Florida sheriff refuses to resign during heated CNN interview

In a blistering battle with CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday, Broward County’s sheriff refused to step aside in the wake of his department’s bungled handling of the Florida school massacre — even insisting at one point that he has provided “amazing leadership.” Asked whether the killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS might have been averted if his office followed up on a slew of prior calls about the shooter being mentally unhinged, Sheriff Scott Israel responded with an absurd answer. - More...