Parkland massacre dad rips school for distancing itself from student’s viral parking-lot beating
NY Post
The father of a Parkland school shooting victim ripped administrators Tuesday for distancing themselves from the brutal beating of a student in a nearby parking lot that was captured on viral video.
The unidentified male victim suffered a skull fracture when he was punched, kicked and dropped on his head in the parking lot across the street from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last week.
Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was one of 17 victims gunned down at the school by mass killer Nikolas Cruz in 2018, is among a group of parents saying administrators are dodging accountability over the beat-down.
The protesting parents say school officials have attempted to absolve themselves of responsibility for the shocking assault, which has led to five arrests thus far, by saying it was technically off school property.
In an email to parents, the school said, “The park is not a school or district-operated property; however, the school is working with law enforcement to help identify those involved.”
Guttenberg told The Post on Tuesday that while “the parking lot is technically out of the campus perimeter … this school has all of the students who drive park their cars in that lot across the street. That’s where the students walk to and from every single day.”