Posted on 11/04/2022 12:05:10 PM PDT by Morgana
The Florida bar is investigating a member of mass shooter Nikolas Cruz's defense team after she was recorded sneakily flipping the bird on camera and chummily laughing with the convicted mass killer.
Tamara Curtis, who is on Cruz's defense counsel, is being investigated due to an inquiry based on her behavior in court, a Florida bar spokesperson revealed a day after Cruz was sentenced to life in prison and avoided the death penalty.
Cruz, 24, killed 17 people and injured 17 more when he engaged in a shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
Her behavior prompted one parent of a victim to accuse Cruz's defense team of 'losing their humanity towards the victims' last month.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of 14-year-old victim Jaime Guttenberg, said he will 'never, ever forgive that moment' Curtis laughed with Cruz, and likened her behavior to 'an immature, punk child.'
In the recording, Curtis can first be seen spotting a new camera set up and pointing it out to a colleague beside her.
Curtis, her colleague and Cruz appear to discuss the camera before Curtis waves without looking at it.
She then decides to press her middle finger up against her face, seemingly as a joke, and she laughs with Cruz as she does it. Meanwhile, her colleague attempts to move on awkwardly.
News of the inquiry comes after a heartbreaking two-day hearing in which parents of the victims slammed the behavior the behavior of Cruz's defense.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That’s not the one who did it. Cruz was looking at the lawyer who did and they both laughed. That judge should have thrown her out and sanctioned her.
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