Scot Peterson, 60, took off his glasses and wept in court as the judge read off the verdict, finding him not guilty of seven counts of felony child neglect, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
-WiscoDave
Friday, June 30, 2023
The Coward of Broward found not guilty on all charges
A jury has acquitted on all counts the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – absolving him of wrongdoing in the rare trial of a law enforcement officer for his response to a mass shooting.
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They should have composed the jury of parents of students of the school.
ReplyDeleteTreat it like any travesty of justice. Cut his head off and leave it on the judge's front steps.
ReplyDeleteHey Everybody! 'He got his life back!' Now, do the other 17.
ReplyDeleteLet him be a pariah the rest of his days and die lonely and despised.
ReplyDeletePeterson, you had ONE FUCKING JOB...
take him out for a tour of the local swamp...
ReplyDeleteNeeds a bit of backstreet justice done to him .
ReplyDeleteI got nothing. I have seen people I thought were badasses crumble under fire. I have seen no shit badasses reach their limit. You can say anything you want, but talk is cheap and it takes money to buy whisky. Every fucking time. Dude just didn't know he was a coward. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteYou folks (have the right idea) but don't seem to remember that that sticker on the side of the police cars 'to protect and serve' is nothing but advertising. They don't actually have to protect you, nor do they serve you, which I think is absolutely backwards, but I don't make the fucking rules. If I did, there'd be a lot of job vacancies in Washington, and in every state, county, and city across the nation. A a shit-ton of inept parents attending funerals.
ReplyDeleteCurious as to why this case did not get thrown out on all charges on Day One = SCOTUS has already ruled in 2008 many years ago that LE has NO duty or obligation to protect citizens or anyone else. Don't believe that? Then study it up = https://prospect.org/justice/police-have-no-duty-to-protect-the-public/ when it comes to protect then those in this country are on your own.
ReplyDeleteDoes that apply to special conditions such as being hired by a school?
DeleteHere, employees of one govt agency (cops or deputies) are hired by a different govt agency (school).
Does it apply to security at govt bldgs such as courthouses or FBI HQ?
Those court rulings apply to civil rights lawsuits by citizens against the government. They do not apply to criminal charges brought by the state. I also don't see any reason why a state could not impose a "duty to protect" under state law.
DeleteThe takeaway is not a sigh of relief, but heightened concern when a school hires cops or armed 'safety officers' without the requirement of running toward gunfire without hesitation.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is tougher than one might think. We all want to say that given the same circumstances that we would act with bravery and self sacrifice. But the fact is, unless faced with that same thing, none of us really can tell just how we would act.
ReplyDeleteAll of us would say that we would simply run to the sounds of gunfire. Like that would be our first instinct. And I know that for most of us, we want that to be our first instinct. But don't forget that fear is also a strong instinct as well.
I don't respect the cop who didn't enter the building, but I don't hate him either. I am sad for the families that were counting on him and the others like him, and instead lost loved ones due to their collective inaction, that cost so many lives.
A verdict of guilty would not be the right one here, since you can't judge cowardice or bravery as a fact of law. If I had been a parent of one of the dead children I don't think I would feel differently. I might be bitter, but I don't think I would hold anyone responsible for their fear. I of course might feel differently if I were actually in a parents shoes. A tragedy is easy to look at after the fact. I can only wish those involved strength in the coming days, knowing that it will never completely go away.
That is the point; the school hired the cops as safety precaution, the parents relied upon this as adequate. Yet there was no provision to perform, or even against running away.
DeleteThe school gave false hope. Indeed, if a parent queried about duty to perform, the school could say they have taken steps to protect the students. And it was, sadly, proven to be BS.
Horseshit, Pigpen. Fuck your gutless bullshit excuse-making. No one in that school had the means to defend themselves *because* his sorry ass was there with a gun. His *duty* was to "march to the sound of the guns" and defend their lives. He refused to do his duty. Fuck him. Since he doesn't have a sense of honor and won't kill himself to atone for his cowardice the State should have stood him against a wall and shot him.
DeleteWhat about dereliction of duty?
ReplyDeleteDereliction of duty which is either directly or indirectly the cause of loss of life gets ten years prison and forfeit of pension.
DeleteBut NOW he has a PTSD issue as seen with his performance on tv and he can get disabilty for life and he can also now sue the school for damages to his reputation. When will parents learn they need to provide justice and dispense it themselves or they will never see it. Lots of swamps and hungry gators in florida, just saying for a friend...
ReplyDeleteWhen the legal system no longer provides justice for those needing a dose then you get vigilante justice. We are just about to that point now.
ReplyDeleteWhen the parents no redouble their efforts to legally hold the school, et al, complicit in constructing a false hope of security, the school, admin, district, county can all say, Well, you (parent) could have always taken your kid(s) out of school.
ReplyDeleteThat's if they don't say outright that you can't sue govt or some other BS.