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| Trump condemns armed Florida officer who didn't confront school shooter: 'Coward' | Trump condemns armed Florida officer who didn't confront school shooter: 'Coward' |
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| President Donald Trump has hit out the sheriff's deputy who did not confront the Florida high school gunman who carried out the massacre - suggesting he was either a "coward" or a man who froze under extreme pressure. | President Donald Trump has hit out the sheriff's deputy who did not confront the Florida high school gunman who carried out the massacre - suggesting he was either a "coward" or a man who froze under extreme pressure. |
| In recent days, Mr Trump has called for increased security in schools in the wake of the shooting that left 17 people dead, going as far as suggesting teachers should be armed to deal with such threats. But when asked by reporters outside the White House about whether the actions of armed Deputy Scot Peterson - who did not enter the school while the shooting was taking place - gave him pause for thought over more armed security, Mr Trump said the officer "certainly did a poor job". | In recent days, Mr Trump has called for increased security in schools in the wake of the shooting that left 17 people dead, going as far as suggesting teachers should be armed to deal with such threats. But when asked by reporters outside the White House about whether the actions of armed Deputy Scot Peterson - who did not enter the school while the shooting was taking place - gave him pause for thought over more armed security, Mr Trump said the officer "certainly did a poor job". |
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| "That is a case where somebody was outside, they are trained, they didn’t react properly under pressure, or they were a coward," the president said. | |
| “He’s trained his whole life… but when it came time to get in there and do something, he didn’t have the courage or something happened. He certainly did a poor job,” Mr Trump added. | |
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