Orlando Pulse Survivors To Sue Police For Not Saving Them

By Tom Knighton

When it comes to mass shootings, I seem to have developed a tendency to blame the government. In fairness, we’ve seen governmental breakdowns lead to both Sutherland Springs and Parkland. Another example may well be the Pulse nightclub shooting almost two years ago. It seems the government knew about the killer well before he ever pulled the trigger.

Now, there is a lawsuit in the works by the survivors of that brutal attack in Orlando. However, the focus of their lawsuit is the police officers who they say didn’t save them in time.

Almost two years after a massacre at an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 injured, some of the surviving victims were filing a lawsuit in federal court Thursday saying the city and police didn’t do enough to try to stop the shooter.

More than 35 victims have signed on as plaintiffs, accusing the city and its officers violated the Constitutional rights of those who were injured and killed on June 12, 2016, when Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse. Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group during a three-hour standoff before he was killed in a shootout with police.

Plaintiffs contend that officers should have …Read the Rest

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