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Posted on 02/27/2018 6:08:24 AM PST by Texas Fossil
The sudden tsunami of gun control stories, articles, op-eds, and segments is the result of the terrible mass shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in beautiful Parkland, Florida.
Sadly, the focus on gun control has caused the media (and the people who get their news from the media) to miss the far-larger scandal revolving around Douglas High School.
First, let me be clear; I’m not talking about the scandal of four police officers being on scene when the shooting begins, but who chose to do NOTHING while waiting outside for backup. This is a scandal in and of itself, no doubt, and it should be investigated. The police force that allowed this to happen should be shamed for it. The shooting could, and should, have been far less bloody if only these officers had done what their community expects of them.
Second, this isn’t about the scandal unfolding at the FBI, who knew of Nikolas Cruz and his grotesque desires for mayhem and violence. This isn’t even (entirely) about the failure of policing that took place in the months and years before the shooting – a time period that saw local police visit Nikolas Cruz 39 different times for various episodes of violence and criminality.
And finally, it isn’t about how a troubled young man, so clearly mentally and emotionally distressed, ran afoul of the law so often, but was still somehow able to pass a background check to purchase his firearm.
No, this piece is about how, at every level, the government failed us by not enforcing our laws or even abiding by simple, logical standards of behavior.
Before I launch into this, let me give credit to the folks at The Last Refuge who write at the Conservative Treehouse and did much of the legwork on this story long before the shooting at Douglas High School. In fact, the Last Refuge was investigating this story years ago, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. I was able to independently confirm much of what the Last Refuge reported (see his Twitter thread on this story here) when I spoke, on condition of anonymity, with several sources, one of whom works in the central office of the Broward School District.
The scandal that the media is ignoring, but is probably the most important part of this story, involves the Broward County School District and local police agencies colluding to lay the foundation of the Douglas High School tragedy.
What do I mean?
The article is the clearest that I have found in one place that describes what I've witnessed unfold on Twitter and other places on the web relating to what allowed the mass murder in the Florida school to happen.
Yesterday there were major moves in the Florida state Legislature and Senate to remove Sheriff Israel.
It even spilled over on Fox News last night. Amazing.
This is ending the Mass Media "blame it on NRA" jihad (ComDem smoke screen).
Other articles and Twitter threads related/supporting this follow:
Why NRA did not cause FL school shooting and exactly who did.
@TheLastRefuge2
https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/966854507744374784
TheLastRefuge Retweeted Based Monitored
1. Watch this video. People don't understand how Broward County School Sheriff Officers operate. I'll explain.
People don't understand how Broward County School Sheriff Officers operate. I'll explain.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/966854507744374784.html
Policy and Consequence – Broward County Sheriff Union President Notes “Promise Program” and Consequences
TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2 (thread)
https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/967532422492405760
Politicians, school board, county administration, mayor, sheriff, law enforcement, the District Attorney's office and local Judges. All participated in setting up the Broward "system". Start here in 2013 --> https://www.scribd.com/document/372308388/Broward-County-Promise-Program-Fully-Executed-Collaborative-Agreement-Final-Document --> end with Nikolas Cruz in 2018.
Jack Cashill: “Incompetence Wasn’t The Problem in Broward County”
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