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Sheriff Scott Israel battling calls to resign as blame shifts in wake of FL high school shooting
FoX News.com ^ | February 26, 2018 | Greg Norman

Posted on 02/26/2018 9:41:49 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Calls for the Broward sheriff to resign intensify. The vocal sheriff who has criticized everyone from local politicians to the NRA to one of his own officers in the wake of the Florida high school shooting is facing the pressure himself Monday, as calls mount for him to resign amid reports about his department’s alleged incompetence in stopping the gunman.

The heat against Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is coming from all angles, including from a survivor of the attack who told Fox News that he “failed to act on so many different levels” and from dozens of state lawmakers who are urging Florida Gov. Rick Scott to suspend him.

“Listen, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, O.J. Simpson would still be in the record books,” was Israel's bizarre defense Sunday after being asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if the shooting might not have happened if his department handled things differently.

The comment came following disputed reports that three of Israel’s officers refused to enter Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School as Nikolas Cruz was killing 17 people in the Valentine’s Day rampage.

A deputy in charge of protecting the school, Scot Peterson, resigned Thursday after it emerged he himself failed to go into the building, taking shelter behind a concrete column for four minutes as the 19-year-old gunned down anyone in his path. And the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, in addition to the FBI, is continuing to face questions Monday as to why they didn’t do more when multiple people sounded the alarm about the gunman’s erratic behavior.

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Blame is shifting, finally to where it belongs- Broward County law enforcement and schools.

The O. J. comment likely eroded his support as Israel sounded like a complete fool. The sheriff has become a liability to the Left's gun-grabbing cause.

1 posted on 02/26/2018 9:41:49 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Resign? Where are the dereliction of duty charges?


2 posted on 02/26/2018 9:43:16 AM PST by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

There is still plenty of room under Sheriff Scott Israel’s bus.


3 posted on 02/26/2018 9:43:50 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

An unarmed coach had more courage than those 3 armed deputies and that SRO.


4 posted on 02/26/2018 9:45:08 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

The sheriff has learned from Hillary that blame-shifting often works for Dems.


5 posted on 02/26/2018 9:45:31 AM PST by DeweyCA
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Coward County got the Sheriff and department they voted for.


6 posted on 02/26/2018 9:47:09 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Anyone remember that show “She’s the Sheriff?” Yeah, Suzanne Somers would have done better.


7 posted on 02/26/2018 9:48:37 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (If the illegal immigration issue were Social Security, it'd be privatized by now.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

He can’t last, 40-50 mistakes and counting. He can’t hide from the facts.


8 posted on 02/26/2018 9:52:02 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

I’d bet a cup of coffee the Sheriff resigns or is fired within 2 weeks.


9 posted on 02/26/2018 9:52:04 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
“Listen, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, O.J. Simpson would still be in the record books,” was Israel's bizarre defense Sunday after being asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if the shooting might not have happened if his department handled things differently.
Because the Demagogic Party thinks OJ got railroaded because of his race?
Thanks Beautiful_Gracious_Skies.

10 posted on 02/26/2018 9:54:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Agreed...They should rename some of the buildings at the school after the Courageous ROTC student, and others that shielded the students. Then re name the Sheriff dept building in the coach’s name......after firing the un responders and the Sheriff.


11 posted on 02/26/2018 9:54:30 AM PST by davidb56
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To: DeweyCA
The sheriff has learned from Hillary that blame-shifting often works for Dems.

The 40-50 mistakes will catch up to him, he doesn't have the protection that Hillary has.

12 posted on 02/26/2018 9:55:40 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Bttt.

5.56mm


13 posted on 02/26/2018 9:55:41 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

The incompetent one is a LIB degenerate who is the usual shameless/blameless LIB. I believe he is a “din do nut’in”. He should be arrested.


14 posted on 02/26/2018 9:57:10 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Here’s a question I have not seen addressed or answered:

The FOUR ARMED DEPUTIES had to have been in radio contact with the department the whole time.

1) were they ordered to stand down
or
2) were they ordered to enter and disobeyed orders?

And who gave whichever order it was?
Where was the sheriff? On the crapper reading Hillary’s book?


15 posted on 02/26/2018 9:58:02 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Compared himself to O.J.?

OK, I’ll take that over/under bet.

Out by St. Patrick’s day, and the county keeps the federally funded Lamborghini.


16 posted on 02/26/2018 9:58:57 AM PST by OKSooner (Joan Rivers, RIP)
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To: 1Old Pro
I thought the same thing of his Jake Tapper interview. I think he thought he would get the Hillary/Obama treatment but he is too small of a fish.
17 posted on 02/26/2018 10:00:40 AM PST by nomorelurker
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Where was the sheriff? On the crapper reading Hillary’s book?

Probably out on the golf course.

18 posted on 02/26/2018 10:01:30 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

“Coward” County Sheriff’s Department..


19 posted on 02/26/2018 10:02:05 AM PST by rexthecat
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

My early impression of Sheriff Israel was that he was a little too full of himself. In spite of the tragic circumstances he seemed to revel in all the attention he was getting ... my prediction he’s gone in the next few days.


20 posted on 02/26/2018 10:02:55 AM PST by BluH2o
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