The Gun Counter

D5CAV wrote:This story just keeps getting better.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03- ... c-facility

It turns out that the po-po who recommended that Cruz be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility was none other than (drum roll please)
the much-vilified [strike]Barney Fife[/strike] Scot Peterson

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.

Obviously, someone higher-up than Barney countermanded that recommendation, probably for political reasons, as highlighted earlier by Rich and Jered: https://www.americanthinker.com/article ... lives.html

I'm waiting for some MSM reporter (if any real reporters still exist) to find out which senior official in the Broward County Sheriff's office or Broward County School District was responsible and write an editorial apologizing to gun owners and the NRA (sound of crickets chirping).

Netpackrat wrote:I posted this to another forum, and a doctor there who used to work in Florida said that under the Baker Act in FL, the deputy's signature on the form would have been sufficient on it's own to commit the kid for eval for at least 72 hours. Further, the only person who could have countermanded that, is the physician at the "psychiatric receiving facility" where he would have taken the kid. Would have, that is, if Deputy Peterson weren't a lying sack of shit who is trying to deflect blame from himself. In other words, the article above is bullshit.

Rocxanne Deschamps spoke at a news conference in New York City with her lawyer, Gloria Allred, marking the first time she publicly discussed what was happening at her home near Lantana when Nikolas and his brother Zachary lived with her and her family.