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School shooters: What can law enforcement do to stop them?

  • Written by James Jacobs, Professor of Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure, New York University

Could police have stopped Nikolas Cruz before he walked into Parkland High School and massacred 17 students and teachers with a semi-automatic rifle?

In the months and years prior to the February 14, 2018 massacre, family members, school personnel and neighbors had reported Cruz’s disturbing, threatening and violent behavior many times to...

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