School districts & SROs have no legal duty to shield students from shooters
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    Lightbulb School districts & SROs have no legal duty to shield students from shooters

    Quote Originally Posted by “Lisa J. Huriash”
    A federal judge ruled that the Broward Schools District and the Broward Sheriff’s Office and SRO Scot Peterson had no legal or constitutional duty to protect students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when former student Nicholas Cruz shot and killed 17 students.

    Judge Bloom ruled that the government can only be held liable when students are in custody, such as being held as prisoners or patients of a mental hospital.
    Full story:
    https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/b...217-story.html
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    The government (sheriff, municipal police, highway patrol, etc) have no Constitutional requirement to protect anyone. SCOTUS has ruled on this a number of times.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/p...o-protect.html

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