Daily Caller: TheDC’s Stephanie Hamill and Benny Johnson discussed the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Andrew Pollack against Broward Sheriff Deputy Scot Peterson on this edition of TheDC Today.
“It’s a very compelling case,” Johnson said.
“This family — the Pollack family, they’re very outspoken on what happened that day,” Hamill said.
“And while a lot of people were jumping to guns, and saying that, you know, we need to get rid of Second Amendment rights, and we need to get rid of Second Amendment rights, and we need to get rid of all guns, and then, you know, we’ll live in harmony and peace, he was saying, no we actually need to have security guards on campus that will do their jobs. We need the Sheriff’s department to respond appropriately. watch
A little more:
Scot Peterson Branded ‘Coward’ In Parkland Lawsuit.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — The father of an 18-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was killed during the Parkland school massacre, filed a lawsuit against the accused gunman and the Broward Sheriff’s deputy who failed to confront him. Andrew Pollack branded School Resource Officer Scot Peterson “pusillanimous” and a “coward” for failing to try to save his daughter, Meadow. One week after the Valentine’s Day mass shooting, Pollack told President Trump he couldn’t understand why he can’t get a bottle of water past airport security yet the gunman who ended his daughter’s life was able to bring an AR-15 assault rifle into her school and open fire.
“I filed a wrongful death suit against Deputy Peterson today,” Andrew Pollack said on social media. “I want to expose that coward so bad. Wherever he goes, I want people to recognize him and say that’s one of the cowards of Broward. The SRO that let those children and teachers die on the third floor.”
Hopefully, it’ll take down others, too. Along with their friendships with the terror mosque.
Good. Make an expensive example of his cowardice and inaction. I wouldn’t mind seeing Sheriff Israel legally and literally slapped around, too.
How sad. I’d want to do the same.
I’d sue the school district for not providing a safe environment by having screeners at every door, too.
So the people paid to protect citizens can just wait till the killer runs out of ammo then walk in after the shooting stops. What happened to “serve and protect”? Maybe it should be “serve and collect…a pension.
I can understand his pain and desire, but historically, every court from local courts to the Supreme Court have generally ruled that law enforcement officers are not required to protect individuals, unless there is a “special relationship”.
Being a School Resource Officer may qualify as that special relationship, I hope .
Scott should be given a cig and a blindfold. I volunteer – if you provide me an M14 – to dispatch the son of a whore to his maker!
Ralf has an excellent point. Individuals have no expectation of protection from harm provided by sworn law enforcement. So says the Supreme Court.
However,… as a member of a ‘group’ (the student body), I think a half ass attorney could make the case that his death, while a member of the group who should have been protected, carries liability. Lot of legal wriggle room in this case.
Were actions of the Dept officers in line with policies?
If so; hurt the Dept.