’ve said this time and time again,” Israel began. “While the people who are victims of mental health illnesses in this country are being treated, in the opinion of this sheriff, they should not be able to buy, surround themselves with, purchase or carry a handgun. Those two things don’t mix.”

As mild as the proposal sounded, coming from a top law enforcement figure in one of the country’s most gun-friendly states, the comments put Israel outside the norm. But this was not Israel’s first time in the national spotlight after random violence. Nor was it the first time the sheriff had ventured into the stormy waters of the national gun debate.

Dana Loesch took him to task over the 39 known visits and Israel acted like a smug, arrogant, blame-shifting little f***....
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In fact, on Thursday night, Israel was talking smack about the NRA and gun owners in general and finding no fault at all in the way his department had managed the situation.

Earlier today, CNN revealed that on one of the 911 calls his guardian had made, she said that the shooter had held a gun on another person.

A short while ago, the other shoe dropped. As it turned out, the Broward County Sheriff’s Department had an ARMED school resource officer on site. And he did NOTHING.
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That’s right. As he was crowing to the audience and television cameras about how he was looking after the students and slamming Dana Loesch for questioning police contacts with Nikolas Cruz, he KNEW that his armed officer on the scene refused to enter the building as Cruz was slaughtering students. He knew he’d already suspended two other officers for improperly handling their contacts with Cruz.
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I am curious if CNN was also aware of the failure to act.  At any rate, CNN owes Dana Louech an apology.  I doubt they will.  This information does not fit their preferred narrative.  I suspect that the NRA may put together some ads to get the story out there and counter the smears this sheriff has been spreading.