Earlier this week was the nine-month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where Hunter Pollack lost his sister, Meadow.
Today marks nine months since the TRAGIC Parkland shooting
Most people are recording podcasts, writing books, and have forgotten about Stoneman Douglas
My family hasn’t. We will hold everyone accountable. RIP to the 17 people who were killed.
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) November 14, 2018
One outlet that hasn’t forgotten about the shooting is the Sun-Sentinel, which published a disturbing piece Wednesday.
Two students reported my sisters killer to the Vice Principal of Stoneman Douglas, Mr. Morford.
He told them to not worry and google "Autism”. After failing to do his job, seventeen people are Dead. Resign now! @PrincipalMSD @RobertwRuncie https://t.co/QlyYsZdAqi
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) November 14, 2018
Google “autism.” Um, no. The Sun-Sentinel reports that more than 30 people witnessed disturbing behavior by the gunman.
More than 30 people knew about disturbing behavior by Nikolas Cruz, including displaying guns, threatening to murder his mother and killing animals, but never reported it until after he committed the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Two students did report Cruz’s disturbing and threatening behavior but said they were brushed off by the school’s administration, according to testimony Tuesday to the commission. A detailed tip to the FBI also went unheeded, and on Tuesday, the parents of one of the murdered students sued the U.S. government over the FBI’s admitted failure.
In the years before the massacre, Cruz reportedly killed a duck with a tire iron, shot squirrels with a pellet gun, killed frogs and decapitated a bird, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Detective Chris Lyons said in a presentation to the commission, based on statements from students, neighbors and co-workers of Cruz and his mother. Cruz displayed a photo to a student of a decapitated cat.
He repeatedly made racist and anti-gay remarks, using the term “white power” and drawing swastikas on desks and his backpack. He remarked on the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and “said he was glad they killed all those gay people,” the detective said.
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A bank employee who regularly saw his mother heard her phone conversations, in which Nikolas Cruz screamed that she should kill herself and that he would kill her and burn their house down.
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One student described a series of menacing actions by Cruz. He smashed a class project. He looked up firearms on a school computer. He posted Instagram photos of firearms. He had heard Cruz brought either a knife or bullets to school. Cruz told him he had two shotguns.
“He said Cruz said that he liked to see people in pain,” the detective said.
And that’s just part of what came up in the four days the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission met.
But … the CNN town hall told us it was the NRA’s fault.
In addition, campus monitors statements claim that they and Morford held discussions on how NC could be the next school shooter.
— April Schentrup (@AprilSchentrup) November 14, 2018
See something, say something.
Hold discussions about it.
And do nothing ?……….— melissa broccoli (@mommabroccoli6) November 15, 2018
I can’t believe the dysfunction of that system…
— Susan Billett (@BillettSusan) November 14, 2018
Under Obama Admin, in an effort to reduce number of suspensions, or to racially equate them, students got away with everything. Only alternative was to remove him. @BetsyDeVosED could do better
— BeyondThePale (@TweetyDahine) November 14, 2018
That supposedly was the intent of the PROMISE program — to keep kids who caused trouble from racking up criminal records by placing them in a special school rather than reporting their crimes to the police.
Let me put you in touch with a forensic psychiatrist because that kid didn’t have autism. Morford is a narcissist and never listened to anyone he should be held accountable.
— cj (@viaqt) November 15, 2018
Why are they trying to associate psychopathic behavior with autism spectrum disorders !!! Opposite; it’s a myth !
— janine (@valleywebMEDIA) November 15, 2018
This is absurd! No words
— Sharon Cohen (@SharonC97936831) November 14, 2018
See something, say something….only to be sent to google, implying they were being insensitive to the kids. You can’t ask kids or anyone to speak up, then ridicule or shame them for doing so.
— Kel in Cali (@KinCali1) November 15, 2018
Unreal, horrifically tragic
— Carter Davis (@realCarterDavis) November 15, 2018
My god.
— Donald Blais (@DonBlais85) November 14, 2018
What a disgusting display of leadership.
— _ (@nomad4ever_) November 15, 2018
This is the problem not the guns. Everyone ignoring these warnings it’s so easy just to look away and say not my problem. Get a backbone and stand up. Maybe his life could have also turned around with intervention.
— Kimberly Lewis (@kimlovesdisney1) November 15, 2018
He viciously attacked a prison guard on Tuesday. Beat the bejeebus out of him.
— Josh (@CraxyD) November 16, 2018
It’s true; even in prison, he’s dangerous and a menace.
Why Runcie & Israel are both still in their positions is beyond comprehension.
— Darrell Boone (@tazmandb) November 15, 2018
Another huge failure was my sisters killer made it out the building he just killed in. He walked to Walmart to buy a drink. Then McDonald’s to hangout. Because of a 26 minute delay on the surveillance cameras-police still thought he was inside shooting.
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) November 15, 2018
Scot Peterson- The Police Officer who failed to confront the shooter in Parkland
Refused to testify in front of victims families today. Instead, he sent his lawyer to inform the commission on the lawsuit he’s filing against them. Coward!
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) November 15, 2018
Sheriff Scott Israel appointed unqualified people to highly ranked positions, failed to fix radio failures from Ft Lauderdale airport shooting, and doesn’t require officers receive active shooting training.
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) November 16, 2018
Today at the MSD "safety" commission:
1) SRO Peterson was again too cowardly to show up.
2) Stupidintendent Runcie remains inept and clueless.
3) Sheriff Israel again fails to show leadership by pointing the blame everywhere else. #fixit— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) November 16, 2018
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POS COWARD! Andrew Pollack GOES OFF after new video shows Dep. Scot Peterson HIDING during Parkland shooting https://t.co/U1QIBRagSc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
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