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Sounds like it!Today was a shizzshow of epic proportions.
It sounds like it was a three ring circus!Today was a shizzshow of epic proportions.
That was super intense! I’ve only watched a few snippets of this trial, but the judge always seems super annoyed to me. Or like she hates her job and would literally rather be anywhere else.September 1, 2022Teacher describes Parkland school shooter as attention-seeking bully; defense seeks to ‘prohibit’ death penalty
A teacher described him as an attention-seeking bully and a principal said teachers feared him. Meanwhile, his defense team sought a mistrial and when that failed started an effort to "prohibit" the state from seeking the death penalty.www.local10.com
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John Vesey, the former principal of Westglades Middle School, said he still remembered Cruz’s “neediness” and his adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, who reported he didn’t get along with his brother Zachary Cruz.
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WITNESS TAMPERING ALLEGATION
After the judge admonished attorneys over court decorum, McNeill asked Scherer for a 24-hour recess and she accused Marcus of joining a conference call with Vesey on Thursday morning.
“It was an incredibly uncomfortable phone call. To this hour, I don’t understand why that even occurred,” Vesey said during his testimony on Thursday afternoon.
McNeill said there needed to be an investigation on the phone call Vesey received from his “personal friend” Attorney Christopher Whitlock, who represents several Broward County Public Schools employees, and introduced Marcus to the call.
“Mr. Whitlock advised that Mr. Marcus was a friend of his and then they said to him that they had concerns about his testimony today and how it could impact the district and how it could impact the individuals who work for the district,” McNeill said adding Vesey said he felt nervous and uncomfortable and “like they were trying to prohibit him from testifying.”
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Defense claims prosecutor needs to be investigated for witness tampering
Defense claims prosecutor needs to be investigated for witness tamperingwww.local10.comVIDEO: Defense claims prosecutor needs to be investigated for witness tampering
Published: September 1, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Oh wow. What a mess this is… what if they are recused? Would this trial have to be restarted?
Wow. I fee so bad for the families sitting through this for weeks and weeks.I think defense is playing so many games now that the judge is having a problem trying to keep this moving and yet try to be fair. I think the trial and penalty phase especially should have had some time limit...now it is just repeat of same info from witness to witness and I guess no end in sight. Now defense will not give notice of who they are calling so expect each time state will need to go and meet with them and plan strategy. I came come to not ike or have any respect for the defense team and have to wonder how this impacts the jury? Now a very long break again. Personally I just watch now to be sure not to miss Zach if he is called. The rest are just same old...same old.
Another FDLE document:Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Unreported Information Showing Nikolas Cruz’s Troubling BehaviorFDLE Home
www.fdle.state.fl.us
Many people, through a variety of forums, had knowledge of Cruz’s
concerning behavior that they did not report.
Others had knowledge of Cruz’s concerning behavior that they
reported but that information was not acted on by the person to
whom they made the report.
Some of the knowledge people gained about Cruz was gleaned from
social media posts and other knowledge was based on personal
observations or information they received.
We have identified at least 30 people who had knowledge of
troubling behavior Cruz exhibited prior to the MSDHS shooting that
was not reported or it was reported but not acted upon.
The following reflects the categories of Cruz’s unreported behavior
known to people before the shooting:
Animal Cruelty/Killing: 7
Knife/bullet/firearm seen in Cruz’s possession: 19
Statements of hatred toward a group or person: 8
Statements of desire/or to hurt or kill people: 11
Specific statement to shoot school: 3
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