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# Parkland Authorities Had Recommended Committing Florida Shooter To Psychiatric Facility

In yet another failure by officials which could have prevented last month's Florida school massacre, Parkland school officials and a sheriff's deputy recommended in September 2016 that suspect Nikolas Cruz be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for a mental evaluation, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.

Under the law, having been committed would have made it more difficult, if not impossible for Cruz to have legally obtained firearms.

> The documents, which are part of Cruz’s criminal case in the shooting, show that he had written the word “kill” in a notebook, told a classmate that he wanted to buy a gun and use it, and had cut his arm supposedly in anger because he had broken up with a girlfriend. He also told another student he had drunk gasoline and was throwing up. Calls had even been made to the FBI about the possibility of Cruz using a gun at school. -AP

A psychological assessment service initiated by Cruz's mother, Henderson Behavioral Health (HBH), show high school resource officer and Sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson along with two high school counselers recommending that Cruz be committed for mental evaluation under Florida's Baker Act - which allows for the involuntary commitment of a person for at least three days.

Peterson resigned after his failure to enter the building as shots rang out.

> #BREAKING: Broward County Sheriff's Office releases security video showing Deputy Scot Peterson's actions during the February 14 shooting. pic.twitter.com/gs9kAbfgRq

> — Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) March 15, 2018

Florida law would have allowed Peterson to initiate Cruz's commitment under the Baker Act.

Cruz, 19, faces the death penalty for the February 14 muder of 17 students and teachers, and the wounding of 17 others alleged in a 34-count indictment. Cruz's public defender Melisa McNeill says he would seek a life sentence in exchange for a guilty plea if convicted.

The documents from HBH reveal that Cruz's mother Lynda had fresh concerns about Nikolas's mental state after he punched holes in the wall. After staff from the behavioral clininc came to interview Cruz and the family, Cruz admitted to punching holes but said he did so over breaking up with his girlfriend. He also admitted to cutting his arm with a pencil sharpener.

> After a Sept. 28, 2016 interview, the documents say Cruz “reports that he cut his arms 3-4 weeks ago and states that this is the only time he has ever cut. (Cruz) states that he cut because he was lonely, states that he had broken up with his girlfriend and reports that his grades had fallen. (Cruz) states that he is better now, reports that he is no longer lonely and states that his grades have gone back up.”

> He also told the clinician he owned only a pellet gun and was not capable of doing “serious harm” to anyone. -AP

Authorities had ample warning about Cruz...

In February, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Friday that the FBI never contacted Google - which owns YouTube, after it was reported that suspect Nikolas Cruz, under his own name, said "I'm going to be a professional school shooter" in a YouTube video comment last September.

When the uploader of the video, Ben Bennight, contacted the FBI shortly after Cruz left the comment, officials spoke with him for 20 minutes, after which there was no follow up until the same agent or agents came to his home on Wednesday.

In a press conference late last week, Special Agent Robert Lansky who is in charge of the Miami FBI division said that the FBI received the tip, however they were "unable to further identify" the person who made the comment, despite conducting "database reviews" and "checks."

> "No other information was included with that comment, which would indicate a time, location or the true identity of the person who made the comment," Lasky said. "The FBI conducted database reviews, checks, but was unable to further identify the person who actually made the comment."

Had they simply followed up, the FBI would have also discovered from Florida's state social services agency that Cruz intended to buy a gun, or that he had been cutting his arms on snapchat.

FBI investigators could have then called the Broward County Sheriff's department and found out about the 23 timesdeputies responded to Cruz's home over a seven year period for emergencies including a "mentally ill person, " "child/elderly abuse", "domestic disturbance," and "missing person."

The last call received by Broward County Sheriff's office on November 30, was a warning a caller who warned that Cruz is collecting guns and knives. Concerned he will kill himself one day and believes he could be a school shooter in the making."

To top things off, a young woman close to Cruz warned the FBI she was concerned he would "get into a school and just shoot the place up," according to a leaked transcript of her call to the bureau's tip line one month before the massacre.

You know, its just so much, said the caller. I know he's going to explode. The woman said she was making the call because she wanted a clear conscience if he takes off and, and just starts shooting places up, according to the transcripts which were reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

Two different people specifically told authorities from two different agencies that Cruz might shoot up a school, and the school resource officer who fled the shooting failed to have him committed to a psychiatric unit.

Furthermore, had Cruz been properly arrested and prosecuted for holding a gun to his brother and mother's head, threatening them - he would have likely been charged with a felony, and also been unable to legally obtain weapons.

And sadly, student "puppets" from Parkland have been trotted out on national television to discuss gun control, not mental health, after what was perhaps the world's most preventable school shooting.

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Joebloinvestor Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:47 Permalink

WOW, starting to look like the NRA is blameless, as usual.

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hedgeless_horseman Joebloinvestor Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:48 Permalink

Lots of crazy people.

Law enforcement are not paid to serve and protect you. They are paid by The State to serve and protect The State.

You must defend yourself.

> All I really have to offer as a solution is more of my same ol' philosophy of disintermediation. Be your own first responder. Don't be a victim!

> I have covered defending your life with a pistol.

> I have covered defending your property with a shotgun.

> I have covered defending your liberty with a rifle.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/will-societal-collapse-cross-…

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E5 hedgeless_horseman Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:50 Permalink

IT is the GOVERNMENT' S fault.

BAN the Government.

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E5 E5 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:56 Permalink

The head of justice in every state is the atty gen.

Obama released his birth certificate AFTER he was in office.

50 atty generals (RED AND BLUE STATES) never saw the necessary proof of citizenship to certify the candidate.

That is a crime that the people continue to do nothing about. They are waiting to kill people for their cow, sugar and corn. That they can stomach?

Shut the hell up. You will never do anything. Get in line and goose step until we are the ONLY country. Don't complain. Do what i say.

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Looney E5 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:58 Permalink

The police Protects and Serves the government, not us. If anybody thinks that, when needed, they are coming to save them, well… they’re out of their mind! ;-)

Looney

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cheka Looney Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

stop hiding the videos

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boattrash cheka Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:07 Permalink

...and the Las Vegas Vids also!

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BLOTTO E5 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:59 Permalink

They are lying to us - again.

Even Inspector fuckin Gadget would see thru this.

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Our life is one giant cosmic lie...

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ejmoosa hedgeless_horseman Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:09 Permalink

Instead of investigating the shooter, we should investigate why each victim was left defenseless.

What laws passed kept these victims defenseless? Who passed these laws and why? Should their Constitutional Rights have been violated in such a manner?

Who actually benefited from these defenseless victims?

Did they falsely believe that the gun free zone would protect them? Where did that idea come from?

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junction Joebloinvestor Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:56 Permalink

Had Cruz been Baker Act-ed, the government could no longer have used him in the planned false flag attack.

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Bad Goy Joebloinvestor Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:56 Permalink

Why would the NRA have blame? The NRA isn't law enforcement.

Law enforcement failed to act on almost 40 incidents. Something something school to prison pipeline.

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Joebloinvestor Bad Goy Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:59 Permalink

If you don't think the NRA catches shit every time a gun is used, I suggest you pull your head out of the sand.

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CompassionateC… Bad Goy Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

The NRA is to blame because they are primarily composed of white men who own guns. That group is a serious impediment to total Jewish control in the US and is the most likely group to resist the loving plan the Jewish people, God's Chosen bolshevik mass murderers, have for the world! We need to be good goyim and get behind the destruction of the bill of rights and of our white race lest we be anti-semites and racists!

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Bad Goy CompassionateC… Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:09 Permalink

Oh, not only is that logic infallible, but it would be racist not to accept it. I've been cured of my wrongthink and am now fully progressive. Thanks. We should both feel better now.

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Distant_Star CompassionateC… Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:12 Permalink

Exactly the reason that many people will conceal and cache their weapons and ammo rather than comply with any gun "control" laws. We know (((who))) is the main force behind the movement for "common sense gun control." The phrase "common sense gun control" is nothing more than code talk for total confiscation of privately owned firearms to be achieved one step at a time. Nudge, nudge Cass Sunstein.

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roadhazard Bad Goy Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:13 Permalink

The way it is in America the cops are not allowed to do anything until an act is committed. You can tell them your wife is going to kill you but until she does they got nothing.

"Innocent until proven guilty."

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Occams_Razor_Trader Joebloinvestor Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:04 Permalink

And the Deep State IS to blame- shocker!

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DinduNuffin Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:48 Permalink

looks like a toy gun

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Vlad the Inhaler Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:49 Permalink

Turn in your guns, you don't need them because the authorities will protect you.

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E5 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:49 Permalink

It is the GOVERNMENT's fault.

Ban the Government.

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Scrot Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:50 Permalink

What difference does it make if most of the country doesn't know it? The media narrative will never expose mental illness as a factor in these events.

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onewayticket2 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:50 Permalink

See Something.

Say Something.

Sit around while the FBI (and Friend of Hillary Sheriff) do nothing.

....then get blamed for murder repeatedly.

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Urahara Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:51 Permalink

"Parkland Authorities Had Recommended Hiding Jewish Florida Shooter In Psychiatric Facility"

Fixed it for you Zerohedge. You're welcome.

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johnjkiii Urahara Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:56 Permalink

You deserve to be committed you complete idiot!

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DuneCreature Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:53 Permalink

Back and forth, one crisis report to the next to keep the peeps guessing and on meds. ...... LOTS and lots of meds are in our future (They'd like to think)

Just say 'fuck you' to the shrinks. .... They 'll figure out the meaning.

This is called 'The Whip Saw PSYOP' tactic.

School Mass Shootings, Domestic Terrorist Threats, Anthrax Letters And Random Package Bombings...... OH MY!

We are going to have to start using shorthand and acronyms for this shit because I'm getting tired of typing all of that Comshcrap (Complicated Shitshow Crap) out.

How about, Schmaootings, Domtereats, Anaxters and Ranpaobings? ... Or will that just confuse everyone even more?

I'm sure AI AL has some very short code for those op names and a table array of terror op options.

We could just call it all Dot Gov AI Gen Terrorism I suppose.

Live Hard, AI AL Knows Fear And Chaos Are Very Useful Tools For Herding Sheeple Into The Pens, Die Free

~ DC v8.8

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vaporland Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:54 Permalink

(1) make threats

(2) get reported

(3) ignore reports

(4) repeal 2nd amendment

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I woke up Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:55 Permalink

Amazing leadership!

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johnjkiii Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:57 Permalink

The price of our "nice" snowflake society.

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CompassionateC… Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:58 Permalink

So what? Ban guns and gut the bill of rights anyways! You have the government here to protect you and don't need guns. That government will NEVER become tyrannical either because it's run by the Jewish people who are the nicest and most honest people ever to exist. They are God's Chosen Christ-killers and have an unshakable love for the white race and if you disagree then you're a racist and a NAZI worse than one of the greatest, if not the greatest men to ever live, Adolf Hitler!

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homiegot Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:59 Permalink

Yep, it's those 2nd amendment, NRA supporters fault.

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StephenHopkins Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

They make the best patsies.

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F em all but 6 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

And yet, no video from inside the school. And what happened to the teacher that saw the shooter dressed up in full SWAT gear? And the student that talked to the Cruz when the shooting was going on? 6 minutes to get out of an Uber, assemble an AR from his backpack?, dress up in full SWAT gear, shoot up the school on multiple floors, undress from the SWAT gear and blend in with the students to make his escape. And dont forget about the public defender telling her client to plead guilty within what?...24-48 hours thus preempting a full documented investigation necessary as a defense against the charges. FUCKING BULLSHIT

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TuesdayBen Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

The only sure things in life are death, taxes, and gubmint fuckin' up.

IN GUBMINT WE TRUST. - Barry

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ExPat2018 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:01 Permalink

Hind sight is so great.

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Hikikomori Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:11 Permalink

Florida has a mandatory 10 years in prison for use of a gun in the commission of a crime. That's a mandatory sentence - a judge may not reduce it. Holding a gun to his mother's and brother's heads and threatening them was aggravated assault - a felony. IF the laws already in place for a LONG TIME had simply been followed by the authorities, Cruz would have been in prison, and unable to shoot students at Parkland.

Not a single additional law was required to prevent this tragedy - law enforcement and the judicial system doing the jobs they're paid to do would have prevented it.

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makinbacon Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:14 Permalink

Mr. Cruz must be leaving the yellow brick road.
A little trip back to OZ will fix that.

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