By: Sharon Aron Baron
A Parkland resident is calling for the immediate suspension of the Broward County Sheriff and the school superintendent for their incompetence in ensuring the safety of the children at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
On February 14, Nikolas Cruz, 19, entered the school with an AR-15, multiple magazines of ammunition, a gas mask, and smoke grenades before firing at and killing 17 students and faculty members.
“I call on Governor Rick Scott to suspend from office, pursuant to Section 7 of the Florida Constitution, Sheriff Israel, Superintendent Runcie, all members of the school board of Broward County and DCF Secretary Carroll for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, and permanent inability to perform official duties and appoint replacements that will ensure the safety of our children,” wrote Wayne Alder.
Alder, an attorney with two children called on Governor Scott to continue to demand that the Director of the FBI Christopher Wray be removed for admitted failures of the agency related to the murders at the school.
In an interview with Bob Norman of WPLG, School Board Superintendent Robert Runcie admitted the school board was aware that Cruz, who was diagnosed as emotionally disabled, was transferred from a special behavioral center to Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 2016, even though educators were aware even before the move that Cruz was preoccupied with guns, violence and people being killed. Norman questioned why a student who was obsessed with violence and guns would be transferred to a school of 3,300 people.
“We are going to review, you know, obviously, everything that we’ve done around this particular student and figure out what we can do better as a district,” Runcie told Norman.
Alder said that in addition to these failures, the school’s resource officer Scot Peterson, who was armed, failed the students by never entering the building that was under attack. Instead, he took up a position viewing the western entrance of the building. “What I saw [on surveillance] was a deputy arrive at the west side of Building 12, take up a position, and never went in,” said Israel during a press conference on Thursday.
Cruz is facing 17 counts of premeditated murder and is being held without bail.
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5 comments
I would love to help in any way I can Mr. Adler.
There are certain rules and regulations that don’t always align with common sense that prevent a child from being discriminated against by not allowing he or she to attend a zoned school I believe. Again, no common sense. He should have been in a mental house for kids and then for adults when he turned 18 and his mom passed! So many chances to have prevented this. But is getting rid of 2 people with experience and the will to change the answer?? I just dont know.
Alder again…how does he get such a platform? Sheriff Israel has been a beacon of light and a bridge between the students and law enforcement. Based on Mr. Alder’s previous “story” where he casts blame on everything except the easy and basically unfettered access to guns, it seems his real issue with Sherril Israel is that the Good Sherrif has come out for more gun control and, based on years of experience in law enforcement, scoffed at and adamantly opposes President Trump’s call to arm teachers. Mr. Adler’s game is to blame everyone and everything except the gun. Mr. Adler, if you want to be radical and fire everyone, start with all the politicians who made it easy for the shooter to purchase a weapon of war.
Alder is just an attorney trying to put blame in places that its not for his own personal ego.
If they were Republicans would he be calling for their suspension? Look at his Twitter’