Gov. Ron DeSantis hopes to work with the Florida legislature to reform laws in the aftermath of the Parkland shooter’s sentencing — no death penalty — over four years after the massacre.
A jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reached a decision in the penalty phase of Parkland attacker Nikolas Cruz’s trial Thursday, recommending a life sentence.
Family members of 16 of the 17 victims of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting massacre settled their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week over the FBI’s failure to act on tips the gunman was planning a shooting at the school.
Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink ruled Thursday that two Broward County Sheriff’s deputies who were fired for inaction during the February 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting should be reinstated.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead.
A federal school safety commission led by members of the Trump administration is recommending that the Departments of Justice and Education rescind the Obama-era school policy that urged more lenient forms of discipline in public schools for students of color and those of other minority groups.
South Florida Sun Sentinel claims that Broward County Public Schools knew about the Parkland gunman before he attacked but suppressed that which they knew.
“By all reports the placement at Cross Creek was effective,” the report states. Cruz would have likely remained at Cross Creek had the district not moved him to a regular “mainstream” education setting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Andrew Pollack had dedicated himself to making schools safe following the death of his 18-year-old daughter, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who was one of 17 people shot and killed by a deranged former student in February.
A Florida commission says the Obama-era PROMISE social justice program that allowed threatening and assaultive students identified as minorities to avoid normal channels of school discipline is not to blame for the Parkland school massacre in February by confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz.
In an interview with the Washington Post taped on June 4, Parkland, Florida, Officer Scot Peterson said there was “no time” for him to be a coward during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting because “things went so fast.”
The man who is charged with the attack on Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 recorded a video beforehand announcing his plans to be the “next school shooter of 2018.”
Former Broward deputy Scot Peterson is collecting $8,702.35 per month on his pension, following his resignation after he failed to confront the Parkland shooter.
“There’s negligence here because no one ever followed up,” Timothy Sternberg told the Washington Times.
Officials with Broward County schools confirmed Sunday night that Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz was assigned to the deferred disciplinary program supported by President Obama.
“What stands out in the report is the appalling level of violence in schools: 789,000 physical attacks, 2,200 attacks with firearms or explosives, 10,000 sexual assaults, etc.,” Kirsanow notes. “The galactically misguided Obama guidance needs to be rescinded immediately before the violence increases even more.”
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, who bragged about his leadership during the Parkland, Florida, shooting, is facing a vote of no confidence from the union.
“Why do we have clear backpacks if they aren’t being enforced?” she asked. “Why do we have BSO everywhere if they aren’t doing their job and just seem to be hanging around our campus?”
“After careful consideration of the testimony and evidence presented, together with this Court’s in-camera review of the video recordings from the exterior cameras, this Court finds that the video recordings minimally reveal information relating to the security system of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” the judge ruled.
A new investigation reveals that while the Broward County schools superintendent and school board are touting fewer arrests of minority students, the most recent state data actually shows the district has the highest rate of weapons-related incidents in South Florida.
“Just an hour ago, I received word that over seven additional speakers would be cut, and that my time would be cut in half from the original six minutes … A board and superintendent who insists on the commitment to transparency have decided to deny the voices of survivors and families of victims who intended to speak tonight.”
Parkland school shooting hero Anthony Borges says Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel should have pursued Nikolas Cruz long before the February 14 attack occurred.
The man who shot and killed 17 people at his former high school last month is apparently admired by some individuals who one expert said may be facing their own mental health challenges.
“Runcie’s careful formulation contains a falsehood, several omissions, and obfuscations,” Eden says. “It doesn’t cover middle school, where Cruz racked up about two dozen offenses and was transferred into an intensive behavior management school – without ever getting an arrest record.”
While speaking to the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai actress Charlize Theron made clear her belief that it is “outrageous” to even discuss allowing armed teachers to defend students.
Surveillance video released March 15 allegedly shows Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson standing outside Parkland school building 12 instead of entering to confront gunman Nikolas Cruz.
On CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night, Lesley Stahl asked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about the “institutional racism” in school discipline.
Prosecutors in Broward County, Florida, have decided to seek the death penalty for the Parkland high school student charged with murdering 17 people in February, a report says. Authorities filed an intent to seek the ultimate penalty in a March
The NRA announced support for firearm confiscation orders on the same day the White House announced its support for allowing the guns of citizens to be taken away via court order.
“Students (and teachers) have reported being fearful of going to school,” adds Kirsanow, who also chairs the board of directors of the Center for New Black Leadership. “One school principal stated unequivocally that the people that are most harmed are the good students who want to learn but are harmed by the chaotic environment.”
“Everything [Nikolas Cruz] spewed was consistent with the Trump agenda,” said Dean Obeidallah on Monday’s episode of The Thom Hartmann Program, describing the alleged mass murderer of the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Florida as politically aligned with President Donald Trump.
“He probably wouldn’t have been able to buy the murder weapon if the school had referred him to law enforcement,” veteran FBI agent Michael Biasello told RealClearInvestigations (RCI).
Following Delta’s decision to cut ties with the NRA, the company’s CEO stressed that the airline is “not taking sides” in gun control debate.
Nikolas Cruz’s psychosis ended in a bloody massacre not only because of the stunning incompetence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department. It was also the result of liberal insanity working exactly as it was intended to.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that Americans blame government rather than guns for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
The Broward County Sheriff’s deputy who is accused of refusing to engage a teenager killing students in a Parkland high school has released a statement denying charges he acted like a coward during the shooting.
Suspected Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hired a lawyer in December to try to obtain his $800,000 inheritance just two months before the alleged attack, according to court records.
An Obama-era “no-arrest policy” guideline for school discipline may have hindered the ability of authorities to prevent Nikolas Cruz’s mass murder of 17 persons at a Florida high school on February 14, said the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Richard Corcoran.
The Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Richard Corcoran is investigating “numerous reports” alleging the possible issuance of a stand-down order to law enforcement during the earliest moments of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Republican state legislators in Florida are proposing a statewide marshal program to train and arm school personnel to defend students and staffers, said Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran in a Monday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.
