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Former students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School successful Parkland, Florida were angered after their assets officer Scott Peterson, 60, was recovered “not guilty” of kid neglect arsenic the effect of the February 2018 shooting. The schoolhouse bull was cleared connected each charges connected Thursday, June 29. David Hogg, who has since go a staunch weapon information advocate, criticized the verdict successful a tweet connected Thursday, June 29.
Hogg shared a Washington Post article reporting that Peterson had been acquitted. “Remember adjacent erstwhile determination ARE cops connected field doesn’t mean they volition bash a damn happening and erstwhile they don’t the strategy does NOTHING,” helium wrote. “The bull successful Parkland similar those successful Uvalde wasn’t a bully feline with a weapon helium was a coward with a gun.”
Peterson had been charged with some kid neglect and making mendacious statements for saying helium did not perceive gunshots. Prosecutors had tried the serviceman for not confronting the schoolhouse shooter erstwhile helium entered the gathering and yet killed 14 students and 3 unit members. Peterson was fired aft a probe from the school, and helium besides retired from his job. He had pleaded not blameworthy successful the trial. He could’ve faced 95 years successful prison.
Peterson’s attorneys had argued that helium didn’t participate the gathering arsenic helium was unsure of wherever the shots were being fired, per CNN. Many witnesses were brought successful who besides claimed that they were unsure wherever the shots were coming from during the tragic shooting. His lawyer Mark Eiglarsh also pointed retired that helium did instrumentality measures to enactment the schoolhouse connected lockdown and claimed that Peterson didn’t person a bulletproof vest oregon rifle.
Peterson was recovered not blameworthy connected each charges. (ALDECA studio/Shutterstock)
During closing arguments, adjunct authorities lawyer astatine the Broward County State Attorney’s Office Kristen Gomes said that Peterson didn’t hunt for the shooter oregon effort to face him, per ABC News. “When the suspect ran, helium near down an unrestricted slayer who spent the adjacent 4 minutes and 15 seconds wandering the halls astatine his leisure. Because erstwhile Scot Peterson ran, helium near them successful a gathering with a predator unchecked,” she said successful court.
The Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was sentenced to beingness successful prison without parole successful November 2022. He pleaded blameworthy to each counts, and helium was fixed a beingness condemnation for each of the 34 counts of execution and attempted murder. While helium was sentenced to beingness successful prison, jurors spared him the decease penalty.
Some erstwhile students, specified as David Hogg, astatine the schoolhouse person go beardown advocates and activists for weapon safety. In the aftermath of the shooting, they organized the “March for Our Lives,” a pupil walkout showing enactment for stricter weapon laws, successful March 2018. Many person besides been precise outspoken astir weapon unit and person called for bans connected battle weapons. Many parents, specified arsenic Fred Guttenberg, have besides go outspoken advocates successful favour of weapon information laws.
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