A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled that Newtown and its school board are not liable in the deaths of 6-year-old boys Jesse Lewis and Noah Pozner, two of the 20 children and six adults killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting. 

“Emergencies, by their very nature, are sudden and often rapidly evolving events, and a response can never be one hundred percent scripted and directed,” wrote Judge Robin Wilson, adding that it’s “a significant reason why police officers have been afforded broad discretion” in similar cases.

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