'What the f*ck'? Judge's ruling on lawsuit is a slap in the face to Parkland victims and survivors

Sarah D | 1:12 PM on December 18, 2018

More than ten months after the deadly Parkland school shooting, Marjory Stoneman Douglas students are still being slapped in the face by those charged with ensuring their safety:

Judge rules cops, schools had no duty to shield students in Parkland shooting lawsuit https://t.co/PHUqvlXNRE pic.twitter.com/hJ0BjiGsUk

— The Hill (@thehill) December 18, 2018

More from the Orlando Sentinel:

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom dismissed a suit filed by 15 students who claimed they were traumatized by the crisis in February. The suit named six defendants, including the Broward school district and the Broward Sheriff’s Office, as well as school deputy Scot Peterson and campus monitor Andrew Medina.

Bloom ruled that the two agencies had no constitutional duty to protect students who were not in custody.

“The claim arises from the actions of [shooter Nikolas] Cruz, a third party, and not a state actor,” she wrote in a ruling Dec. 12. “Thus, the critical question the Court analyzes is whether defendants had a constitutional duty to protect plaintiffs from the actions of Cruz.

“As previously stated, for such a duty to exist on the part of defendants, plaintiffs would have to be considered to be in custody” — for example, as prisoners or patients of a mental hospital, she wrote.

And what of protecting students from a shooter whose history of violence was known to school and law enforcement authorities? What of that?