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ScottDLS wrote:

Flightmare wrote:Scot Peterson reminds me of Bowe Bergdahl. In both cases, someone whose job is to protect and defend decided to allow others to die.

I actually think Bergdahl is worse. He actively deserted his post. It would be similar if the Deputy had seen the shooter and then ran away. However, it was still Peterson's duty to go in to see if he could save people, and he didn't. But I still think Bergdahl is worse. I still think he should have been executed.

Well, Bergdahl as bad as he is didn't desert while his buddies were under fire.

He just snuck off in the dark of night when all was quiet.

He should have been hung or gotten life but at least he wasn't hiding while his buddies were under fire and dying.

Word is, those kids looked up to and admired Peterson and no doubt were wondering where he was while they were bleeding and dying.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

OlBill wrote:We're mad at him for not being a hero.

Doing the job you are paid to do doesn't make you a hero, regardless how dangerous that job may be. We're mad at him for not doing his job because he's the worst kind of coward.

Chas.

Failing to do even the bare minimum required by your department's SOP is bad enough. To fail to do so for four minutes of a six minute mass shooting when you could have intervened is absolutely inexcusable and the worst kind of cowardice.

He's a disgrace to the uniform as are the rest who failed to act as well.

Hide, wait, and watch hasn't been the protocol for 18 years.