Florida schools cover up crimes: Rapes, guns and more

From rapes to arsons to guns, Florida’s school districts are hiding countless crimes that take place on campus, defying state laws and leaving parents with the false impression that children are safer than they are.

Many serious offenses — and even minor ones — are never reported to the state as required, an investigation by the South Florida Sun Sentinel found. A staggering number of schools report no incidents at all — no bullying, no trespassing, nothing.

The state largely takes the districts at their word, and state law provides no penalties for administrators who allow the lies to continue. Several districts pledged to change their ways only when confronted by journalists.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-ne-florida-school-crime-reporting-20181127-story.html

Parkland shooter wants new jail guard after attack

The guard who was attacked by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz last month should not be allowed to continue supervising him, Cruz’s lawyers argue in court papers filed Friday.

Defense lawyers want Sgt. Ray Beltran and Cruz separated for everyone’s safety — the deputy had been getting under Cruz’s skin for weeks before Cruz punched him on Nov. 13 and wrestled away his stun gun, according to defense lawyer Melisa McNeill.

Now that Beltran is a witness against Cruz and the victim in a criminal case, he should no longer be supervising Cruz at the Broward Main Jail, McNeill argued.

In a series of emails obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Broward Sheriff’s Office rejected defense efforts to assign another deputy, arguing that inmates don’t get to force the agency’s hand by attacking people they don’t like.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-nikolas-cruz-guard-change-20181205-story.html

More than 100 arrested in sex trafficking, prostitution operation in Polk County, including Orlando VA doctor

Undercover detectives have arrested 103 people in an alleged prostitution and human trafficking operation in Polk County that may involve minors, the sheriff’s office announced Monday.

The arrests took place during a six-day investigation, the sheriff’s office said. Among those arrested was Dr. Sarat Sabharwal, 54, identified by the sheriff’s office as a urologist for the Orlando VA Medical Center and an on-call trauma surgeon.

He was charged with soliciting a prostitute. An Orlando VA spokeswoman said the doctor would not see patients while officials there propose “appropriate administrative action.”

The undercover operation began Nov. 27 and focused on online advertisements — both by alleged prostitutes and men allegedly seeking prostitutes. Charges include human trafficking, soliciting another for prostitution, offering to commit prostitution, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, transporting to a building for prostitution and using a communication device to commit a felony.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-sex-trafficking-ring-100-arrested-polk-county-20181203-story.html

Trump Just Achieved What Every President Since Nixon Promised: Energy Independence

Energy Security: Last week, the U.S. exported more oil than we imported, for the first time in 70-plus years. And it happened not because of decades of federal "energy policies," but despite them.

Since Richard Nixon was in the White House, presidents have pushed national energy plans that, they said, would reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil. These plans all had one thing in common — they all assumed that increased domestic oil production couldn't solve the problem.

Instead, from Nixon on down, Republican and Democratic presidents declared that the only way to achieve energy independence was through some combination of strict conservation measures and "alternative" forms of energy.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/energy-independence-trump/

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