Several of the surviving students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have turned into gun control advocates in the last week. But while they were quick to protest against the inanimate object that was reportedly used to kill 17 students and teachers, they seem to be ignorant of the fact that the FBI ignored multiple reports and the local police department ignored dozens of calls about death threats from the suspect.
More than 100 students from Parkland visited the Florida State capitol exactly one week after the shooting to participate in the “Rally to Support Gun Safety Reform,” in an attempt to call on lawmakers to enact stricter gun control. Students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez have also gained mainstream media fame by speaking out in a number of interviews and referring to members of the National Rifle Association as “Child murderers.”
However, despite all of the rage that was channeled towards the inanimate object used by suspect Nikolas Cruz, the student activists are missing a few major pieces of the puzzle that could have prevented the massacre.
Less than six weeks before the shooting, someone the FBI described as "a person close to" Cruz reached out to the agency and desperately pleaded for their help. The person reported Cruz’s "gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting."
Instead of investigating the tip, the FBI has admitted that its agents failed to “follow protocols,” and did not follow up. But this was not the first time the FBI received reports of Cruz’s violent threats.
In September 2017, Cruz left a comment on a YouTube video that said, “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” The user who uploaded the video immediately took a screenshot of the comment and submitted it to the FBI. While agents from a local field officer were quick to respond and followed up with an in-person interview, they never fully followed through with an investigation into Nikolas Cruz.
Cruz also left comments on YouTube videos claiming that he was “going to kill law enforcement one day,” which should have added to the red flags that would have led to an investigation.
In addition to the FBI’s failure to do the one job that would have made its agents look like the heroes the mainstream media has attempted to portray them as in the past, the local police department also failed to act on a number of reports.
In fact, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel admitted that there were at least “20 calls for services in the last few years” regarding Cruz. Multiple students who were former classmates of the accused killer said that he threatened to kill them over social media and they reported the threats to the school and to local law enforcement.
Broward Sheriff's deputies were also called to the Cruz family home 39 times in the last seven years over reports of a "mentally ill person," "child/elderly abuse," "domestic disturbance," and "missing person."
Given all of the clear warning signs over a period of years, and the fact that the state of Florida has the Baker Act, which allows law enforcement to force the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual for up to 72 hours if they believe that the individual may cause harm to others or to themselves, it is shocking that they are not receiving more criticism for their failure to act.
It is no surprise that a number of students would want to stand up for what they believe in and to speak out after their school was attacked—but why does every vocal student from Parkland seem to be adamantly in support of protesting against the weapon that was used to attack their school, while they ignore all of the FBI agents and police officers who failed to “protect and serve” them in their time of need?
We can't be surprised at all of the noise being made about this. However, what really irks me is the point you are making. The entire law enforcement structure continues to FAIL in their basic mission. To protect and serve.
39 house visits by the local police and then the non-action by the FBI is where all of the blame should lie.
yup, we don't need more gun laws, the FBI needs to do it's job.
Here's an "Amen" to that... even though that word is fraught with baggage... lol!
Its very nice post i like it
Maybe if the FBI weren't so busy following a wild goose chase, they'd have taken the time to actually taken care of the shooter before all those people died. Likewise, similar story with Omar Matin before he shot up the Pulse Nightclub, numerous reports prior about him soon to commit "jihad" and they dismissed it as "they racist".
With the FBI and Police Force, they can't swallow this political correctness crap, otherwise people end up dying. It's just a fact that's been regularly proven up to this point.
The FBI also claimed "We couldn't find him". 4Chan can find a hidden flag based on cloud formations, star patterns and contrails, but the FBI couldn't find a dude who used his real name on the internet. Like DAMN that takes me, what, just a few minutes at best?
Maybe the FBI needs to start employing the internet to help them fix this shit before it happens. Just sayin'.
Thank you! Upvote, resteem and took it to facebook. I am determined to get sent to facebook jail over this one... I tried not to upset people about 9-11, about Sandy Hook, about Vegas... Time to get upset, folks, or it will never stop. IT IS ALL LIES.
Any asshole who thinks they are confiscating guns in this area will be well perforated. God bless Idaho!
It "seems" like that because the media has been working overtime to push that false narrative. I'm calling it Soros' Children's Crusade
The lie is that all the children feel that way and that we should care what children think. What sort of monster would disagree with a stricken child?
Funny how the media squelches any discussion of the drugs the shooters were on, while playing ads for those drugs.