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Victim in Parkland school shooting speaks out about former Sheriff Israel: ‘Used me for a photo op’
Law Enforcement Today ^ | 7/26/20 | Law Enforcement Today

Posted on 08/19/2020 2:28:31 PM PDT by Moonman62

BROWARD COUNTY, FL –Back on Valentine’s Day in 2018, a lone gunman (whose name will not be mentioned in this article) entered onto the property of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire with a long gun, killing 17 students and faculty and wounding others.

At the time of the shooting, Scott Israel was the Sheriff of Broward County. He was later removed by the Governor for many reasons involving this shooting, number one because no one really investigated the shooter who had been reported to authorities many times prior to the shooting.

Recently, Democrat Scott Israel is attempting to be elected as Sheriff again and has sought out endorsements. He has received one, from the Sun Sentinel.

Law Enforcement Today would be remiss to blame all of the events of the mass shooting on former Sheriff Israel. After all, he was not the person that conducted the shooting, and he was not one of the many responding deputies and FBI Agents that dealt with the complaints.

However, he was the one who mandated what training his deputies received and how they responded to threats of mass violence. In both of these areas, he was arguably negligent.

(Excerpt) Read more at lawenforcementtoday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; broward; browardcounty; florida; parkland; scottisrael; sheriff
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Yesterday, Scott Israel lost the election to get his job back as sheriff.
1 posted on 08/19/2020 2:28:31 PM PDT by Moonman62
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Another interesting excerpt from the article:

Pollack also discounted the cowardice of School Resource Officer Scot Peterson for his refusal to enter the school and engage the shooter, noting that he had “only received one hour of active shooter training over the last three years…..and [BSO] was responsible for enforcing such training and evaluating his performance regularly.”


2 posted on 08/19/2020 2:30:05 PM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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He received solid Jewish support here in Broward but he lost everyone else. Tony isn’t much better.


3 posted on 08/19/2020 2:33:15 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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Good! He was a shameless bag of you know what to run in the first place.


4 posted on 08/19/2020 2:44:01 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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Israel was such an egomaniac he had patrol cars wrapped with a big photo of his face.


5 posted on 08/19/2020 2:57:32 PM PDT by JennysCool
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They will still elect the Democrat that beat Israel in this primary.
Hopefully he will be better than Israel but ... that’s not a high bar.


6 posted on 08/19/2020 3:04:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wear Your Mask-Stay In Your Home-Do What You're Told-Vote Democrat)
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ANOTHER ONE OF OBAMA’S TAX-PAID BOONDOGGLES.

The announcement came October 18, 2016. Broward County was the only large urban school district in the country to receive a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant from Obama’s US Dept. of Education totaling $53,808 909. One of the TIF’s grant priorities is listed as “improved life for students in poverty/students of color.”

One Broward signatory-—Obama’s Chicago crony-— Broward Supt of Schools Runci’s annual salary is $335,000 PLUS perks.

COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE -NOV 5, 2013
THIS AGREEMENT entered into between:
1.THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA - Ralph Runcie- Supt.
2. CHIEF JUDGE OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT- Peter M. Weinstein
3. OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY - Michael J. Satz
4. LAW OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER - Hon. Howard Finklestein
5. SHERIFF OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA- Scott Israel
6. FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT -Franklin Adderley
7. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE- Wansley Walters
8. FORT LAUDERDALE BRANCH OF THE NAACP -Marsha Ellison
9. JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD - Marsha Ellison
and in collaboration and consultation with a committee of stakeholders that include representation from the Broward Teacher’s Union, Broward Principals’ and Assistants’ Association, District Advisory Council, Diversity Committee, Children’s Services Council of Broward County, State Representative Perry Thurston, State Senator Christopher Smith, and State Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed for the purpose of establishing a cooperative relationship between agencies involved in the handling of student misbehavior.

Here’s the conduct Obama pays Sheriff Israel and the Broward courts not to prosecute if the perp is under 18.

This includes -ALL STUDENT MISBEHAVIOR and these non-violent infractions:
1. Disrupting or Interfering with class
2. Fighting in a public place(nonviolent?)
3. Theft if less than $300
4. Vandalism damages < $1,000
5. Disorderly conduct
6. Trespassing, Loitering or Prowling
7. Criminal Mischief
8. Gambling
9. Harrassment or Threats
10. Alcohol -all related offenses
11. Possession of Cannabis

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS Broward School district is notorious for labeling kids only with ‘disorders’ that meet the criteria to collect additional tax-funding from the state and federal government.

Once they get approved, Broward is not spending the $$$ on the kid. They mainstream all these troubled kids and collect the $$$ to enrich their system.

It’s an expensive scam, we, the people are paying for.


7 posted on 08/19/2020 3:24:41 PM PDT by Liz
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So how stupid is the suck-up imbecilic Israel? Read on.

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Sheriff Israel Sucks-Up Bigtime......Embraces Broward 'Deputy Hamas'
Frontpage Mag ^ | July 31, 2015 | Joe Kaufmann / FR Posted on 2/24/2018 by smileyface

Florida-based Muslim CAIR leader Nezar Hamze is now a Deputy Sheriff at the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), Sheriff Scott Israel appeared on WFTL-Fort Lauderdale radio to discuss the matter. Israel made a number of weak excuses as to why this has taken place.

Since the beginning of 2015, Sheriff Scott Israel has been hopping around from radical mosque to radical mosque, getting his smiling face photographed with a number of known Muslim extremists in South Florida. It turns out, during that time period, he has had his own Muslim extremist liaison to introduce him to those radical mosques...... Nezar Hamze, the local head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)......who is now a Deputy Sheriff. (Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com …


8 posted on 08/19/2020 3:43:58 PM PDT by Liz
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Also "in charge" that infamous day was Obama's hand picked pal from Chicago----Broward County School Supt, Robert Runcie.

Runcie got a $28,000 raise and additional benefits under his contract.The deal brings Runcie’s salary to $335,000 and extends his employment through June 30, 2023.

Under the new contract, Runcie would:
-- Be able to trade in 15 of his 29 vacation days for a cash value of $20,500.
-- Get $48,000 contributed annually from the school board for retirement plans
-- Be allowed to earn a pension based on four years of his service in Chicago,
estimated to cost taxpayers $80,000.

More than 30 people lined up mostly to praise Runcie’s work since he started in 2011. Leaders of local community organizations, businesses and schools praised improved student achievement, Runcie’s communication skills and inclusion and protection of immigrants and minorities under Obama's vaunted "Promise" plan.

Runcie collected $53 million tax dollars from Obama for keeping minorities off arrest records.

Then the massacre took place.

Runcie was named Supt of The Year.


9 posted on 08/19/2020 3:46:23 PM PDT by Liz
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Jan Jordan, is the Broward police captain who told sheriff's deputies to 'stage' and form a perimeter outside
Stoneman Douglas High School as students and teachers were being massacred inside on February 14.

Jan Jordan, 49, was in charge of deputies who responded to the first calls of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel had placed Office Captain Jan Jordan in charge of the school massacre scene.

Jordan denied deployment of two Rescue Task Force teams that had arrived.

Three paramedics and 3-4 officers had rushed to the scene to help---but Jordan denied them entry.

10 posted on 08/19/2020 3:47:12 PM PDT by Liz
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Israel's ad campaign----wrapping police car w/ his pic cost taxpayers $12,500......later removed.

11 posted on 08/19/2020 3:54:34 PM PDT by Liz
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Yes...I was here.


12 posted on 08/19/2020 4:20:27 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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Tony was a bad decision by Desantis. He probably wishes he could have a do over on that one.


13 posted on 08/19/2020 4:24:48 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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Thanks for all the solud info.


14 posted on 08/19/2020 4:26:00 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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Y/V/W


15 posted on 08/19/2020 4:27:10 PM PDT by Liz
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It is very instructive that the bereaved parents of the slaughtered victims are the ones literally forced to lead the search for justice.

The Broward PTB chickened out.

<><>The $800 million Broward police force some 5000-strong did NOTHING.
<><>Democrap Debbie W/ Schultz is a Broward resident---
Did D/W/S assist in the disbursement of the federal tax dollars that financed Broward's cockamamie school plan?
(a common task for a Congressman)

A follow-up investigation showed the cowering on-site officer (one of Israel's men):
<><> refused to investigate where the gunshots were coming from,
<><> retreated during the gunfire as victims were being shot,
<><> directed other law enforcement who arrived on scene to remain 500 feet away from the building.

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As well. the gonad-lite mega-paid Supt Runcie (Obama's stupid pick)
did THE VERY LEAST he could do in the wake of the massacres. He needs to be unceremoniously ousted.

Runcie looked mighty worried (below) when the Sun Sentinel caught up with him for the story of multiple
exiting school officials....all of them subjects of the murdered students parents' escalating anger.

Supt Runcie alerted School Board members of the departure of human resources' Nichols, head since 2015 who ignorantly
overruled the firing of a school security guard found sexually harassing students, including one of the murdered students.

Parents were outraged to learn that School Security Guard Medina was still employed by the school.

In fact, Medina was the first to see Cruz on school property carrying a rifle bag that infamous day BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

Runcie placed the blame solely on the exiting Nichols. “Mr. Nichols signed off on it,” Runcie said at the time.
“I was not aware of it until after it was brought up." That’s all the $400,000 Supt had to say.
NOTE: Harasser Medina and another security type whose performance on Feb. 14 was deemed ineffective were let go.
(SOURCE: Sun Sentinel report)

Runcie is a stupid excuse for a $400,000 Supt..... doesnt understand IT IS HIS JOB to know these things and TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

16 posted on 08/19/2020 4:58:50 PM PDT by Liz
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Florida Gov De Santis is doing a yeoman's job, picking off those responsible for the Broward massacre,
as gunfire resonated, kids screamed and called for help....and nobody came to help them.
<><> Gov DeSantis tossed out the imbecile Sheriff Israel,
<><> a passel of charges are pending against the cowardly officer who did nothing while kids were slaughtered.

Still a few to go such as the Broward moron hand-picked by Obama from Chicago.
Supt Runcie did THE VERY LEAST he could do as kids were massacred. He needs to be unceremoniously ousted.

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AND THIS---Happy Days pic of the imbecile Sheriff Israel (now ousted)
with Cong Debbie W/S...........she is a Broward resident.

It is common for a Congressman to secure federal monies for their district.

<><> What part did D/W/S play in securing the $58 million bribes, er, I mean tax dollars Obama showered on Broward for keeping minorities off the arrest roles?

<><> The troubled Cruz was visited by Broward police some 47 times before the massacre.

<><> Where are the police reports of L/E's 47 visits?

<><>Did D/W/S have any nice things to say about Cruz BEFORE he massacred students and faculty?

<><> Did D/W/S have a hand in keeping Cruz off the arrest records so Broward could cash in?

<><> Can the imbecile Sheriff and the Congressional beast from Broward account for all of Obama's $58 million?

<><> The good-for-nothing Sheriff also had a $800M L/E budget. Can the bozo account for all that money??

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17 posted on 08/19/2020 5:01:11 PM PDT by Liz
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EXCERPT Many L/E agencies, after the Columbine school shooting in 1999, changed their training for responding to an active shooter.

No more would the officers wait for additional officers or for SWAT to arrive before engaging.

After Columbine, officers were trained to engage the active shooter as quickly as possible.

Apparently, Israel did not receive that memo, and did not change the training that his deputies had at the time.

The lack of proper training resulted in 17 students and faculty dead .......... and many others wounded.


18 posted on 08/19/2020 5:04:48 PM PDT by Liz
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Broward Deputy Sheriff Nezar Hamze---Muslim appointed by the imbecile sheriff---has Sit-Down with Taliban Imams.

In South Florida, terror has a badge and a gun.

19 posted on 08/19/2020 5:15:59 PM PDT by Liz
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Once the shooting started, the biggest failure of the Parkland shooting was nobody calling a Code Red (hide inside the classrooms and lock the doors), which could have been done by Peterson or any school employee. It wasn’t done, and it likely would have saved the students on the second floor, because Cruz was not entering the classrooms.

Peterson entering the building probably would have ended in his death as it did for the two adults who did confront Cruz, because Cruz had a superior weapon and position. By the time other police officers arrived, Cruz was already gone.


20 posted on 08/19/2020 7:09:58 PM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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