FL House Speaker: Shooting Response Was 'Abject Breakdown At All Levels'
Source: Associated Press
By GARY FINEOUT, JENNIFER KAY and JOSH REPLOGLE | February 23, 2018 6:44 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) The Florida high school where a former student shot and killed 17 people with an assault-type rifle is reopening for teachers Friday as the community grappled with word that the armed officer on campus did nothing to stop the shooter.
That failure, plus reports of a delay in security camera footage scanned by responding police and several records indicating the 19-year-old suspect displayed behavioral troubles for years added to what the Florida House speaker described as an abject breakdown at all levels.
The Valentines Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people including trained teachers to carry arms on school grounds. Gun-control advocates, meanwhile, have redoubled calls for bans or further restrictions on assault rifles.
Teachers were told they could return to the school Friday to collect belongings from classrooms that have been off-limits since the slayings more than a week earlier. The school plans an orientation Sunday for teachers and students, and to restart classes Wednesday.
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)Abject breakdown at all levels.
Good. We now have a term that just rolls off the tongue, and we can rightly expect to hear it over and over, and over- sort of like Exceeding your expectations, or transparency.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Don't you just love passive voice?
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)These stupid politicians taking money from merchants of death are cupable at every level