Amazing that he has been charged.
Maybe the Sheriff sees some advantage to it?
Not that he shouldn’t be charged.
I am amazed that he has been.
Trump effect?
Not in the way you mean it.
Peterson has been chosen as the 'scapegoat'. All legal actions will be directed against him. The media will be directed against him. All tactics designed to keep the public from understanding that the whole situation was caused by the politicians who decided to just lie about the problems in the school district to make themselves all look better.
Peterson, the officer on duty at the time, was limited by the SCHOOL ADMIN/State Politicians/Fed Politicians all the way up to the highest levels.
His presence was for 'show'.
If the students committed any crimes, he was not allowed to interfere or arrest any of them. He was not allowed to use his service weapon against any of them.
He was completely boxed in.
When the shooting started, he got out and waited for other officers to arrive. He was not given authority to make 'decisions' about an incident like this on his own.
Prior to this incident, had he even physically accosted a student, he would have been fired.
Now, put your self in his shoes. Would you have just rushed in and started firing away ?