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Armed sheriff’s deputy who did ‘nothing’ during Florida school shooting resigns

By Julia Jacobo, abc11.com

A Marjory Stoneman Douglas school resource officer has been suspended without pay after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said video shows him taking up a defensive position during the shooting but never entering the school.

Israel announced Thursday that the decision to suspend Deputy Scot Peterson was made after reviewing video from the shooting and taking statements from witnesses and Peterson himself, Israel said.

“He should have went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer,” Israel said.

Read more at http://abc11.com/news/armed-sheriffs-deputy-who-did-nothing-during-florida-school-shooting-resigns/3126220/

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