[CO] County responds to Columbine wrongful-death brief

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County responds to Columbine wrongful-death brief

The Associated Press

DENVER (August 17, 2000 12:27 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Jefferson County commissioners and the sheriff's office said they cannot be held responsible for shooting rampage at Columbine High School, the county said Wednesday in its latest effort to avoid litigation by victims and their families.

County lawyers contend the families of students wounded in the 1999 rampage have failed to support their arguments for suing the county.

The 42-page document filed in U.S. District Court is a response to Columbine families' arguments for their lawsuit to proceed. The county earlier asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.

The lawsuit by the families of Valeen Schnurr, Evan Todd and Jeanna Park claimed authorities mishandled the response to the April 19, 1999, shooting rampage that left 15 people dead.

A botched response violated the victims' constitutional rights, the families contended. They defended the claim by arguing a special relationship existed between law-enforcement officials and the people in the school as the emergency response unfolded.

The families also asserted a special relationship existed, increasing the county's responsibility, because police dispatchers told a teacher and students under fire in the library to stay there. Most of the 13 people shot by gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were shot in the library.

The county responded the families have failed to support the claim the wounded students' constitutional rights were violated. Their lawsuit ignores case law on the state statute shielding governments from litigation in most circumstances, county lawyers said.
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*phew* What do you know RandallFlagg?


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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
 
The county has a small problem here. the cowardice of the commanders kept officers from entering the building after repeated calls from cell phones in the building telling them about wounded that need urgent aid and where they were. The death of the teacher is equally split between the cowards who shot him and the cowards who left him to die for 3 HOURS. I won't even mention the cop on duty who fired a few shots then "retreated to call for backup" and never re-engaged. He left a school full of children at the mercy of those two scum. I've heard all the excuses by LEO's about policy and tactics, ad naseum. All that matters is that those cops on that day left two killers in a school full of kids for hours. Unforgivable.

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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
68-70
true story, a Union Gen. once said "Don't worry about those Rebs. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..SPLAT.
 
The county has a small problem here. the cowardice of the commanders kept officers from entering the building after repeated calls from cell phones in the building telling them about wounded that need urgent aid and where they were. The death of the teacher is equally split between the cowards who shot him and the cowards who left him to die for 3 HOURS. I won't even mention the cop on duty who fired a few shots then "retreated to call for backup" and never re-engaged. He left a school full of children at the mercy of those two scum. I've heard all the excuses by LEO's about policy and tactics, ad naseum. All that matters is that those cops on that day left two killers in a school full of kids for hours. Unforgivable.

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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
68-70
true story, a Union Gen. once said "Don't worry about those Rebs. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..SPLAT.
 
The county has a small problem here. the cowardice of the commanders kept officers from entering the building after repeated calls from cell phones in the building telling them about wounded that need urgent aid and where they were. The death of the teacher is equally split between the cowards who shot him and the cowards who left him to die for 3 HOURS. I won't even mention the cop on duty who fired a few shots then "retreated to call for backup" and never re-engaged. He left a school full of children at the mercy of those two scum. I've heard all the excuses by LEO's about policy and tactics, ad naseum. All that matters is that those cops on that day left two killers in a school full of kids for hours. Unforgivable.

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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
68-70
true story, a Union Gen. once said "Don't worry about those Rebs. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..SPLAT.
 
Hmmmm .... TexasVet - maybe a new keyboard would help? ;) (just joshing ya)


Well, back to the subject at hand, actually, this is all likely to be 'good news' for self defense.

Consider ... relatives are arguing that LEO's did not save their children and loved ones. In the final analysis, the courts may well hold that there is no requirement that LEO's save everyone ... or, perhaps, anyone for that matter (what was that Supreme Court case ...?).

So, at the end of the day, this tragedy may well underscore, again, that civilians are untimately responsible for their own defense. Tragic, but reality will come to roost on that simply fact, no?

Live and let live. Regards from AZ
 
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