Broward County Sheriff Department’s Failures In Parkland Cannot Be Overstated

By Tom Knighton

I’ve taken my shots at the FBI over the tragedy last week in Parkland, Florida. To be honest, I think those lumps are warranted. The Bureau’s field office didn’t do their jobs, plain and simple.

However, they’re not the only ones who completely screwed the pooch. The Broward County Sheriff’s Department–the agency headed up by anti-gun Democrat Scott Israel–also did their fair share of dropping the ball. At least the FBI had the integrity to admit they made a mistake. Israel? Not so much.

For one thing, the department received 39 calls regarding the shooter. As Dana Loesch noted while confronting Israel about it:

“He’s sending messages threatening to kill people, that right there, under Florida State law….They were threatened with death. They were threatened that they were going to bleed. They were threatened that they were going to be killed. And he had already taken bullets and knives to school. He had already assaulted people. He assaulted his parent. He assaulted other students. Thirty-nine visits. This was known to the law enforcement community. This is what I’m talking about. We have to follow up on the red flags.”

Israel denied the information was accurate, but it all comes …Read the Rest

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