Contractedded parkland shooting and endanger americas students. As a remind to those in the audience, we will be taking questions during the last 10 to 25 minutes of the electric tour and well let you know when ore opening it up and the lecture will be archived in our Speaker Series library. So when completed we encourage you to sheriff it on your social media platforms. Bill bentette identity it this the untold, unbelievable true story houston the world clubs brought by chit plately collect policy and wilful blindness made the most avoidable School Shooting in history somehow inevitable. Broward county florida was brown zero no are a new approach to school discipline, prompted by radical leftist organizations and enforced by Obama Department of education deer colleague hers. They pettled a false school to prison pipeline narratives claiming teachers and principals were systematically racist and could not be trusted to enforce rules with consequences. So instead, they argued for healin
Library. So once completed we encourage you to show it on share on social media. When meadow died is the untold unbelievable true story how the corruption brought by politically correct policies made the most avoidable School Shooting in history somehow inevitable the Broward County with an approach to School Discipline prompted by radical leftist organization enforced by the upon the department of education they had the false prison to pipeline that they were systematically racist and could not be trusted to enforce rules so instead they argued for healing circles and Restorative Justice. As a consequence these policies enable the psychopathic criminal to maintain a clean background check and purchased a firearm to kill 17 people marjorie stone douglas high school. The Obama Administration leniency policies to the school serving millions of students by way of a letter that threatened the loss of federal funding if schools were have found racially disparate in their suspension rates. C
Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman
Weve seen police for the last hour or so tweeting some of the injured. There you see one being wheeled away on a stretcher, evacuating from the school up until moments ago, parents within text contact with their children. This high school has ten buildings, several thousand students, according to michael katz, one of the students we spoke with, the shooting went on for about four to six minutes, too many shots to count. He said in several locations of the school there you see the students running out of the school. Theyve been running out in periodic bursts. This is still being described as an active shooting situation. Weve seen pictures of one person being taken into custody. We dont know yet whether that was the shooter. The police are still treating this as an active situation. So much concern there in south florida right now. Tom llamas, you reported from there for many years and youve seen a massive response over this last hour. Reporter yeah, i was talking to a Law Enforcement s