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Florida deputy found not guilty over Parkland high school shooting response

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Scot Peterson, a former Florida deputy charged with felony child neglect for failing to stop a 2018 school shooting, was found not guilty on Thursday. The former deputy was found not guilty of the 11 charges he faced, which included felony child neglect, culpable negligence, and perjury. Peterson, 60, was seen sobbing as the unanimous verdicts were read out in court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to the BBC. Peterson's trial marks the first time a U.S. law enforcement official has been tried in connection to a school shooting. The...

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