{"id":1960825,"date":"2023-06-29T18:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parkland-shooting-school-security-officer-scot-peterson-found-not-guilty\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:44:20","slug":"parkland-shooting-school-security-officer-scot-peterson-found-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parkland-shooting-school-security-officer-scot-peterson-found-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Scot Peterson, school security officer, acquitted in Parkland shooting case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparkland-shooting-school-security-officer-scot-peterson-found-not-guilty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School School Resource Officer Scot Peterson reacts after he was found not guilty on all charges at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Amy Beth Bennett\/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>2:57 PM \u2013 Thursday, June 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, a former school security officer was found not guilty of failing to approach the shooter who killed 17 individuals at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Scot Peterson, a former Broward County sheriff\u2019s deputy and Marjory Stoneman Douglas resource officer, was charged in 2019 with seven counts of child neglect, three counts of culpable negligence, and one count of perjury.<\/p>\n<p>He burst into tears when the unanimous judgment was read out on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Broward County State Attorney\u2019s Office, the charges carried a maximum possible sentence of 96 1\/2 years in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>In the incident on February 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018, seventeen lives were lost, which included students, teachers, and other staff.<\/p>\n<p>When the shooter began firing, Peterson, 60, was the only other person in the school with a gun. Following the killings, he was compelled to retire out of shame and guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson was apprehended in Broward County following a 15-month investigation that purportedly revealed he \u201crefused to investigate the source of the gunshots, retreated during the active shooting while victims were being shot, and directed other law enforcement who arrived on scene to remain 500 feet away from the building,\u201d according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Department Commissioner Rick Swearingen asserted that Peterson \u201cdid absolutely nothing\u201d to halt the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere can be no excuse for his complete inaction, and no question that his inaction cost lives,\u201d Swearingen maintained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previous defense attorneys for Peterson have called the charges against him \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cspurious.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe State\u2019s actions appear to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at politically motivated retribution against Mr. Peterson,\u201d said attorney Joseph DiRuzzo in a 2019 statement. \u201cThe charges against Mr. Peterson should be dismissed immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nikolas Cruz, a former pupil, pleaded guilty to the 17 murders. 14 of the victims were students, while three were teachers and staff who died while fleeing danger or assisting others to safety. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a jury recommended that Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release for the 2018 massacre rather than the death penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said in an interview while holding back tears.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former guard apologized to the families of the 17 victims in an appearance on NBC\u2019s TODAY show around three months after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcement veteran, with 33 years in the field, stated at the time that it was not fear that prevented him from entering the school as the gunman roamed the corridors with an AR-15. It was confusion, misunderstanding, and his mistaken belief that the rounds were fired from outside by a sniper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t get it right,\u201d Peterson admitted. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t because of some, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t want to go into that building. Oh, I don\u2019t want to face somebody in there.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t like that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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