DeSantis will share the news Friday afternoon. He’s likely to replace him with a former police sergeant with active-shooter training.
Asked if he could have done things differently, Israel said, “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, O.J. Simpson would still be in the record books.”
Israel defended his “amazing leadership,” to which Tapper replied, “Maybe you measure somebody’s leadership by whether they protect the community.”
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is enduring some of the toughest days of his career. And he’s looking to his Judaism to guide him through it.