Deputy Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who resigned after the February 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, FL, gave his first interview to the Washington Post and it’s … not good.
Although he does express remorse that his inaction caused deaths, he’s still spinning things to paint himself in the most positive light and trying to get folks to feel sorry for him.
Like how he questions why people say he “did nothing”:
Disgraced Parkland school cop Scot Peterson defends his actions: ‘How can they keep saying I did nothing?’ https://t.co/OiDGJ6pQKx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 4, 2018
From Fox News:
“How can they keep saying I did nothing?” he recalled saying to his girlfriend one morning after the shooting. “I’m getting on the radio to call in the shooting. I’m locking down the school. I’m clearing kids out of the courtyard. They have the video and the call logs. The evidence is sitting right there.”
And check out how CNN is spinning his remorse:
Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who has been publicly crucified for his inaction during the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, knows he could have done more that day and struggles with a torrent of what-ifs https://t.co/guKmo9ale5 pic.twitter.com/EH7IwHaI9s
— CNN (@CNN) June 4, 2018
WTF is up with the headline, CNN?
Scot Peterson is not a victim, CNN
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 5, 2018
This piece, which desperately tries to paint Peterson as a victim, is infuriating.
His job was to protect those kids, instead he left them defenseless. He should be haunted by it for the rest of his life. I know the families of the kids who died due to his inaction will be. https://t.co/9i6RMImCFO
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 5, 2018
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This man is not a victim. https://t.co/C2mYwnzNkE
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) June 5, 2018
After the way the Broward Sheriff Scott Israel treated Dana Loesch, maybe an apology is in order, CNN:
Well, it was either turn this guy into a victim or be forced to apologize to @dloesch for that Town Hall ambush, so… https://t.co/jDl8ICExAD
— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) June 5, 2018
Peterson’s interview with “Today” will air Tuesday morning and it doesn’t look like things will get any better:
Savannah Guthrie: "So your dispatcher, nobody's giving you any information."
Scot Peterson: "No intel. No real time intelligence whatsoever."
Guthrie: "About a shooter inside the building."
Peterson: "Inside the building or– even at the school, exactly." https://t.co/BFcWDShbke
— Nicholas Nehamas (@NickNehamas) June 4, 2018
Um, how exactly would the dispatcher be able to give him accurate information about an ongoing school shooting?
The NRA’s Dana Loesch, thankfully, called Peterson out on his spin:
“I’m sure [Scot Peterson] is haunted. And he should be. Cause this is what he was trained to do. And he can claim he didn’t ‘find’ the shooter as much as he likes but the fact is we’ve all seen the video. He didn’t ‘not find’ him. He didn’t look for him.” – @DLoesch #Relentless pic.twitter.com/GO9IgiazfS
— NRATV (@NRATV) June 4, 2018
As have the Parkland parents, calling his interview “crap”:
'It's all crap.' Parents lash out in anger after Parkland cop Scot Peterson ends silence. https://t.co/V5gL3xsQaC via @MarbinMiller + @MoniqueOMadan
— Nicholas Nehamas (@NickNehamas) June 4, 2018
And a fellow sheriff’s deputy as called him out as well:
"It's shameful to listen to the words that he is speaking today."
Broward County Deputy Sheriff Jeff Bell reacts to disgraced Parkland school cop Scot Peterson, who is now making his first comments to the media since the massacre occurred. #TheStory https://t.co/DZaWQKkAG7 pic.twitter.com/jYrgtQgQeg
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 5, 2018
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BOMBSHELL! Deputy 'Coward' Peterson accused of covering up alleged sexual assault on 14-year-old by Sheriff Israel's son https://t.co/YVbYzaADuW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 25, 2018
'The President was right': Geraldo Rivera SLAMS Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson for failed response https://t.co/87y52yfrGQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 28, 2018
Deputy Scot Peterson Decides He's Not Going Under Sheriff Israel's Bus Without a Fight https://t.co/d8yBLJnGON
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 27, 2018
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