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Peterson, who resigned after being suspended and is under investigation over his actions, has defended his response to the shooting by arguing that he believed the gunfire was coming from outside, rather than inside, a school building. Because of that, he said, he “took up a tactical position” to try to assess the situation.
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https://www.google.com/amp/amp.miami...204226584.html
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Roundly vilified for not entering a Parkland high school during a mass shooting, Broward Deputy Scot Peterson insisted publicly that he believed that gunfire was happening outside on campus — not inside the building.
But internal radio dispatches released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office Thursday show Peterson immediately fixated on Building 12 and even radioed that gunfire was happening “inside.”
And, just as school shooter Nikolas Cruz was fleeing the building after killing 17 people, Peterson warned his fellow officers to stay away — even as wounded students and staff lay inside.
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The LA police ordered an entire unit to retreat during the Rodney King riots.
Police choose not to approach armed suspects all the time.
They are trained NOT to put themselves in harms way. That’s why they shoot immediately even if there’s only the smallest possibility of danger. They’re not quite as cowardly as our military but it’s close.