President Donald Trump sharply criticized a Florida deputy for not entering Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz was massacring students, Monday at the White House.
Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 26, 2018
Trump has criticized Florida deputy Scott Peterson repeatedly for failing to enter the school building during the course of the shooting.
“We had one guard and he did not turn out to be too good. I can tell you that. He is not a credit to law enforcement. He didn’t want to go into the school and be tested under fire. It was no a good result,” Trump said Friday of Peterson.
Peterson may not have been the only deputy who failed to enter the school building during the course of the shooting and its aftermath. Neighboring law enforcement sources told CNN’s Jake Tapper recently that Peterson and 3 of his colleagues did not enter the school even after the attack.
The President has strongly advocated since the shooting for arming select groups of teachers in schools who volunteer to protect their students. “These teachers love their students. And these teachers are talented with weaponry and with guns. And they feel safe. And I’d rather have somebody that loves their students and wants to protect their students than somebody standing outside that doesn’t know anybody and doesn’t know the students, and, frankly, for whatever reason, decided not to go in even though he heard lots of shots being fired inside,” he said in a Friday speech.