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Florida sheriff refuses to resign during heated CNN interview
In a blistering battle with CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday, Broward County’s sheriff refused to step aside in the wake of his department’s bungled handling of the Florida school massacre — even insisting at one point that he has provided “amazing leadership.”
Asked whether the killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS might have been averted if his office followed up on a slew of prior calls about the shooter being mentally unhinged, Sheriff Scott Israel responded with an absurd answer.
“If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, OJ Simpson would still be in the record books,” he said.
Tapper, the anchor of “State of the Union, shot back that he had no idea what that meant and said with 17 dead, did the sheriff think he could have done something differently in light of the all red flags raised about accused shooter Nikolas Cruz.
“We understand everything wasn’t done perfectly,” Israel responded — then added, that’s life.
“If it happened in Los Angeles or Chicago or any other city, every person wouldn’t have performed perfectly,” he said. “That’s not what happens.”
An incredulous Tapper asked, “Are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the Broward sheriff’s office about this shooter before this incident, whether it was people near him, close to him calling the police?”
Israel replied, “Jake, I can only take responsibility for what I knew about. I exercised my due diligence. I’ve given amazing leadership to this agency.”
More at https://nypost.com/2018/02/25/florida-sheriff-refuses-to-resign-during-heated-cnn-interview/
Must have had the same coach as Hillary.
In a blistering battle with CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday, Broward County’s sheriff refused to step aside in the wake of his department’s bungled handling of the Florida school massacre — even insisting at one point that he has provided “amazing leadership.”
Asked whether the killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS might have been averted if his office followed up on a slew of prior calls about the shooter being mentally unhinged, Sheriff Scott Israel responded with an absurd answer.
“If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, OJ Simpson would still be in the record books,” he said.
Tapper, the anchor of “State of the Union, shot back that he had no idea what that meant and said with 17 dead, did the sheriff think he could have done something differently in light of the all red flags raised about accused shooter Nikolas Cruz.
“We understand everything wasn’t done perfectly,” Israel responded — then added, that’s life.
“If it happened in Los Angeles or Chicago or any other city, every person wouldn’t have performed perfectly,” he said. “That’s not what happens.”
An incredulous Tapper asked, “Are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the Broward sheriff’s office about this shooter before this incident, whether it was people near him, close to him calling the police?”
Israel replied, “Jake, I can only take responsibility for what I knew about. I exercised my due diligence. I’ve given amazing leadership to this agency.”
More at https://nypost.com/2018/02/25/florida-sheriff-refuses-to-resign-during-heated-cnn-interview/
Must have had the same coach as Hillary.
