{"id":97899,"date":"2018-04-10T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=97899"},"modified":"2018-04-10T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:49:00","slug":"broward-county-sheriff-deputy-who-questioned-parkland-school-shootings-gun-control-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=97899","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Broward County Sheriff deputy who questioned Parkland school shooting\u2019s gun control agenda&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S DEPUTY DEAD AT 42<\/h1>\n<h2>Second Amendment Proponent, Criticized<br \/>\nMarjory Stoneman\u2019s Gun Control Cavalcade<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36583 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"280\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Jason Fitzsimons, 42 years of age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By James F. Tracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometime on or around April 1, 2018 Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Jason Fitzsimon, 42 years old and in excellent state of mind and health, called in sick to his job. Shortly thereafter Fitzsimons was found dead on his sofa. There has been a complete \u201cnews blackout\u201d of this curious and untimely death.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36596 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons15.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons15.jpg 828w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons15-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons15-768x524.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"565\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Fitzsimons wasn\u2019t just any law enforcement officer. Unlike many of his peers, he took to social media to question the potential agenda behind the February 14 Marjory Stoneman High School mass shooting, suggesting that the event was being used to promote the Democratic Party\u2019s gun control platform in anticipation of the 2018 midterm elections. And recent personnel decisions involving public officials indicate (e.g.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/381509-defense-department-appointee-resigns-after-inflammatory-social-media-posts-are\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/local\/broward\/parkland\/florida-school-shooting\/fl-sb-ericson-harrell-north-miami-beach-police-20180406-story.html\">here<\/a>), an unwritten law of taxpayer-funded institutions is that employees disavow and steer clear of \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d that may call their superiors motives into question.<\/p>\n<p>One post found on Fitzsimon\u2019s Facebook page depicts the Parkland massacre\u2019s main spokesperson, David Hogg, in National Socialist regalia, with the caption, \u201cWe will March Until We Disarm Every American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36576 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons8.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons8.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons8-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fitzsimons Facebook page has since been \u201cscrubbed\u201d of any 2018 posts, which would of course include those that may be calling the the Parkland shooting or its aftermath into question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36585 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons13.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons13.jpg 866w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons13-300x294.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons13-768x753.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"849\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The circumstances surrounding Deputy Fitzsimon\u2019s death are sketchy. The official cause has been attributed to cancer, yet this is contradicted by an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/obittree.com\/obituary\/us\/florida\/pompano-beach\/eden-funeral-services-llc\/jason-fitzsimons\/3465352\/index.php\">obituary<\/a>\u00a0found at obittree.com, stating that he \u201cdied unexpectedly.\u201d The \u201cdied unexpectedly\u201d phrase is one morticians and\/or loved ones sometimes employ when for one reason or another they are reluctant to disclose the true cause of death, as in the case of a suicide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36577 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons11.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons11.jpg 755w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons11-300x219.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"551\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Fitzsimons Obituary, Obittree.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet as the above obituary makes clear, Fitzsimons does not seem as if he would have been a likely suicide candidate. The law enforcement officer \u201clived life to the fullest and enjoyed spending time loving on his many friends [sic],\u201dthe document reads. Fitzsimons was also the life of the party, according to the obituary\u2019s author(s). \u201cHe dreamed to one day be Batman or Kenny Chesney, and you could often find him singing at a local karaoke night or taking selfies while under the disguise of the caped crusader.\u201d Further, the deceased also had a spiritual devotion \u201cin his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Fitzsimons in fact died of cancer, the onset must have been extremely sudden. Neither the obituary nor accompanying memorials reference any struggle with the disease, but instead point to his inspiring presence while expressing astonishment at the abruptness of his passing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36581 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons1.jpg 738w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons1-300x93.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"230\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36578 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons2.jpg 731w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons2-300x130.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"316\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36579 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons4.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons4.jpg 730w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons4-300x62.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aside from numerous friends attesting to his warm disposition in their memorials, Deputy Fitzsimons appeared to be in excellent health, as various photos suggest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36589 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons-684x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons-684x1024.jpg 684w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons-768x1151.jpg 768w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons.jpg 801w\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"710\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook School massacre numerous law enforcement officers with intimate knowledge of the event\u2019s investigation either retired or died unexpectedly. These included Connecticut State Police Major William Podgorski, who\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/connecticut\/article\/Connecticut-State-Police-Major-William-Podgorski-11380163.php\">passed on following<\/a>\u00a0\u201ca brief undisclosed illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36586 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons14.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons14.jpg 944w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons14-300x275.jpg 300w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons14-768x704.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"865\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Sandy Hook researcher Tony Mead<a href=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/2014\/07\/10\/sandy-hook-massacres-disappearing-witnesses\/\">\u00a0observed<\/a>\u00a0in 2014,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From Douglas Cottle, who died Sept 29, 2012, at age 62 to Michael Bellmore, who died May 3, 2014 at age 27, more questions than answers seem to arise. The Connecticut State Police Commander, the Connecticut State Police Commissioner, the Western Connecticut State Police Commander as well as the Connecticut State Medical Examiner have all been eliminated from the story either by retiring or death. What better way to cover up any possibility of ever disclosing the truth ? What better way to perpetuate conspiracy theories ?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Those who received word\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/browardsheriff\/status\/980928523694149632\">via Twitter<\/a>\u00a0of Fitzsimon\u2019s untimely death have expressed similar doubt and suspicion on the vague and unusual circumstances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Deputy Jason Fitzsimons today. Deputy Fitzsimons began his career with the agency In 2008. During this time he served with the North Lauderdale and Pompano Beach Districts. Our thoughts and prayers are with with his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vBmf50LtfJ\">pic.twitter.com\/vBmf50LtfJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/browardsheriff\/status\/980928523694149632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/browardsheriff\/status\/980928523694149632\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"6:02 PM - Apr 2, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"980928523694149632\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36587 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons6.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons6.jpg 584w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons6-300x243.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"474\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36588 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons10.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons10.jpg 595w, http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fitzsimons10-205x300.jpg 205w\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"869\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As is suggested in the aftermath of other recent mass shooting events, Fitzsimons simply may have possessed too much information, was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and\/or asking sensitive questions of his peers and superiors on the specifics of the Parkland shooting. It is beyond dispute that the sheriff\u2019s deputy had become uncomfortably outspoken on the February 14 event.<\/p>\n<p>The record reflects that Deputy Fitzsimons was a wonderful individual and friend who cared about \u201ctruth\u201d and the US Constitution. Perhaps these concerns are no longer desired by the management of certain policing agencies. There is indeed ample room for suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/2018\/04\/09\/broward-county-sheriffs-deputy-dead-at-42\/\">http:\/\/memoryholeblog.org\/2018\/04\/09\/broward-county-sheriffs-deputy-dead-at-42\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}