A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, the only person other than the gunman to face charges in the 2018 Parkland massacre, accused of failing to rush
A Florida sheriff's deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
The campus deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Scot Peterson had been charged with failing to confront the shooter during his attack inside a classroom building in February 2018 that left 17 dead.
Fired Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, 60, was the deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a shooter murdered 17 people there five years ago.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. >> A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted today of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
An ex-deputy who was charged with not doing enough to intervene during the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., was found not guilty on all charges Thursday.
Scot Peterson was the only armed resource officer assigned to Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a 2018 mass shooting in which 17 died.
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law. Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson was accused of failing to act during the 2018 Parkland massacre — but there is no law specifically requiring that.
A Florida jury on Thursday acquitted a former sheriff's deputy accused of failing to protect students during the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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