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The trial of Scot Peterson, the ‘school resource officer’ at Parkland High School who famously waited outside the building while kids were getting shot, started last week.<\/p>\n
\nScot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman entered a building in Feb. 14, 2018 and opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17. Peterson never went inside while the shooting was underway, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and surveillance video.<\/p>\n
Peterson, 60, was charged in 2019 with 11 criminal charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury, carrying a combined maximum prison sentence of nearly 97 years. It is highly unusual for law enforcement officers to be charged with failing to take action or provide care, raising the possibility that Peterson’s trial will set legal precedents.\u00a0 Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Precedent will be set if he is convicted, as previous rulings all the way up to the Supreme Court (ie: Warren v. District of Columbia, 1981 for e) have held that police have a generalized responsibility as part of their jobs but not a specific duty to protect individuals.<\/p>\n
In this case, though, the “Broward County Coward” was hired specifically to guard the school campus and received active shooter response training.<\/p>\n
\nPeterson’s defense attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, responded that Peterson was unable to determine the source of the gunfire while he waited outside, and ridiculed the idea that he should be charged with child neglect, “as if he’s a mother who fails to give a child water or food.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, about that…<\/p>\n
\nPeterson\u2019s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, on cross-examination, emphasized that Heinrich also couldn\u2019t tell where the shots were coming from. Heinrich said that was true, but that if he had been armed he would have gone toward where he thought they were until he found the shooter.\u00a0\u00a0 WITN<\/a><\/p>\n
Peterson didn\u2019t leave his spot for about 40 minutes \u2014 about 35 minutes after the shooting had stopped.\u00a0\u00a0 TampaBay.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Then we get the really damning stuff”<\/p>\n
On the third day of Peterson’s trial, Coral Springs officer Richard Best related what he says Peterson told him outside the classroom building, WPLG-TV<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Hey brother, what do we got?\u2019\u201d Best told the jury. \u201cHe said, \u2018Gunshots second or third floor.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 AP<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So the guy who didn’t move for 40 minutes because he didn’t know where the shots were originating\u00a0 – did.<\/p>\n
You have to wonder how many times he bragged about his job, that he was the point guy to keep those kids safe. You know, you take the money to do a job, you don’t just do nothing when the defecatory matter hits the ventilators – you may be scared, but that doesn’t matter. You were happy to have our pay and respect when it wasn’t hard: when it DOES get hard, suck it up and do your damn job. If I were him, I think I’d be sweating some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"