Update: Amid public demands for transparency, the Broward Police have released the full list of 23 calls for service to the home of attacker Nikolas Cruz, in a desperate bid to deflect criticism over handling the Parkland school shooting. The final call, however, just like the transcript from the January 5 call discussed below, shows that serious concerns were not acted on.
“In the interest of full transparency, we are making available the list of all 23 calls for service at the Cruz home,” the sheriff’s office said in a Friday tweet. “18 involved Nikolas Cruz. None appeared arrestable under Florida law. However, two of the calls remain under internal investigation.”
As color coded in the list, the most serious warning came on November 30, 2017, when a caller located in Massachusetts advised that Cruz was collecting knives and was likely to conduct a school shooting. The caller was concerned Cruz would kill himself and “be a school shooter in the making.” They believed that Cruz’s weapons were kept at a friend's house.
The incident was categorized as ‘suspicious’ by Broward County Police but no report was initiated, according to the document. That call is now under Internal Affairs review and investigation, the document shows
In two incidents from 2012, Nikolas fought with his brother, Zachary, and hit his mother, Linda Cruz, with a plastic vacuum cleaner hose. In 2013, Linda told police Nikolas threw her against a wall because she confiscated his Xbox games console. The following year, he punched the wall after she took away the Xbox again. Later, in 2014, a neighbor reported Nikolas had shot at his chickens with an airsoft rifle, a replica of a real gun that shoots plastic pellets. In a "suspicious incident" recorded in 2016, an Instagram report said that Cruz was going to “shoot up a school.” The Instagram post involved a picture of guns.
A pdf of the full list of service calls can be found at the following link.
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Earlier
A person close to Nikolas Cruz, the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school on Valentines day, warned the FBI she was concerned Cruz 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.
The transcript, seen by the Wall Street Journal, provides chilling detail about the woman’s efforts on January 5, just over a month before the February 14 tragedy, to warn authorities about Nikolas Cruz’s propensity for violence and his troubled past.
Tragically, the FBI was busier with other things.
“You know, it’s just so much,” said the caller. “I know he’s—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.
The caller also mentioned that Cruz dressed up as a ninja or an ISIS fighter, according to the WSJ.
While the FBI last week acknowledged receiving such a call, the transcript, and the stark nature of the caller’s precise warnings about Cruz’s disturbing actions and volatile temperament, previously hasn’t been made public.
“It’s alarming to see these pictures and to know what he’s capable of doing and what could happen,” the caller continued. “He’s [been] thrown out of all these schools because he would pick up a chair and just throw it at somebody, a teacher or a student, because he didn’t like the way they were talking to him.”
She also said that Cruz was due to inherit $25,000 a year, from a life insurance policy, and she was worried that he would spend it on guns.
Psychopath
The concerned Cruz acquaintance also told the FBI that he mutilated frogs, and at least on one occasion, a bird.
“He brought the bird into the house,” she recounted. “He threw it on his mother’s kitchen counter and he started cutting it up. He has all kinds of hunting knives. I don’t know what knife he used, though. And he started cutting the bird up, and his mother…said, ‘What’re you doing?’ And he says, ‘I want to see what’s inside.’”
The caller then said, “That to me would be a red flag.”
Apparently not so much to the FBI, which admitted last week that it failed to forward the call to the Miami field office for investigation.
The FBI also admitted that the Bureau had investigated a school shooting threat made on YouTube last year but could not identify person behind it - despite Nikolas Cruz using his real name to sign the threat which quite literally says "Im going to be a professional school shooter."
The man who reported Cruz, Ben Bennight, spoke with the FBI last year for about 20 minutes, and there was no follow-up from the FBI after that initial conversation.
Then, Bennight told CBS that he again spoke with the FBI on Wednesday night for about 20 minutes. They wanted to know if he knew anything more after first reporting the YouTube video last year. He said the same agent/agents he spoke with last year came to his home Wednesday.
Furthermore, as we reported earlier today, CNN's FOIA of Broward County 911 records has produced a steady stream of scoops about Parkland, Fla. school shooter Nikolas Cruz fleshing out much of what is publicly known about Cruz's background and the various reports made warning the FBI and other authorities about his threatening behavior.
The police were warned about Cruz's violent past - that he'd "used a gun against people before" and had "put the gun to others' heads in the past" - but still they did nothing.
The FBI last week issued a statement disclosing that the call wasn’t passed on to its Miami field office for investigation.
“Under established protocols, the information provided by the caller should have been assessed as a potential threat to life,” the FBI said. “The information then should have been forwarded to the FBI Miami field office, where appropriate investigative steps would have been taken.”
The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating why the lead wasn’t followed up.
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In addition to the FBI's monumental failure and a steady stream of 911 calls about Cruz, video evidence revealed that an armed Broward County resource deputy stationed at Stoneman Douglas High School during the Valentine's day massacre did "nothing" during the shooting - instead waiting outside as a gunman opened fire on students and teachers.
The officer, Scot Peterson, resigned shortly after being placed on leave.
"We're not going to disclose the video at this time, and we may never disclose the video depending on the prosecution and the criminal case,"said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.
"These families lost their children, we lost coaches. I've been to the funerals. I've been to the homes where they're sitting shiva. I've been to the vigils. It's just, there are no words."
When asked by a reporter what the deputy should have done, the Sheriff replied "Went in. Address the killer. Kill the killer."
Meanwhile, the anti-2nd Amendment crowd continues to peddle children around to try and strip law abiding Americans of their right to bear arms - ignoring the fact that had the FBI and Broward County authorities simply done their jobs, 17 people would still be with us.
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The full leaked FBI transcript is below (pdf link):
Comments
The CIA strikes again!
What will they think up next? Toddlers armed with RPG's?
It's interesting how there always seems to be a brand-new, well-funded, and well-organized group ready to pick up the "We need to get rid of everybody's guns, NOW" fight, immediately after one of these shootings.
It's also funny how Libtards see no problems with Armed Guards in:
- Banks
- Museums
- Casinos
- Sports arenas
But somehow think that having armed guards in schools (where "The Children" are) is a bad idea. (Remember to throw that little fact in a Libtard's face, every time they talk about "Doing it 'for The Children'")
Also, it's funny how at THIS particular event, there WAS an armed deputy, but he didn't respond at all...
Just a little Too Convenient, methinks.
@ The Gun-Grabbers:
Give it the hell up, already. Nobody who owns them, has any plans to turn them in, regardless of how many sobbing, blubbering teenagers you parade in front of us, or what your bought-and-paid-for activist judges or shill scumbag politicians codify into law. The only result you'll get, is an angry group of people, who will start shooting at you. Laughably, you think "Gun Violence" is a problem now; you ain't nothing yet, suckers.
Yep! Besides, when Israhell BOMBS a Palestinian school, the USG chants "Hooray!"
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In reply to CIA strikes agaib by Croesus
Start at 0:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6d2UOJz_cE
In reply to yep! by lloll
This just keeps getting better for the fbi
In reply to Start at 0:42 https://www… by SethPoor
between the FBI and the cop by the school, I am totally ready to give up my guns and have the government protect me.
In reply to This just keeps getting… by JimmyJones
When guns are outlawed cops will still hide in the bushes.
In reply to between the FBI and the cop… by Darkman17
You nailed it http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/report-four-sheriff-…
In reply to When guns are outlawed cops… by Billy the Poet
Son of a bitch.
If Trump can't arm the teachers then let's take the liberals up on their fake, "So you want the students to carry guns" bullshit.
PS -- Folks should read SethPoor's link. FOUR COPS waited outside while Cruz killed those people.
In reply to You nailed it http://www… by SethPoor
If you add up the number of things that went wrong to lead to this tragedy it's mind-boggling. This incident hovers somewhere between "nobody gave a shit" and "they wanted this to happen".
Having been around the block with trouble a few times myself I'm used to 3-4 things going wrong at once. Happens more than you might think. In this case it numbers in the dozens. That's pretty hard to swallow.
In reply to Son of a bitch. by Billy the Poet
Remember- "See something, say something."
And don't forget this one - 'Just say no!"
How's this working out for us???
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
I believe the courts have ruled that the police have no legal responsibility to "protect and serve", just law enforcement after the fact.
In reply to Remember- "See something,… by lincolnsteffens
i can almost guarantee you ... and armed citizen rushing to stop the shooter would be shot dead by these fucking retards hiding behind cars...
In reply to I believe the courts have… by Mr. Universe
How are the alleged "cowards" first on the scene? Is it because of the advance knowledge of the shooting that came from this phone call? This is a false flag.
https://www.sott.net/article/377783-Broward-County-Sheriff-Israel-was-o…
In reply to i can almost guarantee you … by ThePhantom
The kid is a pawn.
One could be forgiven if they thought money and federal aid was a motivation. Read this link (I posted in the other thread) and weep. MONEY.
Q: Does this city or county need funds badly???? Any local zh person in FL know? Do they need a new school, or to hire more administrators?
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-sandy-hook-shooting-two-year…
In reply to I believe the courts have… by Mr. Universe
Love Q
8chan faggot here
In reply to The kid is a pawn… by Bigly
So....yellow tape origami and eating chalk?
In reply to I believe the courts have… by Mr. Universe
Nice work, Brownie!
In reply to Remember- "See something,… by lincolnsteffens
Would a little bracelet to signify you don't want to be shot be appropriate?
It works in Scandinavia, I am told....
In reply to Remember- "See something,… by lincolnsteffens
It's also interesting how libtards don't mind Hillary having a dozen heavily armed guards surround her all the time.
But it's BAD for the little peeples to carry even a tiny gun.
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
Hillary can go fuck herself CB.
This whole thing reeks SO bad, it’s an absolute disgrace. Four chicken shit cops stood there while kids were being slaughtered, all to push the anti-gun mantra.
All 4 of them need to be kicked out of our country, heck we could send them to France.
And these bastards want our guns? Good luck with that shit.
In reply to It's also interesting how… by CheapBastard
Guantanamo
In reply to This whole thing reeks SO… by BlackChicken
Speaking of the Ol'Gal... Here's a pic with the Sheriff...
This is one fscked-up rabbit hole!
In reply to It's also interesting how… by CheapBastard
This source was deemed not credible by the FBI. Because the local PD/Sheriffs had only been out to Cruz's home 39 times on "disturbance" calls, Cruz never Baker Acted by the cops. Now if they had been out 40 times, then perhaps...............................
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
40 is actually the number that gets peoples' attention.... just sayin'
In reply to This source was deemed not… by JRobby
36 to go
In reply to 40 is actually the number… by Fish Gone Bad
Hey, this phone call wasn't a strong lead.
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
This may help......https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/23/dereliction-of-duty-fou…
i wish folks would read this for a better understanding.
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
The government failed on every level--both state and federal. I'm really at a loss for words. I'm so crazy that I'm beginning to take Alex Jones seriously. I'd have never thunk it.
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
If you knew things, would tell people who basically laughed at you, after 20 yrs you would sound like a nut too.....
In reply to The government failed on… by purplewarrior
There was no failure IMO, there was collusion on all levels to see this event happen.
In reply to The government failed on… by purplewarrior
+10000
I agree, Any one instance of someone, anyone just doing there job could have stopped this. Any one of the 39 911 calls.
Any one of the school officials, FBI etc. So, something stinks on ice.
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. It is the job of every citizen, not just paid government employees, to stop nuts like Cruz. Someone concerned citizen could have easily taken the young man aside and counseled him. Then, if in time the lesson didn't take, gone full Dexter on him.
In reply to +10000 … by ironmace
If his name had been Nikolai Cruzchev the Fibbies would have been on him like white on rice.
In reply to +10000 … by ironmace
If you are a Supranational Money Power Monopolist Mega-Corporate Global Fascist, this is going great!
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
Its really too bad that like vegas, we still havent seen any evidence that the alleged perp did the job
In reply to If you add up the number of… by NoDebt
I suspect Cruz didn't kill anyone.
The hit team from Israel now that's a completely different story.
In reply to Son of a bitch. by Billy the Poet
> FOUR COPS waited outside while Cruz killed those people.
I count three separate Clinton agents involved. FBI, CNN, Sheriff.
What are the odds?
In reply to Son of a bitch. by Billy the Poet
time to investigate sheriff israel. it is leading a notoriously corrupt org. also read that kosher nostra runs that town. and lets look at all of the nyc.dc connections - there are almost always connections in these big events
shooter -- nyc
sheriff -- nyc
hoggs -- dc (fbi)
shooter living with -- dc (military intel)
In reply to > FOUR COPS waited outside… by Sanity Bear
Arming the teachers is not a good solution. Hire former Special Forces soldiers, gear them up, have panic buttons in every school room that notifies the guards instantaneously. Have ALL ENTRANCES highly secure and guarded by said soldiers. Have metal detectors at each and every entrance. If the panic button gets hit, instant response with deadly force, no negotiation, no nothing. Instant death. Even the craziest of crazies will not want to step into that potential shit storm. They may be crazy, but I doubt they are suicidal. It has yet to be determined if in fact Cruz was even the shooter. Hopefully because TPTB fucked this one up so badly we may finally get some real answers, and hold the real culprits accountable.
In reply to Son of a bitch. by Billy the Poet
Ex-SF aren't going to sign up to protect schools. For what 35k a year...nope.
In reply to Arming the teachers is not a… by business as stusual
They are not there to prevent acts of terror only to clean up after with overtime hours. They are only interested in a case if they are entrapping someone.
In reply to You nailed it http://www… by SethPoor
And they'll still shoot first and ask questions later. Not to mention get away without ever being indicted for it.
In reply to When guns are outlawed cops… by Billy the Poet
The kid was safe.
He was armed.
In reply to And they'll still shoot… by Benito_Camela
This should be kept in perspective. Just as we don't paint every 17 year old with the guilt of Cruz so we shouldn't paint every cop with the guilt of these cowards. Four (probably more) were cowards. Far more, especially from Coral Springs, ran right in. Just as the four cowards should be fired, strip of any pension claims, and pissed on in public every day until they die, the officers who ran in to try and stop the killing should be saluted and never have to pay for a beer in public again.
In reply to When guns are outlawed cops… by Billy the Poet
I'm with you! Who even needs a gun with protection like that offered by the police and FBI!
Heck, I'm not even going to lock my doors anymore.
In reply to between the FBI and the cop… by Darkman17
BREAKING: Armed School Guard AND 3 BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES Waited Outside Parkland HS During Shooting
When Coral Springs police officers arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14 in the midst of the school shooting crisis, many officers were surprised to find not only that Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed school resource officer, had not entered the building, but that three other Broward County Sheriff’s deputies were also outside the school and had not entered, Coral Springs sources tell CNN. The deputies had their pistols drawn and were behind their vehicles, the sources said, and not one of them had gone into the school.
With direction from the Broward deputies who were outside, Coral Springs police soon entered the building where the shooter was. New Broward County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, and two of those deputies and an officer from Sunrise, Florida, joined the Coral Springs police as they went into the building.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/02/breaking-armed-school-guard-3-b…
In reply to between the FBI and the cop… by Darkman17
Me, too! I'm sure they can protect us!
NOT!
Molon Labe, Bitches!
In reply to between the FBI and the cop… by Darkman17
This is exactly how 66% of Broward County that voted for Hillary feels. They wanted young adults and teachers unable to defend themselves and they got it good and hard.
Highschool Students are old enough to effectively use guns for self defense. For proof look no further than Marine bootcamp. Every year thousands of young men get excellent firearms training in a three week course and seldom ever shoot anyone or anything they shouldn't.
In reply to between the FBI and the cop… by Darkman17
Part of me thinks they deserved to die for their parents voting for gun grabbing liberals. Am I evil?
In reply to This is exactly how 66% of… by Kidbuck
You know something people who are of genuine good will and want to make America great again, always wanted America to be great at whatever it does, look at this type of shit and it is as if: these fuckers don't even care?
It leads to the speculation that arises conspiracy theories when such morons fuck-up what they don't shit on instead.
I trust myself and my spouse to protect us and nobody else.. and I fucking owe 7 thousand in taxes!
No fucking shit.. owe 7K
In reply to This just keeps getting… by JimmyJones
Pagination