Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Students File Federal Lawsuit

According to this, 15 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have filed a federal lawsuit against “Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, Broward Sheriff Scott Israel and other law enforcement officers.”

Stoneman Douglas students file lawsuit against Broward County, Sheriff Israel, officers: https://t.co/u2XiYDJPGR

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) July 11, 2018

Parkland, Florida, parents and students filed suit against Broward County, the sheriff, his deputies and the school superintendent in connection with the February 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School https://t.co/fxY0M070gM pic.twitter.com/KmV4Rxbw0y

— CNN (@CNN) July 11, 2018

Parkland students sue Broward County sheriff, school resource officer in federal court https://t.co/nHwSDJc1V9

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 11, 2018

I’m really glad they specifically listed Broward Sheriff Scott Israel.

The lawsuit, filed by the 15 students on Wednesday, also names school resource officer Scot Peterson, BSO Capt. Jan Jordan, the commander at the shooting scene, former Stoneman Douglas security monitor Andrew Medina, three officers referred to as “John Does” and Broward County.

The suit claims the students’ civil rights were violated and the county’s “policies and procedures, and training or lack thereof, demonstrated deliberate indifference” to the students’ rights, and “that deliberate indifference caused the herein complained-of harm to take place.”

Broward Schools and the Broward Sheriff’s Office said they had no comment on the suit.

The report notes that the students filing the suit weren’t physically injured during the horrific massacre, but they’re still suffering from “severe psychological injury and trauma.”

“That day we were just focused on making our plans for college, what we were gonna do in the future, prom, grad bash, just some of those events,” one of the students named in the suit, Audrey Diaz, said at a news conference Wednesday. “Some of my friends who were killed that day weren’t able to go to those events. So we thought we were safe at school and we would always be protected.”

The suit also claims Peterson had unlawfully taken $200 from a student the morning of the Feb. 14 shooting, accusing the student of being a drug dealer. He eventually gave the money back to the teen, who claimed he was taking his girlfriend out for a Valentine’s Day dinner that night, the report said.

Uh…what the heck?

Speaking of Peterson…the suit slams him directly as well.

“His job duties required him to run towards danger at risk of life and limb, and not to run away from danger for the sole purpose of sole-preservation,” the suit reads. “His arbitrary and conscience-shocking actions and inactions directly and predictably caused children to die, get injured, and get traumatized.”

We’ll keep you updated on this lawsuit.

h/t NBC Miami