Trump Condemns Florida Officer Who Didn’t Act; Sticks by Plan to Arm Teachers
Trump Condemns Florida Officer Who Didn’t Act; Sticks by Plan to Arm Teachers
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISFEB. 23, 2018
President Trump on Friday condemned a Florida sheriff’s deputy who stayed outside the school he was patrolling while a shooting rampage unfolded inside, even as he insisted that his proposal to arm well-trained teachers would prevent such massacres.
“When it came time to get in there and do something, he didn’t have the courage, or something happened, but he certainly did a poor job — there’s no question about that,” Mr. Trump said of Scot Peterson, who resigned on Thursday after surveillance video showed that he had failed to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to confront the gunman as he was in the process of killing 17 people.
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By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISFEB. 23, 2018
President Trump on Friday condemned a Florida sheriff’s deputy who stayed outside the school he was patrolling while a shooting rampage unfolded inside, even as he insisted that his proposal to arm well-trained teachers would prevent such massacres.
“When it came time to get in there and do something, he didn’t have the courage, or something happened, but he certainly did a poor job — there’s no question about that,” Mr. Trump said of Scot Peterson, who resigned on Thursday after surveillance video showed that he had failed to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to confront the gunman as he was in the process of killing 17 people.
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/us/poli...
