Trump: Deputy Who Failed To Confront FL School Shooter ‘Did A Poor Job’

on February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Following the release of a controversial memo by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intellig... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Following the release of a controversial memo by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence related to the investigation of Russian influence in the U.S. electoral process, Trump is scheduled to visit the Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center later in the day before traveling to Florida for the weekend. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
President Donald Trump says the armed officer who didn’t stop the gunman who carried out last week’s Florida massacre was either a “coward” or “didn’t react properly under pressure.”Trump was departing the White House for the Conservative Political Action Conference when he said: “When it came time to get in there and do something” Florida deputy Scot Peterson “didn’t have the courage or something happened.”

Trump added, “he certainly did a poor job, there’s no question about that.”

Officials announced Thursday that Peterson never went inside to engage the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while the shooting that killed 17 was underway.

Trump is calling the episode “a real shot to the police department” and says this “could have been prevented.”

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  1. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Well this well written report certainly covers the issue.

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  3. I guess you never know what you’d do in a situation like this unless it happens. I would hope I would do better, but who can say. It’s going to be incredibly hard for this individual to face this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0
  4. You are a expert at poor jobs.
    Maybe you should hire him to train the teachers.
    You have done worse on your staff picks.

  5. Avatar for unit44 unit44 says:

    Donald “NRA” Trump says school resource officer “Did a Poor Job”. NRA Republicans celebrate identification of their lastest scapegoat excuse!

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