Then-Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during mass shooting found not guilty
Posted on AllSides June 29th, 2023
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A jury has acquitted on all counts the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – absolving him of wrongdoing in the rare trial of a law enforcement officer for his response to a mass shooting.