Report: Sheriff Israel Chauffeured By Armed Bodyguards For Fear Of 'Threats'

According to a 2014 report, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, who has come under increased scrutiny over his deputy's handling of the Parkland mass shooting and the policies that appear to have shielded the shooter from serious consequences leading up to the massacre, used to insist on being chauffeured around by an armed bodyguard because he feared "threats." In the explosive CNN Parkland shooting town hall, in which pro-Second Amendment advocates, including NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, were decried as "murderers" by pro-gun control audience members, Israel told Loesch that she was not "standing up" for the students unless she would agree to reducing the number of weapons. -- More...