A survivor of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history is lashing out a Florida sergeant who was reinstated to duty on Thursday, even though he failed to act in a timely manner that might have prevented deaths.
Kyle Kashuv, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, blasted Broward County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Brian Miller, who was awarded nearly $140,000 in back pay and reinstated to the police force after a Thursday arbitration ruling.
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“Not only did this Coward not go inside when he heard my classmates being murdered,” Kashuv tweeted in response to the news. “But he hid behind his car and didn’t radio anyone for 10 full Minutes. All while 2 unarmed school staff ran inside and gave their lives. He did nothing.”
Not only did this Coward not go inside when he heard my classmates being murdered. But he hid behind his car and didn’t radio anyone for 10 full Minutes. All while 2 unarmed school staff ran inside and gave their lives.
He did nothing.https://t.co/31uVqrjeHh
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) May 14, 2020
Kashuv became a hero among Second Amendment supporters after he downplayed the use of gun control to stop more school shootings. Kashuv said he didn’t trust that using the government to create greater gun restrictions would stop future shootings.
“This can happen again if our government does not do what it’s supposed to do,” said Kashuv in 2018, a month after the shooting. “I find it ironic that after all this — we’ve seen so many different government failures we want to trust the government even more.”
Miller was relieved of his duties after it was revealed that he hid behind his police vehicle as 17 students and faculty members were gunned down by high school student Nikolas Cruz. Miller was the first supervisor to arrive on the scene, and a closed-circuit television recording of the parking lot showed that it took him 10 minutes to call for backup as Cruz continued the shooting spree.
The arbitrator found that “BSO violated Sgt. Brian Miller’s constitutional due process rights and improperly terminated him.” BSO deputies Edward Eason, Joshua Stambaugh, and Scot Peterson were also fired for “neglect of duty” during the shooting.
